“Good Tourism” Partner messages

This is the archive page for all the mes­sages of act­ive “Good Tour­ism” Part­ners. Con­sider “GT” Part­ner­ship for your organ­isa­tion. (Click/touch on a “GT” Part­ner in the list for an archive of their Part­ner messages.)

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50 diploma scholarships open to students from SIDS, LDCs

July 31, 2024

2024 Climate Friendly Travel Diploma 50 scholarships for students in SIDS, LDCs and other developing states

Fifty schol­ar­ships are open to stu­dents from Least Developed Coun­tries (LDCs) and Small Island Devel­op­ing States (SIDS), and a few oth­er devel­op­ing coun­tries, for the online Dip­loma in Cli­mate Friendly Travel offered by the Insti­tute of Tour­ism Stud­ies and SUNx Malta. The 2024 CFT Dip­loma starts on Septem­ber 30. Schol­ar­ship applic­a­tions close August 15.  APPLY HERE […]

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Beer o’clock ‘keeps the forest standing’ at Cardamom Tented Camp, Cambodia

July 17, 2024

Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia has launched its own conservation beer, Cardamom Mountains Steam Beer, with the tagline, “Your Beer Keeps the Forest Standing”.

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp in Cam­bod­ia has launched its own con­ser­va­tion beer with the tagline, “Your Beer Keeps the Forest Stand­ing”. Profits from the Car­damom Moun­tains Steam Beer, now avail­able at the eco­lodge, help fund the con­ser­va­tion work of 16 forest rangers who pro­tect 18,000 hec­tares (180 km²) of sur­round­ing low­land ever­green forest in the Botum […]

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

and June 18, 2024

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

June 13, 2024

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

May 29, 2024

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

May 24, 2024

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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