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Advice for a Basque Destination

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Jonathan Tourtellot
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How should undiscovered coastal destinations handle sustainable tourism? Learn tips from Jonathan Tourtellot’s interview with Urdaibai, a Basque magazine. Continue reading →

Cuban Tourism at a Crossroads

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Lucy Matthews
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Our Heritage Tourism page editor, Lucy Matthews, visited Cuba recently with an eye to types of tourism that work well, and a concern about types that may not. Continue reading →

America’s Unheralded Gift to Tourism Will Soon Turn 50

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Lucy Matthews
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In 2016, the poorly known U.S. law that did wonders for heritage tourism will be 50. It’s time to demonstrate the value of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Preservation 50 initiative intends to do something about it. Continue reading →

D-Day Tourism in Normandy: It Works

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Tamara Olton
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Every year tourists flock to these beaches by the millions, but not for sun and sand. When it comes to impact on the destination, that makes a big difference. Continue reading →

Challenging Hit-and-Run Tourism in Cultural Heritage Sites

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Engelbert Ruoss
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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 … Continue reading →

9 Tough Lessons from SE Europe

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Jonathan Tourtellot
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Managing tourists at popular World Heritage sites has long been a focus for Englebert Ruoss, who formerly headed up the UNESCO office in Venice and has now launched a sustainable-destinations initiative called Global Regions. Its new 164-pp publication is SUSTAINABLE … Continue reading →

Philanthropic Investing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Kit Carstens
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Philanthropic investing: How to have your cake and give some of it away, too—all in the name of geotourism. Continue reading →

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    Locals divided on New River Gorge uplift.
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