Key Issues at COP29: What Tourism Leaders Need to Know
November 15, 2024
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A Webinar in the Road to Net Zero Series Decarbonizing tourism in off-grid areas presents unique challenges, such as limited infrastructure, dependence on imported goods, and the long distances required for transportation. This webinar in Sustainable Travel International’s Road to Net Zero series explores how travel companies are addressing hard-to-abate...
Dispersing tourists to less crowded locations may seem like the obvious solution to overtourism, but it’s only part of the equation. While shifting the flow of visitors can alleviate some pressure on overtouristed destinations, it doesn’t fully address the underlying problem: an imbalance in how tourism impacts local communities and...
Overtourism is transforming iconic travel destinations into overcrowded and stressed-out hotspots. These “overloved” locations are struggling with an influx of visitors, resulting in congested streets, strained infrastructure, degraded environments, diminished visitor experiences, and unhappy residents. Addressing this issue requires a multifaceted approach. Dispersing the load is one part of the...
In 2016, Skift published an article titled “Exploring the Coming Perils of Overtourism” that discussed the hazards of excessive tourism in popular destinations. In the years following, the term “overtourism” appeared in countless media headlines worldwide. International tourism had been growing rapidly and exponentially, more than doubling between 2000 and...
This training program for Barbados’s tourism industry focused on reducing tourism’s carbon footprint on the island and building capacity to adapt to climate change. Barbados is a small island in the Caribbean that relies on tourism for a large portion of its income. Many Bajans own their own tourism companies,...
SEATTLE, WA (June 5, 2024) – Today, Sustainable Travel International released Part 2 of the second season of its Sustainable Travel: Where Next? documentary series in honor of World Environment Day. The four new episodes once again feature inspiring initiatives that are transforming tourism’s impact in destinations around the world,...