{"id":50631,"date":"2021-12-09T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=50631"},"modified":"2021-12-09T16:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:19:51","slug":"what-steps-can-tourism-take-after-cop26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/12\/what-steps-can-tourism-take-after-cop26\/","title":{"rendered":"What steps can tourism take after COP26?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50634 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/city-geb8eaf5e2_1280-e1639063174679.jpg\" alt=\"Sustainable transportation and infrastructure\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/>The COP26 climate change conference may have finally been the wake-up call that the planet needs.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of warnings and the continued release of scientific evidence to illustrate society&#8217;s impact on the planet, many governments, campaigners and experts are perhaps taking a positive &#8211; rather than negative &#8211; view that binding actions have emerged that will address some of the challenges that everyone will face in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Many will say that the policies created at the Glasgow, Scotland-hosted event are not enough, but it is still some achievement to say that a global agreement on many areas were put in place.<br \/>\nCajoling governments, with competing ambitions and issues, to agree on some standards and actions is no mean feat.<\/p>\n<p>Implementation is another matter entirely, so the next few years will be critical.<\/p>\n<p>Sir David Attenborough, the British broadcaster and campaigner, is right when he says that &#8220;<em>never before have we had such an awareness of what we are doing to the planet, and never before have we had the power to do something about that<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Travel&#8217;s important role in addressing climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some argue that the travel, tourism and hospitality industry has, for the most part, avoided tackling the issue in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phocuswire.com\/Climate-change-inconvenient-truth-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">inconvenient truth of what the sector should be doing<\/a> is upon it, with pressure likely to come from travelers to change its ways and play a proactive and holistic role, rather than lazily noting initiatives as part of a box-ticking exercise in a company&#8217;s Corporate Social Responsibility page.<\/p>\n<p>In particular is the role of the Destination Marketing Organization, whether it is a commercial or state-funded agency.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Adams, head of research and analytics at the Miles Partnership, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/ss-usa.s3.amazonaws.com\/c\/308483931\/media\/156861980f39ec78341651097846826\/26_for_COP26_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">produced a white paper<\/a> that details some of the steps destinations and tourism organizations can take, says: &#8220;We believe DMOs can play a critical role in leading this effort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article by Kevin May, originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phocuswire.com\/What-steps-can-tourism-take-after-COP26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PhocusWire<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COP26 climate change conference may have finally been the wake-up call that the planet needs. 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