Tourism has united around a common Call to Action, outlining a shared vision for the sustainable and inclusive future of the sector. The Call to Action brings together the solutions and plans put forward during a two-day summit, recognising the importance of transforming tourism ‘for people, for planet and for prosperity’.
In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Edwin Magio calls upon African travel & tourism stakeholders to put their words into action. Given that communities and conservation efforts are heavily reliant on tourism and have been adversely affected by tourism’s pause during COVID-19, it is important to ensure that they are at the centre of tourism’s post-pandemic recovery efforts.
Rafat Ali at Skift looks back at what we have learnt about the ‘new’ future direction of travel since the beginning of the pandemic. For Rafat, one of the big questions the industry and travellers now face is how to balance the conflicting notions of travel as a privilege and travel as a human need.
The guidelines, developed by a team of international experts, aim to help national stakeholders, protected area managers and researchers count visitation and measure economic impacts consistently through a standardised approach.
The costs of the pandemic and restrictions on economies, livelihoods and the environment have been very high. This article focusing on the example of Nepal suggests that recovery needs to achieve the dual goals of economic revival and ecosystem restoration. Here, investments in forestry and nature-based tourism can help.
