South Africa’s rural Sekhukhune is full of interesting sites and heritage. Communities need financial and technical support to start sustainable tourism projects there.
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Tourism in popular destinations is complex, with a variety of operators, vested interests, influences and competing needs. Getting the balance right to protect local people is challenging.
People tend to be less green on holiday that at home for various reasons.
There are ways your presence – and your money – can provide maximum benefit for local economies.
As detailed in a June 2023 event in Grenoble, France, business schools hold partial responsibility for the longstanding behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs) in indigenous territories.
Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
Tourism must be economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. To this end, and given the sector’s weight in the economy, participatory governance in which there is room for all citizens is essential.
Heading on holiday soon? Here’s some tips for making your holiday greener.
Big resorts, cruise ships and visitor numbers are all up for debate across the Pacific, but economic pressure may test how post-pandemic reality lives up to the sustainability rhetoric.
The Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to make tourism more sustainable in Africa, improving the lives of local communities rather than just catering to international visitors.
Volunteer tourism, or ‘voluntourism’, is on the way back as borders open. But critics say the largely unregulated industry is overdue for change.
Some tourist destinations are very good at distracting from their questionable approach to civil liberties.
Cruise liners are back and demand is reportedly strong. But given their environmental impact and relatively low economic benefit, how sustainable is this kind of tourism?
Tourism, when co-created with refugees and asylum-seekers, can be a powerful tool for dismantling anti-immigrant attitudes.
A return of mega cruise liners would go against the government’s express desire to create a new, sustainable tourism model.
With tourism operators desperate for the return of international visitors, the industry’s challenge now is to build a new, sustainable model.
Derby in northeast Tasmania should be a story of hope for mining communities seeking to transition to a sustainable future. But logging threatens that vision.
The Māori world view provides a viable framework for building a new tourism model that prioritises quality over quantity.
Our analysis shows most tourist accommodation — be it Airbnb or traditional hotel accommodation — comes with sizeable greenhouse emissions.
A departure tax based on length of stay, not distance travelled, would be a more effective sustainable tourism strategy.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Research Associate, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
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Senior Research Fellow & Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Stockholm Environment Institute
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Professor in Tourism Geography, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor, Tourism and Society, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Hospitality and Tourism Management, University of Strathclyde
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Professor in environmental psychology, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sustainability and Public Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
