How popular North Carolina Transylania county created a locally supported program to clean up wear and tear from tourism. Continue reading
Repairing Tourism in Transylvania County, NC
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Brazil’s Bombinhas Learns About Itself
Methods for building community identity – What a Brazilian community did to rediscover itself in the face of growing tourism popularity. Continue reading
To Market Stewardship, Use Local Voices
A strategic video campaign that enlists local support and participation can shift a DMO from destination promotion to marketing stewardship – a model for any destination. Continue reading
A Malaysian District Collaborates Lest Tourism Run Wild
What it took to rally the Mersing district’s numerous, varied stakeholders and create the collectively managed Sustainable Travel Mersing Destination Coordination Group. Continue reading
Doing It Better: Big Bay, Michigan
Take a look at how a low-population, outdoorsy locale – Big Bay, Michigan, USA – goes about convening a destination stewardship council after the extractive industries it once depended on have wound down. Continue reading
Battle Over a Dam Spawns a New Green Destination in Bosnia
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 … Continue reading
Cooperation on Jeju Island
Community-based ecotourism tourism: How South Korean villagers came together to establish a social cooperative — bolstering conservation, the local economy, and the social fabric of the village. Continue reading
Saving a Wisconsin Trout Stream
[Above: Shooting in Wisconsin’s “Kinni.” Photo: Erika Gilsdorf] Kinnickinnic River, Wisconsin – Our original concept video (featuring the same young hosts as in Sierra Gorda) takes a look at a success story in rural and notes-rural Wisconsin. Shot off-season in November, … Continue reading
Rural Tunisians Join to Initiate Restorative Tourism
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 … Continue reading
Bringing Bad Grund Back to Life
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 … Continue reading