Is TripAdvisor’s GreenLeader Scheme a game changer? Yes and No.
Yes – because it offers a way in which businesses confident in their green credentials can reach a broader consumer market. No for four important reasons: You need to be very confident as a business...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Orphanage Tourism is worse than many of us thought
Funding, donating to or visiting orphanages is fraught with real risks of unintended consequences, reputational damage and the funding of those with evil intent. I have just spent two days at a Better...
View ArticleThere is a litmus test for Responsible Tourism… and too many people are...
Responsible Tourism is not the same thing as sustainable tourism – when you see the two ideas used together, as though they are coterminous, you know immediately that Responsible Tourism is not...
View ArticleQ: Can Certification be counted as Responsible Tourism? A:No.
Sustainable and Responsible Tourism are not the same thing, responsibility requires transparency about what you are doing and being held to account. Certification meets neither of these criteria. I am...
View ArticleAviation gets “get out of gaol free card” in Paris
You have to admire the lobbying skills of ICAO and the IMO – aviation and marine fossil fuel emissions remain outside the draft agreement on fossil fuel emissions Para 20 is really weak – a missed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One cheer for the Paris agreement
International aviation and shipping emissions have been excluded from the Paris climate agreement Article 31 (d) of the Paris Agreement requires parties to “provide an explanation of why any categories...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Today is the Winter Solstice
Today is the winter solstice. 2015 is a deviant year – the shortest day of the year traditionally falls on 21st December but it is a day later this year, the foibles of man’s calendars. Its all to do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A warm and wet winter in Europe
Deserted slopes and empty ski lifts resulted in sales of ski packages in Europe slumped by 20% in December resulting in heavy discounting. Just before Christmas Alpine ski resorts desperate to open...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2015 the hottest year on record – doesn’t make the headlines
2015 was the first full year to break the 1C barrier above pre-industrial levels – a key benchmark for warming UK Met Office figures show that 2015 was 0.75C warmer than the long-term average between...
View ArticleSignificant changes in current UK Outbound bookings
I blogged recently about the challenge of resilience for businesses in tourism. “Business as Usual” is going to get a lot more difficult for tourism – our world is hotting up ABTA has reported that...
View ArticleHow should we judge the performance of Tourism Ministers?
We have had many years of judging the performance of Ministers of Tourism by the increase in international arrivals while they hold office, although many of them hold the post only briefly. As a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Los Premios Xavier 2013 galardonan a Jesuïtes Sarrià, al ICRT y a Hilton...
It was an honour to receive a Xavier Award from Turismo Sant Ignaci, Universitat Ramon Lull on behalf of the International Centres for Responsible Tourism El International Centre for Responsible...
View ArticleAll-inclusives continue to grow in popularity in the UK.
Peter Long, CEO of Tui, owners of Thomson and First Choice, spoke out at the Family Holidays Association about the importance of families being able to take a family holiday together. Speaking about...
View ArticleLondon is the "greatest city on the planet".
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, concludes from the latest overseas visitor figures that London is the “greatest city on the planet”. Figures from the Office for National Statistics indicate that in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kerala Honoured for its Achievements in Responsible Tourism
Last week Kerala won the prestigious UNWTO Ulysses Award for Innovation in Public Policy and Governance, the highest honour given to government bodies for shaping global tourism policies through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Falling real wages in the UK must constrain the growth in demand for holidays
Just before Christmas I blogged about research by the Joseph Rowntree Trust which reported that that since 2008 there has been an “unprecedented erosion of household living standards” thanks to rapid...
View ArticleWhat issues are responsible tourism issues?
It was back in 2007 that World Travel Market broadened their Environment Day and took up the idea of Responsible Tourism using the definition adopted at the 1st International Conference on Responsible...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How much does it cost to climb Everest? Surely it should cost more?
I have blogged here previously about overcrowding, traffic jams in Everest and the congestion and pollution on the mountain. In August last year the Nepalese government announced that they planned to...
View ArticleCruise liners banned from Venice and then unbanned …
Back in January large cruise liners were banned from Venice’s canals because they were eroding the waterways and damaging the ecosystem with 600 cruise ships reported to have passed St Mark’s church in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mumbai imposes “no-selfie” zones
Since 2014, worldwide, there have been 49 known fatalities of people in pursuit of the perfect self-portrait, 19 of them in India. The police in Mumbai has brought in a ban on selfies in 16 zones...
View Article
