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
Home to one of the most biodiverse reefs in the world, Ataúro Island in Timor-Leste is now focusing on nature protection and biodiversity conservation to foster growth low-impact sustainable tourism. Continue reading
With its coal mines now closing, Norway’s polar archipelago of Svalbard faces a unique set of threats: disrupted tourism, rising temperatures, and increased international vying for arctic control. Yet its extreme location also provides a unique set of opportunities for reviving tourism. Continue reading
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
After witnessing unprecedented environmental damage, and despite pressure from tourism investors, the Indian village of Sharchi put regulations in place to limit unbridled growth in its attractive Himalayan valley. Aditi Chanchani and Sandeeep Minhas detail how the valley’s village councils … Continue reading
A trip into a popular wild paradise raises a question: What happens when public opinion fails to protect a destination? The only answer: Don’t give up. Continue reading
The winners of the 2016 Sustainable Destinations Top 100 contest were announced in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 27-28 September. You can see the complete list here, along with an explanation of what the Top 100 list is, and what it is not. Continue reading
A courageous Cambodian has risked all to help save the country’s rainforests and ecotourism business from illegal logging. He just won one of the world’s six Goldman Environmental Prizes. Veteran Cambodia journalist Elizabeth Becker reports. Continue reading
A development bank’s well-intentioned report maps out a “critical path” for growing Guyana tourism, but—as is often the case with such plans—fails to lay out the critical stewardship practices needed to protect what tourists would come to experience, as well as a way of life that locals may wish to retain. Continue reading