By Richard Hammond Tourism is a huge wealth creator. We're all familiar with the stats: it's responsible for over 350 million jobs and about 10% of global GDP , plus it creates a significant incentive for protecting cultural heritage and funding conservation of biodiversity. Yet one of the industry's elephants in the room is that there is a huge disconnect between the amount of money that stays in local economies compared with what ‘leaks’ away from the destination to foreign

By Emily Bailey A growing number of tour operators have begun implementing sustainable tourism strategies based on the United Nations...

by Elisa Spampinato Marketing a destination, especially on the scale of a nation, requires a multifaceted approach to avoid reducing it...

by JoAnna Haugen If there’s one thing we’ve heard in the tourism industry over the last few years, it’s that “business as usual” is no...

by JoAnna Haugen Fifteen years ago, it was the rare travel company that outlined an animal welfare policy or put protocols in place to...