Category: Community

7 South African hotels and lodges successfully promoting sustainable tourism

From game lodges to airport hotels, Soouth Africa has many accommodation providers who have implemented sustainable tourism practices in their business operations.

Obstacles in transforming the tourism sector into a Real People Impact (RPI) industry

If significant gains are going to be made in developing sustainable tourism, nations must put in place systems that will contribute to ending tourism as we know it, argues Judy Kepher-Gona. Focus must shift to ethical people engagement.

Rainforest Revival: from Fading Villages to a Vibrant Future in Khao Sok with Community-Led Tourism

The fight for the preservation of Thailand’s Khao Sok National Park begins in the late 1970s, with an armed uprising deep in the jungle strongholds of present day Cheow Lan lake.

Community at heart of beach culture world championships

Next month’s Beach Culture World Championships is expected to open brand new doors for Silver Sands and communities around Barbados, expecting competition from around the world and banking on organic tourism to promote the community.

Using a participatory approach to build community-based tourism – Interview with Touch Morn from Chambok Community

Touch Morn from Chambok Community Based Eco-Tourism, finalist of NatGeo World Legacy Awards in Engaging Communities, speaks about their profit-sharing business model.

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