#InTheNews: 10 highlights this week re. #sustainable #travel #tourism & #development
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1/ #Community: Last week's #WorldTourismDay saw #AntonioGuterres #UnitedNations Secretary-General release a message on #tourism & #peace, ”By #valuing & preserving #cultural & #natural #heritage, it can help reduce tensions & nurture #peaceful coexistence.” https://en.mercopress.com/2024/09/30/un-secretary-general-tourism-and-peace-bring-people-together #sdg16
2/ #Climate/Community/#Conservation: #Amazon’s #indigenous people hit by record #forest #fires in #Brazil - “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die.” Their land is supposed to be #protected under the #Brazilian constitution https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgxv8n7wd0o #sdg15 #lifeonearth
3/ Climate: Love #maps? #DidYouKnow #ClimateChange brings border change? Melting #glaciers force #Switzerland & #Italy to redraw part of #Alpine border https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/29/melting-glaciers-switzerland-italy-alpine-border-matterhorn #matterhorn #Alps #glacier #land #sdg13 #climatecrisis
4/ Conservation/Community: Anger in Italy as famous #prehistoric rock defaced with anti-tourism slogan https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/anti-tourism-slogan-defaced-rock-italy-b2623738.html #graffiti #geology #TouristsGoHome
5/ #Communities/#Commerce: #CEO of #Mallorca-based #MeliaHotels & president of alliance of leading tourism companies has warned against new increased #tourist taxes as 'disastrous' for #economy https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1957161/majorca-tourist-tax-balearic-islands #tourists #overtourism
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6/ Conservation: #Nature in #England at risk as amount of #protected land falls to 2.93%, data shows. Experts are calling for ‘rapid rescue package’ to improve condition of #protectedareas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/03/nature-england-under-threat-protected-land-falls-data #biodiversity #flora #fauna #wilderness
7/ #Conservation: Rat Race? Invasive rodents wreak havoc on #islands' #wildlife. #Conservationists are waging a global war on island #rats https://www.science.org/content/article/conservationists-are-waging-global-war-island-rats #floreana #galapagos #mexico #newzealand #destinations
8/ #Community: ‘Why the S in #ESG Matters’: Poor #labour conditions ‘impeding #social #sustainability efforts in #travel & #tourism - there is a lack of data [&] limited reporting https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/tourism/poor-labour-conditions-impeding-sustainability-efforts-in-travel-and-tourism #sdg11
9/ #Commerce/#Community: #Travel & #tourism companies around the world should be paying #livingwages - the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs - & ensuring provision of #healthcare, but too often they are not https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/tourism/a-living-wage-and-health-care-should-be-fundamental-rights-in-tourism #TravelWeekly #sdg8 #employment #realcosts
10/ #Culture/#Commerce/Community: #UNTourism & #TUICare #Foundation Announce #ColourfulCultures Grants for #Rural #Artisans in #Africa https://www.unwto.org/news/un-tourism-and-tui-care-foundation-announce-grants-for-rural-artisans-in-africa #tui #Morocco #Mozambique #Namibia #Rwanda #Senegal #SouthAfrica #Tanzania #TheGambia #Tunisia #Zambia
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