Doing It Better: Sedona, Arizona

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Sarah-Jane Johnson

Prompted by a restive citizenry and a responsive city council, the DMO for the city of Sedona, in Arizona’s popular Red Rock country, now acts in effect as a destination stewardship council. That’s unusual. For part of our ongoing project to profile places with effective, holistic management, Sarah-Jane Johnson takes a deep dive into Sedona’s story. This is the sixth in the Destination Stewardship Center’s profiles of exemplary places with collaborative destination management in the spirit of GSTC’s Destination Criterion A1. Continue reading →

Just Out: the Autumn Destination Stewardship Report

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Jonathan Tourtellot

How can destinations plan better for a post-Covid recovery? What have we learned about tourism during the ongoing crisis? The Autumn edition of the GSTC/DSC-sponsored Destination Stewardship Report addresses both those questions with examples and practical guidance: Continue reading →

Doing It Better: Crown of the Continent

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Ellen Rugh

This border-straddling North American destination council relies on three strengths – a robust local network, core sustainability principles, and a global brand affiliation. See the third of our profiles on destinations with innovative approaches to holistic management as prescribed by GSTC-D Criterion A1 and the National Geographic Geotourism Principles. Continue reading →

Doing It Better: Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Ellen Rugh

Herewith the second of our profiles of destination organizations that at least partially meet the GSTC-D criterion for holistic destination management. In this post: Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, which is adopting a multisector, high-tech “Intelligent Destination” approach. Continue reading →

Western Balkans—Tourism on the Cusp

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Cristina Angeles

VIDEO – Our expedition to the Balkan Adriatic shows what tourism should do—and not do. The rugged coastal regions including Albania and Montenegro have sustainability lessons the world should heed. Continue reading →

“Inspiring Places” Pilot Video Released

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Jonathan Tourtellot

Featuring Sierra Gorda, Querétaro, Mexico. We chose this UNESCO Biosphere Reserve as the international pilot for the World’s Inspiring Places series. Here’s why. Continue reading →

What To Do About Overcrowded Destinations

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Salli Felton

Salli Felton, CEO of The Travel Foundation in the U.K., shows how mass tourism can get out of hand. There’s a solution, she says: Measure success in terms of impacts, not arrivals. The tools for doing so already exist. But does the will to use them? Continue reading →

About the new list of 2016 Top 100 Sustainable Destinations

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Jonathan Tourtellot

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 →