Will a tax incentive boost inclusive tourism in the Philippines?

September 7, 2017

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The Phil­ip­pines’ old­est and largest com­mer­cial con­glom­er­ate, Ayala Cor­por­a­tion, has revealed its interest in inclus­ive tour­ism to tap into a tax incent­ive offered by the Phil­ip­pines gov­ern­ment. On the side­lines of the ASEAN Inclus­ive Busi­ness Sum­mit in Manila yes­ter­day, Ayala Corp Man­aging Dir­ect­or Paolo Bor­romeo told Busi­ness Mir­ror that his com­pany would look into inclusive […]

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South Pacific, UNDP “green tourism” partnership

September 5, 2017

South Pacific, UNDP “green tourism” partnership

South Pacific Tour­ism Organ­isa­tion (SPTO) and the United Nations Devel­op­ment Pro­gramme (UNDP) have partnered to pro­mote “green tour­ism” in the South Pacific. A Let­ter of Agree­ment (LOA) was signed between the two agen­cies in Suva, Fiji last week out­lining a com­mit­ment to “take respons­ible approaches through energy, water and waste reduc­tion” and to “con­trib­ute to […]

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What is destination human capital? It’s the people!

September 1, 2017

Don't forget destination HUMAN capital development!

Peter Semone would advise any incom­ing tour­ism min­is­ter to focus on their des­tin­a­tion’s people as a pri­or­ity.  In this “GT” Insight, Mr Semone sum­mar­ises the chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies for des­tin­a­tion human cap­it­al devel­op­ment and its poten­tial con­tri­bu­tion to the sus­tain­able devel­op­ment goals (SDGs) and to tour­ism industry per­form­ance more gen­er­ally. In 2016, I con­cluded my […]

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Whale shark tracking shows upside for Ningaloo ecotourism industry

August 31, 2017

Whale shark tourism. Whale shark Ningaloo ecotourism Western Australia. Source: ECOCEAN

Swim­ming with whale sharks could become a year-round eco­tour­ism activ­ity for the Nin­ga­loo Coast region of West­ern Aus­tralia (WA), accord­ing to ECOCEAN research sci­ent­ist Sam­antha Reyn­olds. By emphas­ising the poten­tial for an eco­nom­ic activ­ity, the Phys.org story is a refresh­ing hint at how an envir­on­ment­al­ist cause can ally with sci­ence and the tour­ism industry. Reynolds […]

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Tourism growth is not the enemy: UNWTO boss

August 27, 2017

Tourism growth is not the enemy according to UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai

In response to an increas­ing num­ber of reports about “tour­ism-pho­­bia”, the the World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO), August 15, released an opin­ion piece by its Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al, Taleb Rifai, arguing that tour­ism growth is not the enemy; it’s how we man­age it that counts. As an eco­nom­ic activ­ity, travel and tour­ism is rel­at­ively young; yet it […]

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Over-tourism alarm bells for Bangladesh’s only coral island

August 22, 2017

Over-tourism in Bangladesh yet UNWTO says tourism growth is not the enemy.

Over-pop­u­la­­tion may be a word more likely to spring to mind than over-tour­ism when one thinks of Bangladesh. How­ever, as repor­ted in the Dhaka Tribune, a Bangladesh Depart­ment of Envir­on­ment (DoE) report says unplanned tour­ism lead­ing to over-tour­ism, mar­ine pol­lu­tion, and illeg­al struc­tures are pos­ing ser­i­ous threats to the biod­iversity of Bangladesh’s only cor­al island. […]

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