Collaborative Blog

Category: Stewardship

Community Tourism
Yvonne Montoya

Nepal’s Community Homestay Network

EN     ES Destination Stewardship Report – Vol. 5, No. 1 – June-August 2024 Popular hiking trails around the world are prone to developing knots of overtourism at access points. With their multi-decade experience in trekking tourism, it’s no surprise that the Nepalese have developed some innovative responses. Yvonne Montoya describes

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Community-based tourism
dscusr-editor

Pioneering Community-Owned Tourism in the Maldives

EN     ES The ritzy resorts of the Maldives, each perched on its own atoll, have left most islanders out of the tourism equation. Shannon McCarthy and Chloe King describe how a community-based guesthouse model may change things. Their first problem was how to convince the community. One resort per atoll did little

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Durango: Gestión de Destinos en Acción

EN     ES Impulsadas por la era de los viajes post pandemia, las organizaciones turísticas se están alejando de una función singular de marketing de destinos. Algunos han comenzado a incorporar el “cuidado del destino” en planes, funciones e incluso títulos de trabajo. Sarah-Jane Johnson informa sobre cómo ha logrado uno

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Djurgården Muestra Cómo Colaborar

EN     ES Cuando se trataba de planificar la sostenibilidad del destino, las más de 60 empresas del centenario parque Djurgården de Estocolmo plantearon un desafío de cooperación. Camilla Zedendahl y Karin Sallander, de la Royal Djurgården Society, explican lo que se necesita para ayudar a las empresas turísticas a pensar

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Durango: Destination Stewardship in Action

EN     ES Spurred on by the post-pandemic era of travel, tourism organizations are moving away from a singular function of marketing destinations. Some have begun to incorporate “destination stewardship” into plans, functions, and even job titles. Sarah-Jane Johnson reports on how one of Colorado’s renowned recreational destinations has gone about

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Djurgården Shows How To Collaborate

EN     ES When it came to planning for destination sustainability, the 60-plus businesses of Stockholm’s centuries-old Djurgården park posed a cooperation challenge. Camilla Zedendahl and Karin Sallander of the Royal Djurgården Society explain what it takes to help their park’s independent tourism enterprises think long-term together and act accordingly. At

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September Update, 2023

Sept. update includes the latest Destination Stewardship Report, Future of Tourism Coalition activities, a field report, “destination stewardship” on the rise, and a new DSC website pending.

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Stewardship
Jonathan Tourtellot

Download the New DS Report Yearbook

Our DS Report partner the Global Sustainable Tourism Council has announced publication of a handsome collection of 19 past stories from the Destination Stewardship Report. It’s usefully organized according to four story themes: holistic destination stewardship, preservation of natural and cultural heritage, collaborative resilience, and building back better. The Yearbook

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Revitalizing the Kypseli Neighborhood in Athens

Destination Stewardship Report – Vol. 3 No. 2 – Fall 2022 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

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