Sustainability has become indispensable for Seychelles. That was the consensus at a recent Experience Seychelles Mega Fam event hosted by Tourism Seychelles, with over 65 travel industry attendees worldwide.
The Italian city of Venice has announced new limits on the size of tourist groups - the latest move to reduce the pressure of mass tourism on the famed canal city.
Overtourism, destruction of habitat and exploitation of communities have indeed created backlash, and a growing number of tourism-related companies are taking proactive steps to get the target off their backs.
France has announced it is banning smoking on beaches as part of a wider campaign to help people quit. By the first half of 2024, the four-year 'plan anti-tabac' will also see lighting up prohibited outside of schools and in government-owned forests and green areas.
BehaviorSMART, global leader in promoting sustainable tourism practices using innovative behavioral economics strategies, announced the general availability of its beSMART Platform for tour operators across the globe.
