When America’s Lake Tahoe was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors swamped the destination, leaving stress and debris in their wake. Julie W. Regan, executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, shares their solution – collaboration across numerous sectors and jurisdictions. Tahoe’s Destination Stewardship Council Gets High Marks for
On July 21, 2025, wildlife guide and photographer, Nick Kleer, posted an Instagram reel and photo that showed a crush of tourists watching the great Masai Mara wildebeest migration in the Serengeti. “Herds were forced to scatter, some ran for cliffs and jumped in panic,” he noted in his
Colorado’s spectacular Rocky Mountain scenery has long drawn everyone from families on a driving holiday to hardcore climbers and skiers. Visitors discover a state rich in history, geology, and nature, and they come in increasing numbers. The U.S. state has risen to the challenge with a collaborative, statewide destination stewardship
EN ES Los niños ven el mundo desde un punto de vista aún más fresco que los turistas que visitan por primera vez un destino. ¿Puede esa perspectiva tan abierta ser útil en la gestión de destinos? Karen Luz Córdova, cofundadora de Cuidadores de Destinos, con sede en Chile, responde
EN ES Children see the world from an even fresher standpoint than first-time tourists. Can that wide-open perspective be helpful in destination planning and generational future-proofing? Karen Luz Córdova, Co-Founder of Chile-based Cuidadores de Destinos, answers with a resounding yes. Here’s how it worked on remote, heavily touristed Rapa Nui (formerly
How popular North Carolina Transylania county created a locally supported program to clean up wear and tear from tourism.
Sustainability in tourism destinations requires not only the commitment of government and nonprofit organizations, but also the work of the private sector to maintain places in ways such that they can be enjoyed for years to come. DMOs need to encourage that.
What it took to rally the Mersing district’s numerous, varied stakeholders and create the collectively managed Sustainable Travel Mersing Destination Coordination Group.
Slovenia has created a program that has been adopted by communities throughout the country, creating an “ecosystem” of some 60 sustainable destinations.
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.
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It can be done.
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