Owners feel constrained by the financial implications of sustainable practices and most especially by the concern for not negatively interfering with the comfort experience of their guests, finds new research.
Noise reduces the value of habitats like parks, finds new research. Early findings suggest it impacts negatively on the health and behaviour of resident birdlife.
Natural capital and green infrastructure investments offer demonstrable benefits including cost-effective reductions in their environmental footprint, as well as improvements to brand perception and employee recruitment and retention.
Columnist Aurora Dawn Reinke asks what responsible tourism businesses should do when research shows tourists are unaware of sustainability benchmarking and therefore aren't looking for it?
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released a new report investigating the discrepancy between travelers’ sustainability aspirations and actual behavior.
