#InTheNews: 10 highlights this week re. #sustainable #travel #tourism & #development

1/ #Community/#Commerce: #Greenland is not for sale - but targeting a tourism influx after #Trump's takeover bid - wanting grow #responsibly & with the right #tourists https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/greenland-tourism-trump-b2692484.html #Europe #Denmark #US #USA #ResponsibleTravel #ResponsibleTourism #communities

2/ #Climate: Surprise! See how they fall when PR, Integrity would hold > #JeffBezos #Earthfund ends support for #SBTi #climate group amid fears billionaires ‘bowing down’ to #Trump https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/jeff-bezos-climate-group-trump-bezos-earth-fund-science-based-targets-initiative-decarbonisation-aoe #Amazon #sustainability #carbon #decarbonisation #Bezos #sdg13

3/ #Conservation/Community: #Maldives Takes Bold Step For #Sustainability: Government Merges Ministry of #ClimateChange, #Environment & #Energy with Ministry of #Tourism. New Ministry of Tourism & Environment streamlines challenge of a fragile #ecosystem as a global #destination https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/maldives-tourism-industry-takes-a-bold-step-toward-sustainability-as-the-government-creates-a-new-ministry-for-environmental-conservation/

4/ Conservation/Community: #Nice - The French City That Wants to Ban "The #Cruises that pollute & dump their low-cost clientele who consume nothing, but leave their #waste behind… these cruises have no place with us.” https://www.fodors.com/world/europe/france/experiences/news/nice-france-wants-to-ban-cruises-and-their-low-cost-clientele #France #cruise #cruising #sdg14 #marine #pollution

5/ Community/Commerce/#Conservation: #CanaryIslands +#BalearicIslands: #Majorca, #Tenerife, #Lanzarote, #Menorca, #Ibiza join forces against #masstourism; +Pact for Economic, #Social & #Environmental #Sustainability of #Balearics phase 2 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/travel/majorca-tenerife-lanzarote-menorca-ibiza-30938160 #sdg12 #overtourism

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6/ Conservation/Commerce: #Indonesia orders the halting of tourism projects linked to Trump over #environmental issues [login, free] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/trump-jakarta-indonesia-trump-organization-washington-b2694083.html #lidocity #bali #jakarta #Tanoesoedibjo #water #lake #sdg6 #sdg15

7/ Community/Conservation/Commerce/#Culture: Further to our post about #DarkTourism last week, here's 9 locations with tragic histories https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/inspiration/dark-tourism-locations-b2688603.html #sdg11 #heritage

8/ Culture/Commerce: Niche to mainstream - Evolution of #HalalTourism in global travel - How #food, facilities, #water, segregation, environment & #experience free-from “forbidden” acts like alcohol & gambling need to differ for #muslimfriendly tourism https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/1/niche-to-mainstream-evolution-of-halal-tourism-in-global-travel-industry

9/ Culture/Commerce: Watch the ad Smart & emotive > #Cinema as a window to a country's soul - advertising a nation's #destinations through the medium of film #heritage: #GreatBritain https://creative.salon/articles/features/the-great-tourism-campaign-that-is-turning-britain-into-a-film-set/ #UK #unitedkingdon #TeamGB #DMOs #DestinationMarketing

10/ Culture/Commerce: How Tourism Became a Tool of Statecraft Geopolitical Ambitions. "After decades of trying to subsume through force, Beijing may have found a way to make #Tibet an inseparable part of the Chinese nation: by turning it into a tourist destination.” [log in] https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/02/travel-geopolitics-tourism-tibet-russia-kashmir/

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