Category: Human Rights

The other victims of elephant tourism – reporting from Thailand

The reason for these ‘accidents’, neglect and lack of duty of care for elephants or their mahouts is often simple. It’s an issue of profit for those running elephant camps.

Keeping children safe: A success-story on leadership and sustainable tourism

Chairman, Founder and former CEO of Atlantica Hotels in Brazil, Paul has demonstrated what businesses can do to keep children safe and reduce the risks of child abuse and trafficking.

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.

The role of gender equality towards achieving sustainable tourism – interview with Daniela Moreno Alarcón from Equality in Tourism

We need a more gender-balanced industry if we want to reduce poverty, promote sustainable human development, improve the sector’s ethics and protect the environment.

Summer long Italian festival of responsible tourism has Travellers and Migrants theme

The series of events will explore issues around migration to remind people that travelling is not done only for pleasure and to relax, but that there are those who are forced to travel and move

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