EN ES Destination Stewardship Report – Vol. 5, No. 1 – June-August 2024 COMENTARIO DEL EDITOR EJECUTIVO Jonathan Tourtellot comenzó a promover la idea de administración de destinos bajo el modelo “stewardship” alrededor de 2002 durante sus días en la revista National Geographic Traveler. Ha estado en esto desde entonces.
EN ES Destination Stewardship Report – Vol. 5, No. 1 – June-August 2024 COMMENTARY BY THE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Jonathan Tourtellot first began promoting the idea of destination stewardship around 2002 during his days at National Geographic Traveler magazine. He’s been at it ever since. Here’s what he likes – and
Sept. update includes the latest Destination Stewardship Report, Future of Tourism Coalition activities, a field report, “destination stewardship” on the rise, and a new DSC website pending.
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:
As tourism moves forward and begins to recover from the Covid-19 global pandemic, a new nonprofit coalition urges the world to re-center around a strong set of principles, vital for long term sustainable and equitable growth. Decades of unfettered growth in travel have put the world’s treasured places at risk – environmentally, culturally, socially, and financially. “Now is the chance to rebalance,” say Coalition leaders.
If no good crisis should go to waste, DSC director Jonathan Tourtellot urges destinations to seize this one, forming stewardship councils that can oversee research and planning for the recovery. Plus a personal afterthought.
How should undiscovered coastal destinations handle sustainable tourism? Learn tips from Jonathan Tourtellot’s interview with Urdaibai, a Basque magazine.
At GSTC’s annual meeting, this year in Chile, hot topics included overtourism and the need for destination stewardship councils. Here, a set of recent news and comment on these topics.
A restaurant owner in southwestern Missouri demonstrates why the key to a successful geotourism project in the countryside is a local champion willing to be the catalyst for change. A university geotourism class helps, too.
Melania Trump’s homeland is seen as being an authentic, green, and charming destination. What if Trump himself should show up on a state visit? His tourism-development style defies all that has made Slovenia successful.
Ugandans Protest Marketing a Circumcision Ritual to Tourists | Big News
Kushner Seeks to Trumpify a Wild Albanian Coast | Washington Post
Environmentalists question resort planned by Trump’s son-in-law
Vietnam Deepens Historic-Site Experiences with Gamification | ANN
The challenge: Learn by having fun while trying to keep it real.
Canadians Start Recovery in Wildfire-Ravaged Jasper Town and National Park | Edmonton Journal
Barcelona to Ban All Short-term Rentals by 2028 | Reuters
Drastic measure driven by unavailable housing
Saudi Arabia’s “The Line” – Not Sustainable | NY Times
Iconic skyscrapers draw tourism, but at what cost?
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