On aviation emissions & financial risk: Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) publishes first Horizon Papers

November 21, 2022

On aviation emissions & financial risk: Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) publishes first Horizon Papers

The Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) has pub­lished its first ‘Hori­zon Papers’; one on the top­ic of redu­cing aviation’s green­house gas emis­sions (mit­ig­a­tion), anoth­er on the fin­an­cial resi­li­ence of tour­ism organ­isa­tions affected by cli­mate change (adapt­a­tion). TPCC’s Hori­zon Papers are lead­ing-edge think pieces to stim­u­late crit­ic­al exchanges at the inter­sec­tion of cli­mate change and […]

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Unprecedented Tourism Panel on Climate Change unveiled today at COP27

November 10, 2022

Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) unveiled at COP27

NOVEMBER 10 2022, SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The Exec­ut­ive Board of the Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) presen­ted a ‘Found­a­tion Frame­work’ today at the UN Cli­mate Change Con­fer­ence (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh. The Found­a­tion Frame­work sets out key mile­stones for the first-of-its-kind ini­ti­at­ive. The Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change rep­res­ents a new era of glob­al collaboration […]

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Experts to unveil Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) at COP27

November 7, 2022

Experts to unveil Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) at COP27

NOVEMBER 7, 2022, SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The Exec­ut­ive Board of the new Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) will present their ‘Found­a­tion Frame­work’, Novem­ber 10, dur­ing the UN Cli­mate Change Con­fer­ence (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.  The Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) is an inde­pend­ent and impar­tial ini­ti­at­ive designed to sup­port tourism’s trans­ition to net-zero […]

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Standing up for development, growth, natural & cultural heritage in Niger tourism

November 1, 2022

What's happening in Niger tourism?

Recog­nising the enorm­ous poten­tial and chal­lenges of Niger tour­ism, Issoufou Adamou Has­sane leads a NGO that he says is “lay­ing the found­a­tion” for tour­is­m’s reviv­al in the west Afric­an nation.  But they need resources and part­ners. “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture & Her­it­age (WTACH) invited Mr Adamou Has­sane to contribute […]

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Good news in travel & tourism October 2022

October 28, 2022

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“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would hot chips / fries. It’s “GT”. And go!  (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites “Good Tour­ism” Travel Exper­i­ences Good news from friendsGlob­al | Africa | Asia […]

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Gender mainstreaming in tourism & hospitality training. What? Why? How?

, , and October 25, 2022

Gender mainstreaming in tourism training

What is ‘gender main­stream­ing’? Why is it import­ant? And how can it be applied in tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity train­ing centres? In the wake of the release of their report on gender main­stream­ing, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, Võ Thị Quế Chi, Marlène Ver­meij, and Del­hi Kal­wan of “GT” Part­ner the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enterprises […]

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