Travel Industry News - Environmental

Innovative Sustainable Business Model Enables the Hospitality and Tourism Industry to Collectively Address One of Our World’s Most Pressing Issues

Protecting key mountain areas from wind farm industrialisation

Join Dr. Susan Guyette, Sustainable Travel International's Cultural Tourism Advisor and author of new book Sustainable Cultural Tourism, on Thursday November 15th at 12:00pm EST for a seminar introducing a value-based planning and development method for cultural tourism.

A landmark resolution recognizing ecotourism as key in the fight against poverty, the protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable development has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (21 December 2012).

UNWTO outlines strategies at COP18 Doha climate change conference

The U.S. Travel Association applauded President Barack Obama for signing into law a bill exempting U.S. airlines from the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme.

Interested Destinations Encouraged to Apply By January 31 Deadline

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has selected the Cusco-Sacred Valley-Machu Picchu corridor in Peru, and the shores of Lake Llanquihue, Puerto Varas, and Frutillar in the Lakes Region of Chile for the second round of its pilot program to test its new Criteria and Indicators for Destinations.

USDA Rural Development Offers Small Business Scholarships in Support of Sustainable Tourism and Job Creation in the Greater Yellowstone Region

The GSTC is also requesting support in reaching out to other parties that might be interested in participating.