The Future of Tourism Coalition brings together key players from around the world who want to ensure that destinations are placed at the centre of recovery strategies. Jeremy Sampson tells official media partner Travindy about this new and timely global collaboration and the Coalition's plans to facilitate the transition towards a new model for tourism.
Before the pandemic, a Colombian and Nepali went trekking through the Tamang Indigenous Trail in the Himalayas. Here they chronicle their journey and reflect on the human side of ecotourism and the commonalities between their countries’ post war realities. Their story provides ideas on how we can all repurpose the travel industry.
Indigenous tourism offers an opportunity for non-indigenous Australians to learn about Aboriginal culture and history. Many Australians would like to make personal connections with Indigenous peoples, but don’t know how. Indigenous tours can be a starting point for new connections, and ultimately reconciliation.
History illustrates how public parks in the US have often been socially constructed as white spaces. Given that these parks are important community resources that promote physical and mental health, social cohesion and conservation, how can we break down racial boundaries to make our spaces and society more egalitarian?
The global pandemic has provided an opportunity to redesign the tourism landscape and industry to be sustainable and truly equitable - and to reform the industry’s exploitations of people and places.
