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Due to a slowdown in Kenya’s tourism sector, a hotel in Nyeri County, Central Highlands, is banking on crocodile cages to boost its income. Based on a Business Daily (Africa) report, “Hotel banks on eco-tourism to boost income”, The “Good Tourism” Blog is highly skeptical of the project’s “ecotourism” credentials. Indeed the project as described […]
Read More Kenya crocodile cages not ecotourism
A contributor to The Conversation has suggested that sustainable tourism is not working and that the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO’s) “2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development” is more rhetoric than reality. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, University of South Australia, asserts that “economic growth trumps environmental limits, so sustainability remains […]
Read More Sustainable tourism is not working: academic
Cuba is increasingly focused on a viable and sustainable ecotourism model based on environmental protection and conservation, according to Prensa Latina. “Nature, adventure and rural tourism, are modalities that make a considerable contribution to the travel industry … “Cuba has a comprehensive National System of Protected Areas (SNAP) that control tourism developments in important national and […]
Read More Cuba seminar to focus on sustainable ecotourism
Property developers and realtors should become advocates of a sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient tourism industry, according to Philippines Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon T Teo speaking at a real estate industry awards event in Makati last week. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines sustainable tourism as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future […]
Read More Philippines’ real estate should back sustainable tourism: Teo