How can the world tackle over-tourism and other downsides of travel, in pursuit of global sustainability aims?
[ad_1] Mr Schalken said that travel has become a lot quicker, with travellers and industry players making shorter-term decisions on trips. “In the early days, people started planning routes a few years in advance. Now it’s three months, and before you know it, there’s air traffic coming in for which a destination is not ready,” […]
IN FOCUS: ‘We are in a crisis right now’ – Koh Samui enduring severe water shortages as tourism demand booms
[ad_1] At the same time, PWA said it has received a 24 per cent increase in the number of customers it is meant to service this year, due to the dry conditions. “Some residents on Samui are not our customers; they use water from their own deep well or shallow well. But once the drought […]
Iceland to Hike Tourism Tax to Ease Nature Impact, Premier Says
[ad_1] Iceland is turning to taxes to reduce the impact exponential growth in tourism has on its pristine wilderness, Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir said. “Tourism has really grown exponentially in Iceland in the last decade and that obviously is not just creating effects on the climate,” Jakobsdottir said in an interview with Shery Ahn on […]