The Costa Rican National Park, Manuel Antonio, has been awarded with the Certificate of Sustainable Tourism (CST) in the top category. The award measures aspects of business management and social, environmental, cultural and economic impacts, as well as work with communities in the surrounding areas.
New research suggests the indigenous Batak people feel that they are being left out of the process of rural tourism development and feel discouraged to start businesses in their communities due to lack of skills and capital. The study puts forward recommendations for government and policymakers to make the development program more inclusive.
Planeterra has teamed up the Panama Government and local NGOs to reposition Panama as a destination focused on cultural immersion experiences. The partnership aims to work with at least 10 communities to assist them with income diversification, product development, and customer service.
As part of the ‘2021 European Year of Rail’, the ETC has launched a competition for the marketing campaigns that best promote rail travel as a sustainable tourism model throughout the EU. This will bring more attention to rail as a sustainable form of transportation.
Plans to create a huge ski resort that would require blowing up part of the Alps are on hold after major pushback from locals coming to grips with warming. A growing grassroots movement is now standing up to the powerful ski industry, arguing that it sacrifices untouched landscapes for ever grander projects that ignore the looming climate crisis.
AHLA and its technology committee, Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG), released an updated buyer’s guide and comparison matrix to help hoteliers assess the latest generation of personal safety devices for hotel staff.
