Gabby Walters is an expert in crisis and disaster recovery marketing. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Dr Walters shares some of what she knows about traveller concerns during and after a disruptive event and what travel & tourism stakeholders can do to mitigate losses and bounce back strongly.
2020 has exposed the flaws in a conservation model reliant on wealthy tourists. New ideas are vital in the effort to safeguard the environment post-pandemic. A conservation basic income and monetising ecosystem services are two possible approaches.
The Bioasis project is the exciting new UK programme from the team behind STC Expeditions: an ‘immersive’ outdoor adventure, set in the year 2074 in a post climate-change apocalyptic world. School groups can choose either a 6 or 10 day mission to learn about conservation, rewilding and reconnecting with nature. Here Rebecca Waller chats to Adrian Ferraro to find out more.
SUNx Malta will host the first ever Climate Friendly Youth Travel Summit in April 2021. It will include workshops and activities aimed at highlighting the need for a clean and green post-Covid future for tourism.
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.
