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Articles tagged “sustainable tourism”

Tour Operators

Tackling Africa’s ‘Superficial’ Safari Problem

A luxury lodge filling its plunge pool from a water-distressed community is the height of irresponsibility. And being an eco-tour operator is so much more than offering wildlife viewing — the safari experience value chain needs better accountability to ensure biodiversity protection and longevity.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Tackling Africa’s ‘Superficial’ Safari Problem

Tourism

The Remaking of Tourism in 5 U.S. Cities

Five U.S. destinations geographically spread out, of varying sizes and with different transformative strategies — and challenges — point to what destination marketing organizations will have to do in the coming years.

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

The Remaking of Tourism in 5 U.S. Cities
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Luxury

Skift Global Forum East Video: The Role of Culture and the Arts in Destination Place-Making

In this video from Skift Global Forum East 2022, we hear from Annette Gibbons-Warren, cultural planning director, Royal Commission for AlUla, and Melanie de Souza, the company’s executive director of destination marketing, about Saudi Arabia’s ambitious international arts and culture capital of the future.

AlUla + Skift | 1 year ago

Skift Global Forum East Video: The Role of Culture and the Arts in Destination Place-Making

Hotels

Will a Luxe Wilderness Lodge Play in the Land of Tuscan Villas?

Sustainable, high-end nature lodges have been popping up worldwide. Making the concept succeed in Italy, however, may be a challenge, given that it has to out-compete so many established attractions.

Leslie Barrie | 1 year ago

Will a Luxe Wilderness Lodge Play in the Land of Tuscan Villas?

News Blog

Hawaii Cancels U.S. Tourism Marketing Contract with Native Community Group

The Hawaiian government this week rescinded the Hawaii Tourism Authority's U.S. tourism contract with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, a community non-profit, providing a potential setback for the authority's sustainable tourism efforts. The reason for the government's rescission was that the contract needed to be separated into two, one for marketing and the other…

Dawit Habtemariam | 1 year ago

News Blog

G Adventures Invests in Restorative Tourism Platform Reforest

Adventure travel specialist G Adventures has made a “significant financial investment” in Reforest, a digital platform that connects travelers with local communities that are restoring their ecosystems using reforestation. Reforest, which is based in Brisbane, Australia, said it enables travelers to give back by having their own trees planted in places where community tourism relies…

Matthew Parsons | 1 year ago

News Blog

Airbnb Data Says Flexible Search Tools Help Combat Overtourism

Airbnb said that the flexible search features it has rolled out since early 2021 have so far diverted bookings from destinations coping with overtourism and peak travel times, according to data it shared on Friday. The short-term rental booking giant has increasingly offered search tools — see Skift's earlier coverage: "Airbnb’s Next Big Change: Search"…

Sean O'Neill | 1 year ago