As travel revives, industry leaders must address their sector's impact on the climate and on local communities. Otherwise, the sector risks attacks from the...
From the Solomon Islands to Denali national park, how five communities reliant on tourism are coping as climate change upends their industry.
One of the...
Travellers and the industry should recognise the people who live in communities that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, climate change and tourism, either the lack of it or the over-abundance of it. Community-based tourism is doubly beneficial because communities themselves are in control of what they share and who they share it with, while directly benefiting from the experience.
National Geographic asked their readers if some places should be off-limits to tourists. Responses varied but most experts agreed that locking places away from people is not the answer. Tourism is crucial to the preservation of many wild places and the focus should instead be on how travel can be used as a tool to solve these global problems.
