When America’s Lake Tahoe was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors swamped the destination, leaving stress and debris in their wake. Julie W. Regan, executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, shares their solution – collaboration across numerous sectors and jurisdictions. Tahoe’s Destination Stewardship Council Gets High Marks for
One of Spain’s Canary Islands has established an organized structure for destination stewardship, including strong educational components. With Tiffany Chan, Víctor Fernández Morales describes the process and the results so far. The vineyard landscape of La Geria, Lanzarote: Each vine grows in a shallow pit shielded by a windbreak of
Author Tonya Fitzgerald has assembled a thorough, readable handbook for any practitioner who works on caring for places. No stranger to the topic himself, Executive Editor Jonathan Tourtellot takes a look and likes what he sees. This Inaugural Book About Our Key Subject Deserves Your Attention Just out as of
The New Destination Stewardship Report Puts Yet More Information at Your Service By Jonathan Tourtellot, CEO and Executive Editor Our latest DSR issue adds still more to the array of information – pages, postings, news links, directories, and subdirectories – available on the Destination Stewardship Center website. We hope this
The name of Scotland comes up frequently in matters of sustainability and good destination stewardship. While on holiday there, Executive Editor Jonathan Tourtellot kept an eye out for examples. This is what he found, with all photography thanks to him. The Kelpies are unique, well executed, and true to the
Colorado’s spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery has long drawn everyone from families on a driving holiday to hardcore climbers and skiers. Visitors discover a state rich in history, geology, and nature, and they come in increasing numbers. The U.S. state has risen to the challenge with a collaborative, statewide destination stewardship
Every year, the global Green Destinations Top 100 competition invites candidates to submit stories about sustainable management of tourism and its impacts. From the winners announced last year, we’ve selected a submission from Slovenia. Synopsis by Ian Vorster. How a Slovene Destination Solved its Accommodation Problem Top 100 submission and photos
Another winner from the Top 100 – Every year, Green Destinations organizes the Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories competition, which invites submissions from around the world – a vetted collection of stories spotlighting local and regional destinations that are making progress toward sustainable management of tourism and its impacts. As
How can a destination get started with the destination stewardship process? Tiffany Chan, GSTC Destinations Coordinator, shares best practices outlined in the new GSTC Destination Stewardship Starter Kit, developed by GSTC’s Destination Stewardship Working Group. Defining destination stewardship Destination stewardship is a process by which local communities, governmental agencies, NGOs,
Not every state, including Florida, will have its DMO leading the stewardship efforts. Each state needs to evaluate its assets and find the right path.
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Ethnic eateries lose business – “Worse than Covid”
Santorini Now a “Tourist Hell” | Tourism Review
Malawi Elephant Move Backfires | WSJ
Future of Tourism Is Storytelling, Not Discounts | Forbes
Slovenia’s Quiet Tourism Strategy | Eturbo News
Hawaii Climate Tax on Cruise Ships Blocked | Skift
CLIA and Trump administration win court ruling.
French Golf Course Showcases Ecosensitity | Golf Course Industry News
It can be done.
Kiribati Tourism Fights Plastic, Rising Sea | ETurbo News
Berlin to Follow Danish Model | The Berliner
Rewarding tourists for making sustainable choices.
Bali Ditches Inappropriate Sightseeing Elevator | TTW
Iceland Rethinks Mass Tourism | NY Times
Airbnb Crackdown in New York Didn’t Free up Housing | WSJ
The 2023 rules muted tourist partying but not soaring rents.
Morocco’s Gnaoua Music Festival Said to Lose Authenticity | TTW
As tourism rises, founding African diaspora communities fade