Dossiers
Techno-disruptions and travel - Digitalization in Tourism
Digital booking platforms are rapidly changing the tourism industry and the way people travel - with serious implications especially for micro and small sized operators in the Global South.
All things legal! Human rights in tourism
Human rights violations in tourism are commonplace. Governments and tourism companies must fully respect, protect and guarantee human rights.
Voluntourism — "all Inclusive" social commitment?
Helping with an aid project or teaching English - many people want to do good on holiday. More and more providers are discovering the lucrative business of travel and "helping". But often these short-term, commercial offers do more harm than good.
Climate justice in tourism?
Eight percent of global emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases - i.e. almost every 12th ton – come from tourism. The lion's share of this is generated when travelling to and from the destination, especially when flying.
Agenda 2030 and Tourism
Sustainable tourism is mentioned a total of four times in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The explicit mention of the sector not only emphasises its global importance, but at the same time commits it to fundamentally changing the tourism model that is so widespread today.