Traveling to Protest and 16 Other Tourism Trends This Week

>>Our flagship Skift Global Forum is back in NYC on September 27–28, 2018. Check out our venue now and register at our best price for a limited time! Don’t Miss the Latest Updates on Skift Global Forum NYC >>Protests and marches are a phenomenon that D.C. tourism officials never asked for but are forced to reckon with. It's an ongoing reckoning that the city's tourism board is still figuring out in the digital age, and other destinations are taking cues: Washington, D.C. March Shows Promise of Protest Tourism >>The travel industry feels tourism can help rather than harm the environment. Los Angeles is a destination that's seriously thinking about its role at a time when climate change has already made itself felt in the region: Los Angeles Tourism Sees Travel as a Buffer Against Climate Change >>Expedition cruising doesn't get as much attention as mass-market operators that boast of multiple restaurants and flashy water slides. But the sector is growing, and that presents opportunities as well as challenges in catering to travelers who are seeking once-in-a-lifetim