Category: Socio-economic issues

WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Awards announces 2016 finalists

WTTC has announced 15 finalists for its 2016 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards in 5 categories; Community, Destination, Environment, Innovation and People.

New spate of road & rail projects threaten Africa’s wildlife reserves 

Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in road and railway building with 33 huge 'development corridors' planned that threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas

Start-Up connects micro-entrepreneurs with tourists

People First Tourism provides an opportunity for people found at the margins of the tourism industry to obtain some extra household cash for work they enjoy

African safari tourism: the ‘multiplier’ effect

For every one person employed by certain high-end tourism lodges in southern Africa, seven people benefit from the downstream flow of that income.

Palau bets on sustainable tourism with fishing ban

The move follows a similar action in 2009 when Palau created the world's first sanctuary, a move that has seen many countries follow suit.

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