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Inclusions: How a little place near Angkor became one of the world’s best hotels


Jaya House River Park: How a little place near Angkor became one of the world’s best hotels

There’s a lot of good going on behind the leafy green exter­i­or of one of the world’s best hotels. And much of it is “rather easy”. Talk is cheap. Chris­ti­an de Boer is tired of the hypo­crisy that runs rampant in the travel & tour­ism industry, such as “the B Corps that can’t wait to give […]

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Community-based tourism for urban & rural development in sub-Saharan Africa


CABI Tourism Cases on community-based tourism development in sub-Saharan Africa

CABI Tour­ism Cases presents suc­cesses, poten­tials, and chal­lenges of com­munity-based tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity for urb­an and rur­al devel­op­ment in sub-Saha­ran Africa. The tour­ism industry has become one of the key socio-eco­nom­ic sec­tors of sub-Saha­ran Africa. In the last few dec­ades, the tour­ism industry in most sub-Saha­ran Afric­an coun­tries has sur­passed most oth­er eco­nom­ic sec­tors in terms of gen­er­at­ing busi­ness oppor­tun­it­ies, for­eign exchange earn­ings, and employ­ment prospects. 

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Tourism climate action now for small island developing states: SUNx Malta


Tourism climate action now for small island developing states: SUNx Malta. Antigua port image by neufal54 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/caribbean-antigua-port-ship-sea-2585115/

The cli­mate crisis is most chal­len­ging and imme­di­ate for small island devel­op­ing states, which have con­trib­uted the least to the prob­lem but are the most exposed to its con­sequences.  This is accord­ing to Geof­frey Lip­man, Pres­id­ent of SUNx Malta, who key­noted a ses­sion on cli­mate change and tour­ism at the United Nations’ Small Island Devel­op­ing States […]

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SUNx, CFT Uganda Chapter urge tourism climate action and adaptation in Kampala


SUNx, CFT Uganda Chapter urge tourism climate action and adaptation in Kampala Crested crane image by Paul (CC0) via Pixabay. Uganda map-shaped flag by Gordan Johnson (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-crested-crane-crane-uganda-7718653/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/uganda-flag-map-geography-outline-1758988/

SUNx Malta and its Uganda Chapter are high­light­ing the imper­at­ive for cli­mate action in tour­ism, par­tic­u­larly the need to adapt to intensi­fy­ing weath­er extremes, at the Pearl of Africa Tour­ism Expo (POATE) 2024 tak­ing place in Kam­pala, Uganda. Find SUNx at POATE, Maleng Travel Stand T9 Mun­yonyo Con­ven­tion Centre. 100 cli­mate-friendly Ugandan tour­ism stake­hold­ers Uganda has […]

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Supporting ‘Bhutan Believe’: The SUSTOUR Bhutan story so far


Supporting 'Bhutan Believe'

Bhutan believes it is (or could be) the world’s green­est and most respons­ible travel des­tin­a­tion. The SUSTOUR Bhutan pro­ject, fun­ded by the European Uni­on under its SWITCH-Asia pro­gramme, is sup­port­ing Bhutan’s effort to real­ise this goal with a focus on sus­tain­able, inclus­ive, and resi­li­ent tour­ism devel­op­ment.  “The SUSTOUR pro­ject stands as a beacon of relevance […]

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Hi! Have you registered for the Strong Earth Youth Summit 2024 yet?


SUNx Malta Strong Earth Youth Summit SEYS 2024 promotion

Young people in travel & tour­ism, and their ment­ors and sup­port­ers, are invited right now to register for the 2024 edi­tion of the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS). The Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) is an annu­al trib­ute to Maurice Strong, cli­mate act­iv­ist for more than 50 years and Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al of the first “Earth Sum­mit” in […]

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