Andy Dumaine says being green is not enough: The sustainable tourism community needs to wake up and smell the fair trade coffee. After two decades of lofty ideals and breathless pronouncements, sustainable tourism remains a long way from achieving critical mass. Although the need for sustainability grows ever more urgent,
Lake Tahoe Geotourism Festival Sept 8-9, 2012: That icon of the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, is long on beauty but has become a bit short on character over recent decades, providing a travel experience dominated by generic ski resorts and Nevada-side casinos. But Tahoe does have character, plenty of it,
The New Mexico Business Weekly reports the launch of Odyssey Trails, co-directed by Chris Cole and Peter Hughes. The touring company will specialize in the American Southwest, Maya areas of Central America, and “Old Florida.” For the Santa Fe area, according to the story, “Cole said a typical day trip
The holistic geotourism approach, introduced in 2002, was designed to maximize tourism benefits for a destination community, minimize negative impacts, and build a responsible tourism strategy that celebrates and builds on sense of place. Here’s the definition of geotourism put forth by National Geographic (coined internally in 1997) and the
Namibia, Zimbabwe to Cull Elephants for Food | AP
Park authorities: population exceeds carrying capacity
Texas Coast Developers Ignore Storms, Sea Level Rise | Washington Post
Greece Plans Crackdown on Overtourism | Skift
Cruise pax and stort-term rentals targeted.
Ugandans Protest Marketing a Circumcision Ritual to Tourists | Big News
Kushner Seeks to Trumpify a Wild Albanian Coast | Washington Post
Environmentalists question resort planned by Trump’s son-in-law
Vietnam Deepens Historic-Site Experiences with Gamification | ANN
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