USAID has launched a $20-million five-year project to develop sustainable tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina and prepare the country to be a world-class destination for travellers in the post-pandemic era. The project aims to create jobs, especially in rural areas, and protect the natural and cultural heritages of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During Climate Week NYC 2020, the first annual Regenerative Travel Summit was hosted. This successful virtual event attracted more than 1,800 people and 40 speakers - including including conservation experts, environmental economists and business owners. The aim of the summit was to foster solutions-oriented conversations focused on how we can move beyond sustainability to regeneration. This article looks at the five regenerative solutions that emerged out of the summit.
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.
With Covid-19, we have transitioned from overtourism, to practically no tourism. This article considers how we can learn some lessons from these recent events and looks at how to socialise tourism and transform it into appropriate tourism.
In this article, the authors put forward four ways in which governments can reimagine their role in the tourism sector in the context of COVID-19. These include the development of a central nerve centre, new financial mechanisms, transparent communication on protocols and the provision of a data and analytics infrastructure.
