#InTheNews 10 Highlights re. #sustainable #travel #tourism & #development
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1/ #Communities: 'Maui reopening: #Tourists will soon return to a traumatized #island increasingly dependent on tourism while residents lament ‘No time to grieve’ decision https://www.vox.com/2023/10/6/23898399/maui-reopening-wildfires-hawaii-tourism-displaced-residents #sustainabletravel #sustainability
2/ #Conservation: Scientists discover why dozens of #endangered #elephants dropped dead https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/25/scientists-discover-why-dozens-of-endangered-elephants-dropped-dead #zimbabwe #botswana #africa #safari #sdg15 #lifeonland #species #redlist
3/ Conservation: The best #apps for #nature lovers – from identifying birdsong to tracking lions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/26/the-best-apps-for-nature-lovers-from-identifying-birdsong-to-tracking-lions #biodiversity #lovenature #wildlife
4/ Conservation/Communities: #Rewilding - bringing #endangered #species back from brink, diversifying conservation #inclusion & considering #people are #keystone species > #UK, but principles can be applied anywhere https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/26/a-joy-to-watch-uk-rewilding-brings-endangered-species-back-from-brink #human #nature
5/ Communities: To mean anything, #sustainabletourism must be rooted in #community: #Responsible #Tourism in #Scotland's #Highlands & #Islands https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23856119.sustainable-tourism-must-rooted-community/ #sdg11
6/ Communities/#Culture:The eternal challenge of #tourism popularity > ‘We’re at a tipping point’: mission to save identity of #Greece’s #Cyclades isles https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/20/mission-save-identity-greece-cyclades-isles #overtourism #impact #environment #social #triplebottomline #Greek
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7/ Communities/Culture: #Peruvian #tourism steps up from #trekking to #luxury #experiences https://www.ft.com/content/42bbb73c-886c-4633-b7f3-898c22f55b83 #Peru #MachuPicchu #Lima #SacredValley #impact #Cusco #Arequipa
8/ Communities/Culture: Gold mine area assessed as being of low #cultural #heritage, but what about #intangible #indigenous, where livestock, food & #tourists travel the same routes as men & boys on their way to initiation ceremonies? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/25/goldmine-assessed-as-low-heritage-risk-is-on-a-sacred-songline-wiradyuri-elders-say #songlines #Australia #Aboriginal
9/ Communities/Culture: The power of visual storytelling to highlight travel as a #forceforgood has been celebrated with 2023's #UNWTO Tourism Video Competition: Winners https://hospitalitynet.org/news/4118732.html #commerce
10/ Communities/Culture: Treading the delicate line between #cultural tradition & conservation https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03304-y #community #traditional #healer #medicinal
10 + 1/ Communities/Culture: Where & when to go in #2024: #LonelyPlanet Best in Travel winners https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/where-to-go-when #lonelyplanet #impacts #regen #holidays #holiday #vacation #vacations #vacay