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

1/ #Community/#Culture/#Conservation/#Commerce: #Venice bans large #tour groups of 25+ & loudspeakers to limit the impact of #overtourism: its 250,000 population saw more than 13 million visitors in 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyjjy78n9zno #sdg12 #responsible #sdg11 #cities #communities #unesco

2/ Community/Culture/Commerce: Is this the 1st large-scale resident consultation on #overtourism? > Citizens to have say on #Balearic's tourism overcrowding. Website to gather interests & concerns, complementary to large public opinion survey https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2024/06/04/124469/mallorca-tourism-citizens-have-their-say-about-overcrowding.html #Europe #Mallorca #Ibiza

3/ Community/Commerce: Tourism hasn't had a true price for a long time > Don’t blame #tourists for the failings of government - it is the politicians who have allowed home-grown problems to get out of hand.https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/comment/2024/06/07/124607/don-blame-tourists-for-the-failings-government.html #sdg12 #majorca #destinations

4/ Community/#Climate: #Mexico elects 1st female president -& an #IPCC & #energy scientist at that! Interesting as one of the biggest #tourism countries of the world https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp4475gwny1o

5/ Conservation/Commerce: ‘More profitable than farming’: how #Ecuador’s #birding boom is benefiting #wildlife & #tourism. “We wanted to save not just the umbrellabird, but all the special creatures...for future generations.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/01/more-profitable-than-farming-how-ecuadors-birding-boom-is-benefiting-wildlife #positiveimpact #impact #sdg15

6/ Conservation: The race to find safe spaces for #ocean-going predators: “The #Galapagos #marine #reserve is not working for highly #mobile species” - once outside, they are vulnerable to #overfishing' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/04/sharks-tagging-endangered-species-pacific-migration-galapagos-marine-reserves #sdg14 #oceans #marine

7/ Conservation: #SaveOurSeas: 5 ways to #rewild and #conserve the #oceans https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/06/how-to-save-oceans-rewilding-conservation-fisheries-pollution-forever-chemicals-deep-sea-mining #sdg14 #WorldOceansDay #marine #biodiversity #nature #lifebelowwater #species #pollution #plastics #MPA

8/ Commerce/#Conservation/#Community/#Culture: In 2015, #Greece's government introduced #pescatourism rules to help #fishers diversify their #income & reduce #fish catch. Local Action Group collaboration & training is changing mentalities among #Greek #fishers as they prepare to make the trade known https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/projects/paving-way-pesca-tourism_en #sdg14 #sdg8 #sdg11 #Communities

9/ Conservation: If there's anywhere you should leave only #footprints... hate to call this tourism, but it's become so (albeit extreme) & needs to be more responsible >11 tonnes #rubbish taken off #Himalaya peaks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5539lj1pqo #everest #mountaineering #nepal #waste #pollution

10/ Climate: If cigarette advertising was banned due to tobacco; should a #fossilfuels ad ban extend to #flights? >#UN chief urges global ad ban on #fossilfuel co's - ‘Godfathers of #climate chaos’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/05/antonio-guterres-un-chief-fossil-fuels-advertising