With the travel industry increasingly placing emphasis on sustainable tourism, Mark Bibby Jackson – travel writer and founder of the Travel Begins at 40 website – outlines recent developments and its importance as ‘the ultimate feel good factor’.
Despite the permanent drama of an intensifying Pandemic, 2021 also underscored the magnitude of our creeping, existential global Climate Crisis. Weather extremes decimated communities on all continents - crazy floods in Europe and Canada: massive forest fires in the US and Australia: droughts in Africa: Typhoons in the Pacific and Atlantic. And growing numbers of Climate refugees around the world. - Responsible - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
Geoffrey Lipman leads SUN. Former top exec in IATA, WTTC and UNWTO, Geoffrey is President of ICTP and the Green Growth Travelism Institute - VIP of the Year - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
If you’re in hospitality, the mention of sustainability should make you feel concerned and excited in equal measures. Concerned because hotels contribute 1% to global carbon emissions and tourism as a whole is responsible for 8%.