Category: Research and studies

New UNEP manual launched to support businesses improve resource efficiency

Manual to Measuring and Monitoring Resource Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Hotel and Conference Sector is aiming to support tourism businesses to measure and improve the performance of their business in resource efficiency and GHG emissions. 

Seven ‘deeper leverage points’ for travel & tourism’s effective climate action

In this “Good Tourism” Insight, academics Johanna Loehr and Susanne Becken offer an executive summary of “Leverage points to address climate change risk in destinations”, their paper recently published by Tourism Geographies.

The tactics employed by Las Kellys to fight stigma and improve working conditions

The protests organized by room attendants in Spain and other countries where tourism is a key economic player are increasingly frequent and better coordinated....

Marine Ecotourism is supporting tourism industry to build back better

As the first official day of summer kicks off tomorrow and the nation gears up to explore their own backyard, the country’s tourism industry...

Reframing tourism to address plastic pollution

At the intersection of greater environmental awareness, stricter public health measures and the return of the tourism industry lies an enduring threat: plastic pollution. Research...

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Helsinki named world’s most sustainable destination by GDSI

Helsinki named world’s most sustainable travel destination — The Global Destination Sustainability Index measures the sustainability of travel destinations in four different categories using more than 70 indicators.