Category: Stewardship

Casinos: A Bad Bet

Any destination that’s flirting with gambling should heed the collapsing casinos of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and beware.

October 6, 2014

Info You Can Use from the Coastal Tourism Symposium

Presenters offered a lot of useful information at the July 2014 CREST (Center for Responsible Travel) symposium in Grenada. Tamara Olton gives a guide to their presentations, with links.

August 14, 2014

World Heritage: Will It Really Bring More Tourism to the U.S.?

Poverty Point just became the 22nd U.S. World Heritage site. The much-desired designation raises tourism opportunities and a few concerns.

June 25, 2014

Beach & Cruise Tourism: Volume vs. Value

Research reveals serious economic questions about mass beach- and cruise-tourism impacts. Next month’s CREST-sponsored symposium in Grenada will address solutions.

June 20, 2014

Tourism Success Means Protecting Shared Assets

Scenic beauty is essential to tourism, of great value both economically and spiritually. But who takes care of it? From Italy’s Cinque Terra, Jay Walljasper shows the value of the commons—everything we share.

May 30, 2014

It Takes Two To Tango: Hands Across The Med

Under the “Connect to Grow” initiative, geotourism helps St. Catherine, Egypt and Troodos, Cyprus collaborate to protect and enhance their traditional products. A model for other destinations?

March 12, 2014

Development Endangers Med Diet Foods

Mass tourism is among the pressures now endangering the producers of the foods on which the Mediterranean diet depends. Nikki Rose of Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries explains the problem and a solution.

February 15, 2014

Visitation and Fragile Landscapes: The BLM Solution

As a photographer, I am interested in unusual landscapes and recently visited the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, a 280,000-acre property administered by The Bureau of Land Management (BLM). One hot spot for photographers is “The Wave”, a mesmerizing set of sandstone formations in northern Arizona eroded by water and wind.

January 3, 2014

Challenging Hit-and-Run Tourism in Cultural Heritage Sites

Cultural Heritage sites facing Hit-and-Run Tourism need to elaborate targeted strategies in order to balance tourism and heritage conservation, to define limits or find solutions in order to protect natural and cultural heritage and to mitigate negative impacts. In a paper by Engelbert Ruoss and Loredana Alfarè of the Global

October 23, 2013

International Summit on Sustainable Tourism

Canadian Geotourism Region to Host Oct 19 Conference UPDATE: The Summit has taken place successfully, with valuable cross-fertilization between sustainable-tourism experts and representatives of UNESCO-recognized Biosphere Reserves from around the world. Key take-aways from the conference will be posted as soon as possible.—Portal editor The area surrounding the famous Thousand

August 19, 2013