Category: Environmental issues

SA tourism industry under pressure to end elephant rides

Five our of 14 elephant riding facilities available in the country have announced that they are ending the practice over the last twelve months

Hotels in China must be more sustainable, says Cornell report

If country’s hotel development continues at current pace it will see at least three new 150+ room hotels open every day for the next 25 years

Future prosperity depends on managing success today

If the tourism economy has any chance of becoming sustainable (for it certainly isn’t now), we have to enter into a more intelligent, nuanced debate that acknowledges reality and its complexities in terms of both cause and consequence.

Can two teddy bears that ski save the French sleeper trains?

Sleeper trains routes to destinations all over France are due to be axed unless a viable proposal from a train company is received by 1 July 2016 – more than 100 years after they first ran. Sign the Change.org petition to keep this low carbon transport service running successfully.

Tourism and biodiversity loss: the threat of invasive species

How tourism professionals can help protect biodiversity and the tourism industry by stopping the spread of invasive species

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