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

1/ #Culture/#Community: 80 yrs since #Auschwitz's liberation. The #AuschwitzBirkenau State Museum opened to the public in 1947, with 170k visitors year 1; 2m in 10 yrs; now >25m; #Poland bears the responsibility of preserving the memory, "in order to never let it happen again". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5yep0l5545t?page=1

2/ #Commerce: Launch of the Tourism Sustainability Certifications Alliance (#TSCA) announced by 10 leading globally-recognised certification bodies inc. #travelife, #tourcert, #greenkey, #greenglobe to collaborate on best practice under shared international brand https://tourismsustainability.org/

3/ Commerce: #France & #Norway joined #Italy, #Greece, #Spain, #Croatia, #Netherlands even #US, to ban #cruiseships while protecting #heritage & combating #overtourism in #cities like #Venice, #Barcelona, #Dubrovnik, #Amsterdam: a run-down - https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/france-and-norway-joined-italy-greece-spain-croatia-us-and-netherlands-to-ban-cruise-ships-while-protecting-heritage-and-combating-over-tourism-in-cities-like-venice-barcelona-dubrovnik-amster/

4/ #Climate: #UK #Labour gov backs #Heathrow #3rdRunway, claims #SustainableAviationFuel (now 2%) & #Electric #aviation (<) will help still meet climate targets https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjdz92v84do #sdg13 #sdg9 #infrastructure #LHR

5/ Climate: Environmentalists urge #UK Chancellor to rethink plans for #airports & roads https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/29/environmentalists-urge-reeves-to-rethink-plans-for-airports-and-roads #SAF #Heathrow #HeathrowExpansion #environment #green #renewables #Carbon

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6/ Commerce: #Mallorca to create One-Stop-Shop for online platform short-term rentals in #Spain (#tourist, seasonal, other) : owners will be obliged to obtain a registration number to ID on platforms https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2025/01/29/130801/mallorca-tourism-new-one-stop-shop-for-short-term-rentals-spain-tougher-crackdown-short-lets-mallorca.html #overtourism #homerentals #AirBnb #Balearics

7/ Commerce/Community: The value of #trail #tourism: How #slowtourism visitors have proven ￡1m goldmine for #Scottish Highland #communities https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/how-slow-tourism-visitors-have-proven-a-ps1m-goldmine-for-scottish-highland-communities-4969930 #Scotland #Highlands #economy #sdg11

8/ Community: #Japan #city deploys guards to control unruly #tourist behaviour seeking perfect shot: #Otaru #Tourists are dangerously blocking roads or walking onto railway tracks to capture views, stoking local resentment & #overtourism complaints https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/otaru-japan-tourists-photos-danger-city-guards-deployed #sdg12 #photography

9/ Community/#Conservation: Can #communities living side by side with #wildlife in conservancies beat #Africa’s #nationalparks at conservation? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/28/conservation-environment-africa-community-wildlife-conservancies-national-parks-sustainable-tourism-indigenous-people-aoe #Kenya #Tanzania #Namibia #Botswana #SDGs #SDG15 #lifeonland #conservancy #Maasai #Indigenous #biodiversity

10/ Culture/Community: I lived here growing up. Maybe it had an influence? I don't think I was a 'surly villager encouraging visitors', tho certainly served all in the pub! > How #Bront? village became a #tourism hotspot https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrynd3nne0o #Yorkshire #Bronte #Haworth

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