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Hotels talk a lot about sustainability, but often it’s no more than a marketing ploy.
When South Africa’s Gumbi community got their land back 45 years after the apartheid government took it, they set up a successful community-run game reserve.
Local community archaeology tourism benefits the heritage, the people and the rainforest.
While many opt for deluxe alternatives to a backpack and tent, they can also stop independent hikers with smaller budgets from accessing national parks.
Tourism can be a troubling issue for local people who feel ignored by the industry.
This year was the hottest on record. There are three ways people can reduce their individual carbon emissions this holiday season.
Recent sightings of Bladerunner the humpback and Split Fin the killer whale provide an opportunity to remind everyone to keep their distance and avoid collisions with majestic marine mammals.
Mountain tourism brings revenues to Nepal but leaves a mess behind. Local and international groups are offering new cleanup strategies.
As detailed in a June 2023 event in Grenoble, France, business schools hold partial responsibility for the longstanding behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs) in indigenous territories.
Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
A non-fatal crocodile attack on a tourist last week made headlines. But talk of culling is an over-reaction to a fairly isolated incident.
The multi-billion-dollar whale-watching industry enables millions of people to see these magnificent creatures up close. But the noise made by so many boats is a threat to whales’ wellbeing.
Holidays should be a time for children to relax both their bodies and their brains.
Wilderness gives our mental health a real boost. But growing private interests in national parks are stopping those less well off from free nature therapy.
Sperm whales support ecotourism in Kaikōura and blue whales come to feed off the New Zealand coast – but both may become a rare sight as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
Nature is both the trigger for, and answer to, the grief that will increasingly be with us.
Tourism revenues account for almost 10% of Costa Rica’s gross domestic product. New research shows that charismatic wildlife is necessary but not sufficient to attract ecotourists.
Africa’s public and private protected areas took a massive blow from the collapse in tourism because of the pandemic. Tourism is a key source of funding for managing protected areas.
Nigeria must improve biodiversity awareness among its citizens to stem animal poaching and halt biodiversity loss.
Top contributors
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Oppenheimer-Jamma Research Chair in African Wildlife Economies, Stellenbosch University
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Research Fellow at the Centre for Planetary Health and Resilient Conservation Group, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, Adelaide University
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Marine Social Sciences PhD candidate, James Cook University
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Professor of political ecology, University of Copenhagen
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Professor, Sustainable Marine Futures, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor in Sustainability, University of Sydney
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Professor of Marine Botany, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Victoria
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Professor in Tourism Geography, University of Johannesburg
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Future Making Fellow, Environment Institute, Adelaide University