According to the Independent, there’s a misconceived belief that Brits prefer international trips to holidaying in the UK. The idea of a “staycation boom” has been much hyped in the British media, but British holidays were already popular before the pandemic. However, there has been an increase in demand for certain locations and accommodation types, in particular self-catering options in rural and coastal settings.
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 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.
New research has been published ahead of COP26 to inform discussions on pathways to meet the SGD Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. The report considers how the airline industry can be more accountable for its carbon footprint and recommends stricter oversight of the quality of the industry’s market-based mechanisms.
