Carbone negative travel: Around the World in a sustainable way with Solar Impulse 2
It seemed to be possible only in science fiction stories, instead, to travel on a sustainable aircraft powered by alone solar energy it’s feasible today. I am talking about the Solar Impulse 2 model, an aircraft perfected after many years of engineering studies. Fascinated by the hard work to realize it and by its environmental effects maybe one day […]
Decarbonizing tourism: would you pay US$ 11 for a carbon-free holiday?
According to a new study published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism the damaging effects of CO2 emissions from tourism could eventually be eliminated if travelers paid just US$11 per trip. Professor Scott, found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations’ recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes […]
How to plan a tourism offer for the Italian market #data
The latest post I wrote for Tourforce Newsletter by Tony Charters is about how to plan a tourism offer for the Italian market: sustainable tourism, internet, ecotourism seems to be the most important keywords and concepts. http://www.tonycharters.com/TourforceEd90.pdf See the latest edition of TourForce on the new Website www.tourforce.com Are you interested to know […]
Young Skal International Symposium – tourism business event
Hello, last week I had the pleasure to attend the 3rd Young Skal International Symposium in Rome to meet some of my skalleagues from around the world during 4 days of meetings, seminars, networking and fun. SKAL International is a very important international association member of the United Nations. The members are all leaders, business […]
Sustainablevisit.com sustainable tourism planning platform
I am very happy to collaborate with Marilyn Waite at SustainableVisit.com, the website is full of tips and suggestions about sustainable tourism: destinations, itineraries, hotel & accommodation. For a while my desire has been to develop a similar product, but I soon realized the amount of information, work and skills required to obtain a […]
About Sustainable Tourism World
About Sustainble Tourism World Welcome to Sustainable Tourism World!! This project came from a need I had when looking for information for my thesis in 2011. I could not find any helpful website to give me info about sustainable tourism and what it is possible to do as a sustainable tourism operator. So I began […]
Oikos's project – best sustainable practices food security – Expo2015
Very happy to share this news about Oiko’s Onlus the noprofit organisation I am collaborating with for a sustainable tourism project on Lake Como, Italy. I discovered that an Oikos’s project on conservation and co-management of the Lampi Marine National Park, in Myanmar, has been selected by Expo Milano 2015 as one of the world […]
Sustainability above Manhattan: a walk on a former railway – Sustainable New York
If you think of sustainability and sustainable tourism, would you book a ticket to New York? Well, I did and I learnt something I didn’t expect about that crazy city that never sleeps. Www.travelandleisure.com considers it the third most popular landmark in New York, and the tenth in the World: the High Line, a former […]
Traveltelling – sustainable, responsible tourism & life
Traveltelling – a truly inspirational tourism life experience. Traveltelling tells you about Matthias’ personal experience in tourism sector, his passion about sustainable and responsible tourism. I met Matthias at World Travel Market in London (November 2014), he was so kind to share about me and STW. Since then I had time to better read his blog, I […]
Books suggestion: Wildlife Tourism
Books suggestion Wildlife Tourism:A Handbook for Guides, Tour Operators, Job-seekers and Business Start-up I have met Dr Green ( research fellow Griffith University and member of WTA’s wildlife research network http://www.wildliferesearchnetwork.org) at Global Eco Asia Pacific Conference in November 2013, I think this book is very helpful and interesting to read. Please remember each purchase […]