Category: Communications

New research has been published ahead of COP26 to inform discussions on pathways to meet the SGD Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. The report considers how the airline industry can be more accountable for its carbon footprint and recommends stricter oversight of the quality of the industry’s market-based mechanisms.

As The Independent’s new travel editor, Helen Coffey is conscious of how tourism can be a force for good – or for evil – when it comes to people and planet. They are now pledging to do things differently from now on, by prioritising trips whose net positive effects outweigh the negative impacts and companies that are leading the way in cutting their carbon outputs and changing the travel industry for the better.

Now that travel is reopening, many Black travellers are paying attention to whether companies follow through with the promises they made in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. How destinations and travel service providers approach diversity has an influence on travel decision-making, including Black representation in advertising and the availability of Black-owned business.

TOTA is an award-winning tourism association based in British Columbia, Canada, and a founding signatory of the Future of Tourism Coalition. In this interview with their vice president, we find out how they’re building upon the pillars of sustainable tourism to not only preserve and protect, but to create positive impacts and inspire meaningful change. Ellen also shares her top tips for destinations just embarking on their journey to become more sustainable.

Portugal aims to become one of the most sustainable destinations in the world by 2027. With this in mind, VisitPortugal has launched inspiring video messages to travellers across Europe, calling for a focus on responsible and sustainable tourism in 2021. The videos are adapted for each country and encourage discovering new ways of travelling bound by a collective conscience to nature.