Do green, low-carbon travel & tourism supply chains unintentionally exclude women?

May 26, 2026

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Do green, low-car­bon travel & tour­ism sup­ply chains unin­ten­tion­ally exclude women?

“[C]lean energy trans­itions are nev­er purely tech­nic­al. They redis­trib­ute costs and oppor­tun­it­ies, which can unin­ten­tion­ally widen exist­ing gender inequities.” 

This is what Kev­in Phun of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore asks and argues in a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bite that leads a com­pil­a­tion of responses.

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Governance bottlenecks are slowing Kenya’s sustainability progress: How to break them

May 18, 2026

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The ‘say-do gap’ in sus­tain­able travel & tour­ism is not only an issue in con­sumer decision-mak­ing and cap­it­al alloc­a­tion. It is also an insti­tu­tion­al, bur­eau­crat­ic, and polit­ic­al problem.

As Doreen Nyam­weya has dis­covered through her exper­i­ence in loc­al gov­ern­ment in Kenya, pro­gress towards sus­tain­ab­il­ity is pos­sible, but nev­er swift nor perfect.

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Can tourism in ‘the Global South’ ever be truly sustainable? UCB students have a say


Can tourism in ‘the Global South’ ever be truly sustainable? UCB students have their say

“Can tour­ism in devel­op­ing coun­tries ever be truly ‘sus­tain­able’ when it deep­ens inequality? 

Using one des­tin­a­tion in the Glob­al South, argue wheth­er tour­ism there genu­inely advances SDGs 8, 10 and 12

Uni­ver­sity Col­lege Birm­ing­ham Seni­or Lec­turer Simon Faulkner posed that as a chal­lenge to his stu­dents. Three rose to it.

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Cardamom Tented Camp reports strong conservation gains


Cardamom Tented Camp, which protects 18000 ha of Cambodian forest, has release its 2025 impact report

A nature-based tour­ism mod­el in Cam­bod­ia pro­tects over 18,000 hec­tares while advan­cing com­munity engage­ment and sus­tain­able operations. 

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp has released its ‘2025 Impact Report’, high­light­ing pro­gress in rain­forest pro­tec­tion, wild­life mon­it­or­ing, and com­munity engage­ment through its travel & tour­ism-led con­ser­va­tion model.

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What local tourism students know about Phuket that global sustainability leaders do not

April 30, 2026

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Trans­ition­ing from an emer­ging hot­spot to an estab­lished tour­ism-led eco­nomy is complex. 

Ken Drew exam­ines the grow­ing pains of Phuket, Thai­l­and where loc­als, includ­ing his former tour­ism stu­dents, too often find them­selves in danger.

Fol­low­ing last week’s Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil con­fer­ence on the island — planned amid reports of deadly land­slides, tox­ic fires, and poor air qual­ity — a ques­tion arises …

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A sustainable stay: Thailand’s Anurak Lodge embraces ‘4Cs’ in regenerative quest


Sustainable stay: Thailand's Anurak Lodge embraces ‘4Cs’ in the Long Run's regenerative travel quest

Anurak Com­munity Lodge, a 19-key nature-based eco­lodge loc­ated on the edge of Khao Sok Nation­al Park in south­ern Thai­l­and is guided by the ‘4Cs’ of con­ser­va­tion, com­munity, cul­ture, and com­merce; a frame­work developed by The Long Run.

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