VisitScotland chief Malcolm Roughead shares how his organisation has worked with host communities and other tourism stakeholders to plot a responsible and sustainable route out of the COVID crisis. . In this post, Malcolm talks about how Scotland has managed opening up to visitors, and more generally about the trend towards transformational travel.
Can a post-vaccine return to travel be smarter and greener than it was before March 2020? Some in the tourism industry are betting on it. In this article from the summer, The New York Times offers a definition for regenerative tourism and looks at some positive developments since the start of the pandemic, including the launch of the Future of Tourism Coalition.
Australia’s bushfires followed by the huge challenges posed by the pandemic have forced tour companies to rethink their approach to tourism and appeal more to the Australian market. Many travel providers to have found ways to rebuild from the devastating wildfires in more meaningful and sustainable way.
Intrepid Travel has set a science-based emission reduction target in line with a 1.5°C future. Intrepid is one of 529 companies in the world, and the only tour operator, with approved science-based targets from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as the company steps up its fight for a more sustainable future for the travel industry.
The European Commission has declared 2021 to be the European Year of Rail, an idea which will support the delivery of the European Green Deal objectives and its goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Rail travel will be promoted as a sustainable and safe mode of transport with benefits across the board.
