Overcrowding and Climate change are two of many challenges we face as tourism speeds up to 2 billion annual tourists spending $2 trillion yearly by 2030
2016 marks the 10th birthday of the Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards. This year Wild Asia will share best practices instead of a traditional competition.
The awards attracted entries from almost every county in Ireland with winners chosen by a panel of industry experts chaired by Professor Harold Goodwin.
Justin Francis tells us why it gets harder to judge the awards each year, and insists that "the customer benefit of responsible tourism should not be overlooked"
