Emil Kukalj on balanced tourism, overtourism, ideology, pragmatism, and possibility


Emil Kukalj on balanced tourism, overtourism, pragmatism, and possibility

Emil Kukalj reck­ons ideo­logy is only use­ful if it is action­able and leads to net pos­it­ive res­ults. Saverio F Ber­to­lu­cci inter­viewed Mr Kukalj for a Tourism’s Hori­zon Inter­view. For this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Mr Ber­to­lu­cci reflects. [The full tran­script is on Substack.] Who is Emil Kukalj? I was delighted to dis­cuss research and devel­op­ment with an estab­lished figure […]

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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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Why aren’t Kenya tourism authorities taking a responsible approach to growth?

March 19, 2024

Are Kenya tourism authorities as responsible as they could be? Mt Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Pic by Sergey Pesterev (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/green-leaf-tree-near-mountain-covered-by-snow-at-daytime-DWXR-nAbxCk

Tour­ism officer Doreen Nyam­weya wor­ries about the stra­tegic dir­ec­tion of Kenya tour­ism. Ms Nyam­weya won­ders wheth­er nation­al tour­ism author­it­ies are ‘imprisoned’ by out­dated think­ing, con­fused about Kenya’s pos­i­tion in the world, and dis­con­nec­ted from host com­munit­ies. With Kenya’s tour­ism sec­tor boom­ing again, calls for respons­ible approaches to tour­ism mar­ket­ing and man­age­ment are gain­ing momentum.  Different […]

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For a sustainable Singapore, Green Destinations’ regional lead picks CRTS


For a sustainable Singapore, Green Destinations picks CRTS. Pic by Coleen Rivas (CC0) via Unsplash. "GT" added "GREEN Singapore". https://unsplash.com/photos/people-crossing-bridge-OZ2rS2zCjNo

Singapore’s private-sec­t­or tour­ism stake­hold­ers, from small- and medi­um-sized busi­nesses to glob­al brands, will increas­ingly pur­sue sus­tain­ab­il­ity cer­ti­fic­a­tion over the com­ing years, accord­ing to Kev­in Phun, founder of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS). Mr Phun is more bullish about the oppor­tun­it­ies for a sus­tain­able Singa­pore since Susan San­tos de Cárde­n­as, Green Des­tin­a­tions’ South­east Asia […]

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FINAL CALL for entries: Strong Earth Awards 2024, Advancing the Earth Charter


Strong Earth Awards 2024

March 31, 2024 is the dead­line for the Strong Earth Awards 2024.  Entrants are invited to sub­mit a thought-pro­­vok­ing 500-word essay on:  “Why is the Earth Charter more rel­ev­ant today than when it was intro­duced by Maurice Strong and Mikhail Gorbachev in 2005; espe­cially for tour­ism in Least Devel­op­ing Coun­tries (LDCs) and Small Island Devel­op­ing States […]

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