Category: Socio-economic issues

Put Climate Resilience, Green Growth and ‘Impact Travel’ in Curricula – Lipman Urges Deans

Addressing 350 Business School Deans at the EFMD Conference - Professor Geoffrey Lipman said that the 2015 SDGs – provide a massive opportunity for the academic world, but they need to be approached with a big reality check on the tensions between aspiration, implementation, and finance.

Women are exploited in tourism, says study

Thee Centre for Responsible Tourism (CRT) unveiled a study on women workforce in Goa’s tourism sector which questioned the myth that tourism provides employment opportunities to women.

First Meeting for the development of an International Standard on “Accessible Tourism for All” held in Madrid

From the initiative of the ONCE Foundation, the Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the first working meeting for the development of an International Standard on Accessible Tourism for All was held in Madrid on 13-14 February.

Travolution will host the first Latin-American community based tourism meeting in Colombia

Meeting will see more than 30 Latin American community organizations, as well as around 50 Colombian community projects and travel agencies seek to promote the collective construction of community tourism in the region.

Maldives to abandon carbon neutral vision in favour of mass tourism

New government plans to relocate residents to larger atolls – leaving small islands ripe for development. It says these super resorts, not solar power, will create the money needed to adapt to climate change

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Arcadia by Amala: A sustainable culinary journey by Jumeirah Zabeel Saray

Jumeirah Zabeel Saray unveils Arcadia by Amala, an intimate dining experience where the rich traditions of Indian cuisine are reimagined through artistic storytelling and sustainable practices.