A new set of recommendations outlines how the global tourism sector can continue its fight against plastic pollution while effectively facing the public health and hygiene challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Future of Tourism Coalition brings together key players from around the world who want to ensure that destinations are placed at the centre of recovery strategies. Jeremy Sampson tells official media partner Travindy about this new and timely global collaboration and the Coalition's plans to facilitate the transition towards a new model for tourism.
New research from Lund University highlights tourism’s lack of resilience to downturns and suggests there are few tangible guidelines to make tourism more resilient as well as climate friendlier. The authors conclude that many of the major structural changes will have to come from policy makers.
The eco hotel summit is a free 5-day online event taking place between 27th and 31st July 2020, organised in association with Eco Resort Network and World of Glamping. The event will incorporate over 50 speakers on a variety of topics, as well as offering innovative virtual networking opportunities.
There has been a lot of analysis of the positive and negative impacts of Covid-19 on conservation and Protected Areas globally, but none of them focuses specifically on Georgia. In the third post in the series on Covid-19 in Georgia, Marta Mills who has been exploring Georgia since 2001, summarises the impacts on Georgia’s nature.
