Is travel enough to engender the deep cross-cultural awareness people need now? Experts suggest that while travel may not inspire enough empathy to turn tourists into social justice activists, the alternative - not traveling at all - may be worse.
ISTO's working group on accessible tourism wishes to meet regularly and invites other members to join. Their current priority is to identify and share specific health measures that have been adopted in various countries and regions for people with disabilities.
Given the pressing need to promote positive economic impacts while also conserving natural heritage, a free online training platform has been launched. ‘Sustainable Tourism: Training for Tomorrow’ aims to increase the quality, supply and accessibility of training in sustainable tourism for Protected Area stakeholders across Europe.
The Future of Tourism Coalition brings together key players from around the world who want to ensure that destinations are placed at the centre of recovery strategies. Jeremy Sampson tells official media partner Travindy about this new and timely global collaboration and the Coalition's plans to facilitate the transition towards a new model for tourism.
Before the pandemic, a Colombian and Nepali went trekking through the Tamang Indigenous Trail in the Himalayas. Here they chronicle their journey and reflect on the human side of ecotourism and the commonalities between their countries’ post war realities. Their story provides ideas on how we can all repurpose the travel industry.
