Tourism Watch No 121

Tourism and Sustainable Transformation

Tourism and Sustainable Transformation – Tourism Watch puts the motto into practice: shared decision-making by local communities, fair value creation, and travel that respects human rights and planetary boundaries.

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Tourism Watch No 120

Protecting Biodiversity – Tourism’s Responsibility

Tourism depends on the richness of nature – yet it often puts that very richness at risk. Protecting natural habitats means safeguarding our livelihoods, strengthening local communities, and sharing global responsibility fairly.

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Tourism Watch No 119

Making Travel Inclusive and Accessible

Travel should be possible for everyone—yet many people with disabilities still face significant barriers. Inclusive tourism is not just about accessibility; it also fosters social participation, strengthens local economies, and creates equal opportunities.

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Tourism Watch No 118

Sacred Places

Sacred places around the world demonstrate how tourism presents both opportunities and challenges for their preservation and spiritual significance. Sustainable models are essential to safeguarding the cultural, spiritual, and ecological integrity of these places.

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Tourism Watch No 117

Tourism and Peace

Tourism can play a significant role in promoting reconciliation processes and economic recovery in conflict regions. Respecting local communities and their history is crucial to preventing social tensions and fostering positive change.

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Tourism Watch No 116

Colonial Continuities in Tourism

In the Global South, many colonial continuities are evident in tourism. Decolonizing tourism requires, above all, greater local participation. If this is not achieved, tourism can even create new, neo-colonial dependencies and perpetuate injustices.

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From Margins to Mainstream: Politicising Community-Based Tourism

Apart from managing their own tourism projects, local communities can also play more important roles by engaging with policy frameworks.

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TourismWatch Newsletter in Transition

TourismWatch has tracked 30 years of travel debates, from ecotourism hopes to overtourism, climate justice and decolonization.

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International Networking: Alliances for a Fairer Tourism

Christine Plüss explains why alliances are indispensable for exposing power imbalances and driving change in tourism.

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50 Years of Tourism Watch

For five decades Tourism Watch has been committed to transforming tourism towards sustainability.

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Bridging the Gap between Science and Policy: UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories

A new publication shows how research advances the implementation of sustainable solutions in policy.

 

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New educational material from Tanzania Network: A reading and workbook for your decolonial learning journey

A new travel guide explores the colonial past between Tanzania and Germany – and invites to decolonial travel.

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Climate Adaptation in Tourism – A Global Survey on Perceptions and Measures in Destinations

How are destinations responding to climate change? MasContour and ITB Berlin are launching a global survey.

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Ecuador: From Cloud Forest Roots to Global Impact

Spectacled bear, anteater and kinkajou – Maquipucuna protects many rare species and helps to better understand their habitat.

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Biodiversity Under Pressure: USAID Cuts and the Hope for Tourism

USAID cuts threaten biodiversity in Kenya and Indonesia. Sustainable tourism may help, but funding gaps remain a key challenge.

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Palms and Plastic

Aruba’s history is shaped by exploitation. Today, mass tourism threatens the paradise’s biodiversity – and its cultural identity.

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