Hotels, resorts, and other accommodation

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How a community-based tourism & homestay network empowers women in Nepal

February 4, 2020

Women who manage the Panauti Community Homestay with some members of the CHN team

Tour­ism impact and sus­tain­ab­il­ity expert Aady­aa Pandey dis­cusses a few of the chal­lenges over­come by Nepal’s Com­munity Homestay Net­work (CHN). And she cel­eb­rates its pos­it­ive impacts. Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Second Look World­wide for invit­ing Aady­aa to con­trib­ute this inspir­ing “GT” Insight about a social enter­prise that arose from a mod­est yet wildly […]

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Piling up: India tourism’s growing waste management problem

June 3, 2019
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India's beautiful iconic Taj Mahal and a pile of waste. Combines right-free images by Roney John (Taj Mahal) via Pexels and MrsBrown (the waste) via Pixabay.

Sus­tain­able tour­ism lead­er Tejas Joseph sum­mar­ises the waste man­age­ment chal­lenges facing India and its travel, tour­ism, and hos­pit­al­ity sec­tors, and recom­mends the first step towards tak­ing respons­ib­il­ity for it. Travel & tour­ism accoun­ted for 9.2% of India’s GDP in 2018 and facil­it­ated 8.1% of employ­ment. Fur­ther, the travel & tour­ism industry in India is slated to […]

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Save money, satisfy guests, & join the fight against food waste

April 23, 2019
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Featured image: How much food waste in your tourism or hospitality business generating? Image copyright: LightBlue Environmental Consulting

Sus­tain­ab­il­ity advoc­ate and “waste fight­er” Lauren Khar­ouni presents the case against food waste, the busi­ness case for redu­cing it, and simple ways to start. Have you ever taken a closer look at data on glob­al food waste? If not, take a seat, the num­bers are strik­ing. Oth­er­wise, a short remind­er could not hurt. Every year, the UN […]

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It’s mental: Why remote resorts are resisting renewable energy

April 3, 2019

Misool is a diving resort and conservation centre located in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Misool was founded on the belief that sustainable tourism could safeguard the future of the surrounding reefs, which are some of the most biodiverse on Earth. Designed and managed by Canopy Power, a PV-Storage Hybrid system was installed and commissioned in March 2018.

Daniel Rye devel­ops renew­able energy microgrids for remote applic­a­tions, includ­ing at hotels and resorts. In this “GT” Insight, Daniel dis­cusses the psy­cho­logy behind com­mon objec­tions decision makers have against an increas­ingly effi­cient and eco­nom­ic­al energy option. Renew­able energy is here. By empir­ic­al met­rics this is undeni­able. For example, 2015 was the first year that saw […]

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Canvas, sticks, & mud: Is this the future of sustainable hotels & resorts?

March 5, 2019

Sustainable accommodation can take the form of luxury in canvas, sticks, and mud. This pic from Vinetree China.

It appears to be much more com­mon in the 21st cen­tury than it was in the 20th for high-end lux­ury hotels and resorts to be delivered in the form of tents and huts and mud houses. So long as the res­ult is more sus­tain­able accom­mod­a­tion options across all price points, sus­tain­ab­il­ity advoc­ates should rejoice. CB […]

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The “Good Tourism” Podcast #2: How to be a plastic-free hotel in 15 minutes

and November 15, 2017

plastic-free hotel

As co-founder of the not-for-profit Refill NOT Land­fill in Cam­bod­ia, Chris­ti­an de Boer claims a hotel can oblit­er­ate its reli­ance on plastic water bottles in about 15 minutes.  All it takes is will­power, a sig­na­ture, and a will­ing­ness to absorb or pass on about a dol­lar a day per guest. With more than a dec­ade’s worth […]

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