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Doing It Better: Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tiffany Chan
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On a long, skinny Icelandic peninsula, five small municipalities have teamed up to create a modest destination stewardship council and supporting network. Tiffany Chan explores the Snæfellsnes model of sustainable collaboration – a work in progress that has already earned a platinum sustainability rating. The eighth in our series on destination stewardship councils. Continue reading →

Overtourism, Airbnb, and the Numbers Problem

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Jonathan Tourtellot
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Yet another voice in the overtourism discussion, this time from an Airbnb report with a Foreword by Destination Stewardship Center director Jonathan Tourtellot. Also, a re-post of his National Geographic Voices blog on the topic. Continue reading →

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