Encouraging responsible and sustainable tourism is central to our mission for Tuatha.

This week, to coincide with #HeritageWeek2023, we have launched our guide to enjoying Ireland's incredible monuments and landscapes while protecting them for future generations.

Find out more at the link below:

https://www.tuatha.ie/responsible-and-sustainable-tourism/

#leavenotrace #responsibletourism #protectourpast #sustainabletourism #irishhistoryandheritage #irisharchaeology #archaeology #explorewithtuatha

#SriLanka is seeing the benefits of #sustainabletourism, as eco-retreats begin to spread https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3215277/how-sustainable-tourism-sri-lanka-taking-eco-retreats-countrys-economic-crisis-forces-new-approach #nomoa

With #loadshedding levels rising further still in South Africa in 2023 is it responsible to plan a trip to SA? Should tourists only come if they are going to have off-the-grid holidays? Does SA have enough no/low energy/green tourism products? Fair Trade Tourism has several but who else? Where can tourists find out about them? #sustainabletourism #responsibletourism #energy

https://twitter.com/tbcza/status/1580102249304322049?s=46&t=A05E-xVGqKaflziOa7SGVw

Couchfish: The Erosion Of A Dream “Cửa Đại and An Bàng are the canary in the coal mine for the region. Other countries need to wake up and see what is coming and start planning today—not in twenty years.” Free to read for all online here: https://couchfish.substack.com/p/couchfish-the-erosion-of-a-dream#details #vietnam #sustainabletourism #responsibletravel #hoian

According to the National Geographic, #Geotourism is not a market niche. Is it possible to exploit geotourism & to be ecological at the same time? 🏔
#geoparks #alternativetourism #responsibletourism #ecotourism #tourism #geology #sustainabletourism
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/article/about-geotourism

Couchfish: 2023 Will Be The Year Of ...

Me getting into the tourism predictions business for 2023.

Free for all to read online here:

https://couchfish.substack.com/p/couchfish-2023-will-be-the-year-of#details

#sustainabletourism #responsibletravel #2023predictions

Couchfish: The Writing On The Wall.

In the latest in my series on “rethinking travel” I look inwards—at travel writing and sustainability.

“From a sustainable tourism point of view, this is bad, yet it is the four- and five-star sectors that features most often in contemporary mainstream travel writing.”

Free to read for all online here:

https://couchfish.substack.com/p/couchfish-the-writing-on-the-wall#details
#sustainabletourism #responsibletravel #travelwriting

Last night, at the invitation of Jaeyeon Choe O' Regan, PhD I presented to some tourism smart cookies at Glasgow Caledonian University on the whole backpackers vs quality tourists thang. Was lots of fun and great to speak to a class who were actually in a lecture wall rather than on their lounges! My apologies to Butler for butchering his chart—I’m a writer not a chartist! Also, Glasgow, you look damned cold. Thanks for having me 😀
#sustainabletourism #responsibletravel #backpackers

Am so weary of pieces like this which seem to mindlessly equate high-end travel with sustainable tourism without question. Where somehow a $1,000/night luxury resort bartering rice for beach trash collected by locals is somehow considered noteworthy and not wilfully exploitative.
https://roadbook.com/travel/asia-tourism-reopens-best-resorts-trends/
#sustainabletourism

Couchfish: Foundations Matter
In the latest in my series on rethinking travel, I have a few thoughts on Community Based Tourism, with a quick look at three projects, two in Cambodia and one in Laos. Many thanks to Lee Sheridan for his thoughts.

https://couchfish.substack.com/p/couchfish-foundations-matter

#sustainabletourism #responsibletravel

Loving this message from the #VisitScotland presentation at the #AITC AGM this morning #sustainabletourism #visitoban #exploreoban #makememories #haveadventures #Oban #Argyll #Selfcatering #holidayheaven #staycation #usavisitors #allwelcome

Loving this message from the #VisitScotland presentation at the #AITC AGM this morning #sustainabletourism #visitoban #exploreoban #makememories #haveadventures #Oban #Argyll #Selfcatering #holidayheaven #staycation #usavisitors #allwelcome

Brittany Ferries with a new ship Rosslare-Bilbao

“Until now it has been very difficult to accommodate bike and foot passengers on this route,” Mr Dumoulin said. “Now we have the right ship, on the right route, so I am delighted to announce a change."
👏
#slowtravel #ferry #aviation #sustainabletourism
https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/new-cruise-ferry-will-sail-directly-from-ireland-to-spain-twice-a-week-bikes-foot-passengers-and-dogs-welcome-42149640.html

Isola di Capraia, 13-14 settembre 2018: un simposio internazionale sull'inquinamento luminoso e la promozione del cielo notturno

SYMPOSIUM ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE NIGHT SKY

Artificial light at night, environmental impacts and sustainable tourism
Capraia Island, Italy, Sep. 13-14, 2018

https://capraianightsky2018.com/

#Italia #Italy #NightSky #Astronomy #LightPollution #Environment #Policy #SustainableTourism