Every year, the global Green Destinations Top 100 competition invites candidates to submit stories on sustainable management of tourism and its impacts. From last year’s winner, we’ve selected this submission from Croatia on how to preserve a rural area’s sense of place in a modernizing region. Synopsis by Ailin Fei.
Every year, the global Green Destinations Top 100 competition invites candidates to submit stories about sustainable management of tourism and its impacts. We’ve selected this 2023 winner from Japan about a healthy way to boost off-season tourism. Synopsis by Mackenzie Morrow. Runners, walkers and joggers enjoy the vibe at the
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
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
In a complex, rural landscape like County Clare, sustainability isn’t just about protecting the environment—it’s about working together to protect a way of life. The lessons learned in Clare during certification may offer inspiration for other destinations navigating the same path. County Clare Sustainable Destination Development Officer, Fiona McKenna, explains the
As more destinations embrace sustainable tourism, travel pledges are gaining popularity as a simple way to invite visitors into the stewardship conversation. Purdue doctoral candidate in hospitality and tourism management, Ailin Fei, discusses what makes a good pledge and why they work. How Travel Pledges Can Help Protect a Place When
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
It is still unusual for a national government to make a conservation deal with indigenous groups, even more so when it means repeatedly shutting down a heavily visited national park. The team from Colombia’s Tayrona park explains this successful agreement. In Tayrona, Colombia, Indigenous Values Give a National Park Time
You are creating a sustainable, lovely, fair-labor beach resort in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Unfortunately, a less-than-fair local establishment doesn’t appreciate it – stressing their point with an act of demolition. The Uxua hotel’s co-owner Bob Shevlin describes the process then needed to rework community relations. “Going it Alone”
EN ES Otro ganador del Top 100: cada año, Green Destinations organiza el concurso Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories, que invita a presentar propuestas de todo el mundo: una colección de historias que destacan destinos locales y regionales que están avanzando hacia la gestión sostenible del turismo y sus impactos.
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