Buyer Beware! 7 Things Not To Buy or Consume on Your Travels

Buyer Beware! 7 Things Not To Buy or Consume on Your Travels

Travel is an exciting and enriching experience, exploring different cultures, tastes and traditions.

But when you bring back travel mementos for home or a gift, or eat out, are you aware of what is or isn’t illegal souvenirs? Your destination rules could be quite different to home, it can be challenging to know, and the onus is on the buyer to know what you are purchasing!

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Travel in the Era of Nature and Climate Breakdown

Travel in the Era of Nature and Climate Breakdown

The UK has become the first country government to declare a climate emergency, given the impacts of man-made climate change. In the same week, a UN 3-year, 15,000-source reference, 1800-page Global Assessment of Nature has also laid the blame of biodiversity breakdown squarely on the heads of man.

But what does the simultaneous breakdown of nature and climate mean for travel?

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The 2022 Responsible Tourism Charter

The 2022 Responsible Tourism Charter

The 2022 Responsible Tourism Charter is a revised version of the 2002 Cape Town Declaration, for its 20th year.

I had the honour of being invited to witness and sign the Charter at its launch at Magna Carta House, built to commemorate the sealing of the Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called the Magna Carta, a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England in 1215.

Here’s the Charter.

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How to Measure Tourism’s Impact? Part 4: Rethinking Tourism Development - Doughnut Economics

How to Measure Tourism’s Impact? Part 4: Rethinking Tourism Development - Doughnut Economics

The Covid crisis shut down international tourism for 2-2.5 years and has inspired and catalysed creativity with the critical need to be resilient, sustainable, smarter and safer. It offers the opportunity to rethink how we do tourism, world-over, for planet, people and places.

Operationally even, we can't just go back to “Tourism As Usual”. So where do we go from here?

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