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

#1/ #Community/#Culture: Fake signs & hunger strikes: What’s behind #Europe’s backlash against #overtourism? https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/04/23/fake-signs-and-hunger-strikes-whats-behind-europes-backlash-against-overtourism #carryingcapacity #unsustainable #masstourism #sdg11

2/Community/Culture: Residents protest as #Venice starts charging but not capping visitors: 'You can’t impose an entrance fee to a #city; all they’re doing is transforming it into a 'themepark'. https://theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/are-we-joking-venice-residents-protest-as-city-starts-charging-visitors-to-enter??

3/ Community/#Commerce: #Amsterdam bans construction of new #hotels as a way to fight overtourism & keep the city liveable for #residents & #visitors https://www.cnn.com/travel/amsterdam-bans-construction-new-hotels-overtourism-intl #sdg12 #netherlands?

4/ Community/Commerce/Culture: Getting tourism policies right: 3 #European #cities show how to harness the power of #travel, alleviate drawbacks & make our world more #inclusive https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/04/25/we-can-get-tourism-policies-right-these-three-european-cities-show-how-it-can-be-done #energy #waste #pollution #sdg7 #housing #infrastructure #sdg9?

5/ #Conservation/Commerce: #Greece becomes first #European country to ban bottom trawling in #marine parks. Law will come into force in #nationalparks within 2 years & in all of the country’s #marineprotectedareas by 2030 (no #EU common standard?) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/16/greece-becomes-first-european-country-to-ban-bottom-trawling-in-marine-parks #sdg14?

6/ Conservation/Community: #WorldBank suspends #Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings & evictions. Plan to expand #Ruaha #NationalPark beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/23/world-bank-suspends-tanzania-tourism-funding-after-claims-of-killings-and-evictions #sdg15

7/ Conservation: #Deforestation pushes #chimpanzees, #monkeys, #antelopes & other #animals in #Uganda #forest to eat virus-laden #bat poo = "alternative source of crucial minerals" after the #palm trees they once consumed were "#harvested to #extinction" https://bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68875094?

8/ Conservation: is effective at reducing #biodiversity loss. Where 1 out of every 3 #species monitored is currently #endangered due to human activities, conservation activities have had a positive effect in 2 out of every 3 cases https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68897433 #rewilding

9/ Conservation: Publishing a landmark joint plan to help halt & reverse #biodiversity loss: @WTTC , @UNWTO & @SustHosAlliance release report on #nature positive tourism https://www.ttgasia.com/2024/04/24/wttc-un-tourism-and-sustainable-hospitality-alliance-release-report-on-nature-positive-tourism/ #positiveimpact #impact #wildlife?

10/ Community: #Homelessness is on the rise globally, & the #Czech Republic has the highest rate in central & eastern #Europe. #Tourism, in ever popular #Prague here, can help [video] (like other #cities eg @unseentours #London) https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2024/apr/18/why-pragues-homeless-are-resorting-to-poverty-tourism-video #visitoreconomy