Tourism must decarbonise and adapt
Sign the Glasgow Declaration for climate action in tourism today.
“Climate, community, equity, they’re 100 percent linked and none of them can be achieved without the other. What we’re really talking about is a whole new model of tourism consumption and production that will drive us forward and this kind of model requires that we don’t just look at this through our limited perspectives.”
Jeremy Sampson, Travel Foundation CEO
How can we put destination needs at the heart of our recovery from the Covid-19 crisis? Last year, six NGOs including the Travel Foundation came together to launch the Future of Tourism Coalition, which now has over 550 signatories.
Environmental protection and marine conservation projects on a small developing island nation which depends on the tourism industry.
In Croatia we're working to show that resort development can take place in an integrated and collaborative way so it creates a positive relationship with local communities.
In Turkey we're working with destination partners to help identify ways to preserve the natural resources of Fethiye and the surrounding region whilst continuing to provide economic benefits.
We are supporting small businesses to access the tourism market, helping to spread the economic benefits of tourism locally.
We have begun working in Cyprus as part of an initiative with TUI Care Foundation which aims to bring tourism businesses, visitors and residents together and reduce consumption of single-use plastics.
With these two related initiatives, the Travel Foundation is supporting Scotland to be a leading destination in terms of climate action planning.
We partnered with Visit California to deliver a programme of training tailored to Destination Management Organisations (DMOs), along with a “How-To” guide to help destinations rebuild in a responsible, data-driven way with more resilience.
This project, one of several funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is supporting certain Mediterranean countries and their hospitality operators to create a more inclusive form of tourism.
This brand new project will focus on reducing the amount of single-use plastics waste generated and discarded in resort, on the beaches and in the ocean, as well as promoting recycling.
Phase one of this project, funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and supported by the Travel Foundation, aims to develop stronger supply links between local producers of food and handicraft products and tourism business operators in several countries including Croatia, Greece and Montenegro.
TUI Care Foundation is helping rural communities in Turkey to benefit from tourism by selling locally made products to hotels, restaurants and gift shops.
This project will find ways to reduce the pollution and waste created by tourism, and make it a more efficient industry in terms of water, energy and land use.
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