📢 Launch of the Climate Justice in Tourism Report! We are thrilled to announce the launch of groundbreaking report, *Climate Justice in Tourism: An introductory guide*. This report is the culmination of a collaborative effort between the Travel Foundation, the University of Waterloo, Tourism Cares, the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), and Cuidadores de Destinos. 🌍 Key Highlights: - Addressing the urgent need for the travel industry to support climate-vulnerable communities. - Emphasising fairer emission practices such as the potential for a frequent flyer levy. - Presenting 10 actionable ideas to promote climate justice and build resilience in tourism-dependent destinations. Join us as we kick-start a much-needed conversation about how the travel industry can ensure no destination is left behind in the face of climate change. 👉 Read the Full Report https://lnkd.in/dUJgqnpJ 📅 Don’t miss our launch webinar on July 31st to delve deeper into the findings and discuss collaborative solutions. https://lnkd.in/dpfQuZUE
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For tourism that benefits local people and protects the environment.
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We are a leading international sustainable tourism organisation dedicated to ensuring that tourism has a positive impact on destination communities. We work with governments, community groups and tourism businesses for fairer, climate-positive tourism. We work towards tourism that is fair for destination communities. Tourism can catalyze growth in the local economy, providing good quality jobs and opportunities for enterprise, supporting conservation, and improving quality of life. But if it is not managed well, tourism can burden local communities and environments, creating long-term problems for residents. These negative impacts are often not identified until they become significant issues. We partner with public sector authorities and businesses to help them work together to become destination stewards. We aim to give residents a stronger voice in tourism planning and management, and we build knowledge of the actual costs and benefits of tourism to local communities. We improve skills and know-how, supporting destinations to build back better in the wake of the pandemic by tackling key issues such as lack of market access for local businesses to tourism opportunities. We work towards climate-positive tourism. Climate change is already harming tourism destinations, with wildfires, coral bleaching, drought, storms and hurricanes all increasing in severity and frequency, as well as a growing threat from rising sea levels. Tourism accounts for around 8%-11% of global carbon emissions; unless we act now, the industry’s emissions will keep growing. Join us as we create a better future for tourism destinations, accelerating change towards a more balanced tourism model through advocacy, training, demonstrating good practice, and enabling collaboration between the many tourism stakeholders. Find out more at our website!
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Employees at The Travel Foundation
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Jeremy Sampson
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Elke Dens
Founder Place Generation - Global programs director at NGO Travel Foundation - prof marketing & transition -former Marketing director for…
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Graeme Jackson
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Jeremy Smith
I develop strategies for meaningful climate action in tourism | Co-founder, Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency | Co-Author, Glasgow Declaration for…
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Had the opportunity to contribute my insights to this first of its kind report on climate justice in tourism - a collaborative effort by The Travel Foundation, University of Waterloo, Tourism Cares, Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) and Cuidadores de Destinos. 👉 Just 1% of the world’s population - predominantly in the Global North - is responsible for more than half the GHG emissions from aviation (and therefore the tourism sector). 👉 Low-income countries - predominantly in the Global South - account for less than 1% of global travel and tourism emissions, but are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 👉 A climate justice approach in tourism recognizes that certain groups bear greater responsibility in reducing carbon emissions, while also recognizing the economic dependance of tourism economies in the Global South on those groups. 👉 The report found little evidence of community-centric climate action by tourism businesses, even though centering communities can create more resilient supply chains and reduce climate risk. 👉 However, the tourism sector, with its scale, economic impact and ability to mobilize resources, has huge potential to be able to support local communities in building climate resilience. Read the full report, and recommendations for the tourism sector: https://lnkd.in/dy7H2tBT Congrats Bobbie Chew Bigby, PhD, Jeremy Smith, Ben Lynam, Jeremy Sampson, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and many others for this pioneering work! #climatejustice #climatejusticeintourism #climateactionintourism #sustainabletourism #climatechange #tourismsector
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Tomorrow!
💡 How do we turn data into action for sustainable tourism development? 📢 Last chance to register to join us in Marbella, Spain on 11 October 2024 (or on line) for the launch of the OECD report exploring indicators to measure and monitor the sustainability of tourism in the four Spanish regions of Andalusia, Catalonia, Navarra, and the Region of Valencia. 🌱 This is the result of OECD - OCDE and European Commission (EU Reforms) support via #TSI towards a more #sustainable, #resilient and #digital tourism. Register here 👉 https://shorturl.at/Qv5jC
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New report out! Crises in Tourism: Impacts and Lessons from European Destinations from the European Travel Commission, which aims to equip NTOs and their partners with the necessary tools to navigate the complexities of crisis management effectively.
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Four actions needed to achieve aviation net zero by 2050 according to a new report, contrails, efficiencies, accelerating SAF production, and “moonshot” technologies. We also believe that systems change is needed... ✈️ more governments including international aviation emissions in their Paris Agreement plans; ✈️ tourist boards and travel companies targeting a greater proportion of short-haul customer and bringing net zero products to market; ✈️ governments investing in greener forms of transport and the travel industry adopting and promoting them ✈️ relying less on offsetting as a “sticking plaster” solution, focusing instead on decarbonisation; ✈️ the need to consider equity and fairness, recognising that some destinations are more ready for the scenario than others; and ✈️ slowing the expected rapid growth in aviation, with limits on the number of long-haul flights.
Aviation could achieve net-zero by 2050 with four immediate actions, say researchers - Travel Tomorrow
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For the past six months, the Travel Foundation has been working with over thirty tourism DMOs around the world to pilot our new, soon-to-launch Destination Climate Champions training course, developed in partnership with Expedia Group. A huge thank you to all those who have been involved in the pilot - we've been incredibly impressed with your commitment to climate action. Read more about the pilot and some of the initiatives being run by our pilot participants here: https://lnkd.in/eT95eXnq If you're a DMO/NTO and interested in signing up to the course go to: 👉https://lnkd.in/eHRXzZyr Thanks to the following for your contributions: Oregon Coast Visitors Association, visit Berlin, Visit Tampere, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA), The National Forest Company, Great South, Regional Tourism New Zealand
New ‘Destinations Climate Champions’ training course highlights leading initiatives
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Our Head of Partnerships Graeme Jackson is on the judging panel of these highly worthy awards that celebrate a range of impactful tourism initiatives. Get in touch with them to find out more. ✨
👑 Award Season is almost upon us here at the Resilience Council! We just closed nominations for The Global Resilience Council Hall of Fame awards and are happy to announce our great set of judges deciding on Hall of Fame Inductions, Impact, Resilience, Sustainable Business Award and Non-Profit & Association Awards . Thank you to Anne Lotter, Hazel McGuire, Nico Nicholas, Ibrahim Osta, Elizabeth Maclean and Graeme Jackson, our amazing judges, for lending us their expertise. If you would like to join us on 6 November to celebrate the achievements of the #travel and #tourism industry, please do get in touch! #resilience #tourism #sustainability #resiliencecouncil Trees4Travel Global Travel and Tourism Partnership Intrepid Travel Chemonics International Herdwick Communications The Travel Foundation
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Our friends at BehaviorSMART have launched a new online platform and are offering a 7-day free trial. Full details below 👇
Make sustainability simple. Start your 7-day free trial with the beSMART Platform and see real change in your destination ➜ https://lnkd.in/drvP3Yj4
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Thank you Afar Media / Jessica Poitevien for this article on #climatejustice in tourism, drawing on our report (link provided) and bringing in additional voices. https://lnkd.in/ee6p3idh Center for Responsible Travel, Tourism Cares, Cuidadores de Destinos, University of Waterloo, Expedia Group
Not All Nations Are Created Equal. Can “Climate Justice” Settle the Score?
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Was 2024 the year of terrible tourism? Our CEO weighs in on the overtourism debate in this BBC article saying that we need to address the root cause, which is "bad, unbalanced planning. Tourism is complicated to regulate, and it has to be an aligned ecosystem of people; that comes initially from the destination." What do you think?
The summer that tourism fell apart
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