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“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be.” _ William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
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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 […]
Read More Save money, satisfy guests, & join the fight against food waste
A high-level multilateral conference under the auspices of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has produced a declaration recognising the need to do something about measuring sustainable tourism (MST); determining tourism’s true contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The “Manila Call for Action on Measuring Sustainable Tourism” says tourism ministers, statistical chiefs, and environmental officials […]
Read More Was it time to act on measuring sustainable tourism a decade ago?
The “Good Tourism” Blog’s first guest contributor, Dr Susanne Becken, is, among other things, Professor of Sustainable Tourism at Griffith University and Director of the Griffith Institute for Tourism, as well as one of the initiators of the Global Sustainable Tourism Dashboard. In this post, Dr Becken explains the raison d’être of the Dashboard. Tourism […]
Read More “Tourism contributes to sustainable development.” Are you sure?
Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry conducted a focus group discussion on sustainable tourism statistics last week, according to two reports coming out of Jakarta at the weekend. Sustainable Tourism Development Working Group head I Gede Ardika said the discussion was about Indonesia’s presentation of its recommendations at an upcoming conference in Manila, Philippines. The 6th International Conference […]
Read More Indonesia tackles lies, damned lies, & sustainable tourism statistics?