Angelo Sciacca

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Angelo Sciacca

Angelo Sciacca is a Research Fel­low in Cir­cu­lar Entre­pren­eur­ship at the Uni­ver­sity of Green­wich, UK. Angelo is also a PhD can­did­ate at Edin­burgh Napi­er Uni­ver­sity con­duct­ing his doc­tor­al research in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

His work focuses on “the bar­ri­ers and ena­blers to a cir­cu­lar eco­nomy faced by tour­ism busi­nesses” and is par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in how small island des­tin­a­tions’ “ter­rit­ori­al fea­tures may influ­ence a cir­cu­lar eco­nomy transition”.

Angelo is also a sus­tain­able tour­ism con­sult­ant “work­ing at the cross­road of sus­tain­ab­il­ity, tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment”. Since 2017, he has col­lab­or­ated with NGOs work­ing in Myanmar.

Angelo has also writ­ten for The “GT” Travel Blog.

Belgian B&B implements sustainable circular solutions: A case study

, and August 16, 2022
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Lighthouse at Nieuwpoort, Belgium. By Wouter Martens (CC0) via Unsplash. Arrows by GDJ (CC0) via Pixabay.

A bed & break­fast in Nieuw­poort, Bel­gi­um has lever­aged the sup­port of a European Uni­on-fun­­ded pro­ject to imple­ment viable ‘cir­cu­lar’ solu­tions. Accord­ing to authors Angelo Sciacca, Lucien von Schomberg, and Eline Brutyn, the B&B’s own­ers have set a good example for oth­er travel & tour­ism entre­pren­eurs to fol­low.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too […]

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Save to sustain: Frugal innovation & traditional knowledge in circular tourism

July 13, 2021

Island. By Tomas Anunziata (CC0) via Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/island-with-floating-boat-from-drone-3876404/ Vine. By gyromatical (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/vine-frame-border-leaves-wreath-6184947/ Family. By Clker-Free-Vector-Images (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/family-parents-kids-children-young-43873/

Angelo Sciacca was the first guest author to intro­duce the concept of the cir­cu­lar eco­nomy to this web­site when he argued for its poten­tial to make small island des­tin­a­tions more resi­li­ent and less depend­ent on travel & tour­ism. In this, his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Mr Sciacca adds frugal innov­a­tion and tra­di­tion­al know­ledge to his […]

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How can a circular tourism economy help repurpose heritage buildings?

April 22, 2021

A home. Abandoned. By Tama66 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/users/tama66-1032521/

Aban­doned build­ings can be an eye­sore, a blight on a land- or city­scape, and even an embar­rass­ment to many loc­als. Yet they are all a part of a place’s his­tory and her­it­age. While very few would argue that all are worth sav­ing, many her­it­age build­ings do indeed deserve a new lease of life and may […]

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From linear to circular: How to build resilience in small island tourism destinations

February 4, 2021
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Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Picture: David Kirkland. Circular arrows by Gordon Johnson (CC0) via Pixabay (added to image by "GT").

The clue is in its name. Travel & tour­is­m’s fatal flaw is its total reli­ance on free­dom of move­ment. Lock­downs and bor­der clos­ures in response to COVID-19 have blind­sided tour­ism-depend­ent eco­nom­ies and dev­ast­ated live­li­hoods. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, sus­tain­able tour­ism con­sult­ant Angelo Sciacca argues that now is a good time for the stake­hold­ers of […]

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