This page does not intend to be the end-all resource for Sustainable Tourism discussions and issues but it is a listing of those documents and links that we have found particularly useful in our endeavors as WHL representatives, GWU students and GeoSavvy Development consultants! Search by topic, publish date and/or region of interest. Please send us documents and links that you have found to be helpful in your sustainable tourism reserach needs!
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Sustainable Tourism Organizations ( Some of the big names in ST, Eco-Tourism, Cultural Tourism, etc. ) |
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Coolearth.org: Arresting Climate Change on a Global Scale
Conservation International: A non profit conservation organizations which works with biodiversity issues and hosts initiatives such as CELB (Centre for Environmental Leadership in Business)
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WHL News and Media ( Anything new and exciting from and about Worldhotel-link.com! ) |
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Mekong Delta Reserve Rooms Online...: Booking a hotel in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta region is set to become easier with the launch of three new websites
Times Asia Article: Small World: The Internet, it was once supposed, would provide a level playing field for businesses big and small, giving each the opportunity to reach a global market. But we know that isn't always the case. Driving large volumes of traffic to a website has become a complex marketing challenge requiring lots of time and money. Seeking to redress the balance—at least as far as the travel industry is concerned—is worldhotel-link.com.
Small World: A new travel website gives locally-owned, environmentally-conscious accomodations equal footing on the Web
IFC to pilot WHL in Sri Lanka: Lanka Business Online - International Finance Corp is to pilot an online accommodation booking portal in Sri Lanka, so small and medium hotels can access global markets.
Mom and Pop Hotels In Emerging Markets Tap into Online Marketing: Blog document from Social ROI
Lawrence Carter, IFC director, on WHL: A big opportunity for small hoteliers
Stay an Extra Day Campaign: There is a feature on the "Stay an Extra Day" campaign ...part of MPDF's sustainable tourism project, plus a number of WHL documents you can download.
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IFC Outcomes Document: Addressing the challenges posed by Independent Travel to local packaged-tour operators
Vanauatu E-Info Newsletter: Every month, our WHL parnter in Vanauatu publishes a substantive newsletter for their member accommodations. This issue has useful pricing and marketing segment.
New WHL in Aceh, Indonesia: Press Release for the IFC on Banda Aceh Indonesia new WHL MPO
CSR Asia: CSR in the Travel Tourism and Hospitality Business
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Best Practices in Tourism ( Good examples of various types of sustainable tourism: Community Based Tourism (CBT); Propoor Tourism; Ecotourism, etc. ) |
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Tiny African island nation seeks a foothold in ecotourism: Flying into the tiny island of Principe off Africa's west coast brings a sense of traveling back in time.
TO REMAKE THE WORLD SOMETHING IS AFOOT AMONG CIVIL SOCIETY: have given nearly one thousand talks about the environment in the past fifteen years, and after every speech a smaller crowd gathered to talk, ask questions, and exchange business cards. The people offering their cards were working on the most salient issues of our day: climate change, poverty, deforestation, peace, water, hunger, conservation, human rights, and more....
Business Enterprise for Sustainable Travel (BEST): BEST encourages sustainable practices travel companies. This site showcases best practices and is hosted by the International Tourism Partnership (ITP)
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Global Events & Tourism ( Global events and trends can certainly have an impact on the future of the travel industry (let alone sustainable tourism!). ) |
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Peak Oil: Several articles from World Watch report on the Peak Oil Forum.
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Tourism E-Commerce and Web Marketing ( This section is articles and papers about travel e-commerce and travel web marketing especially as it relates to the developing world. ) |
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Online bookings will surpass offline for first time: Next year for the first time, internet transactions will account for over half of all US travel bookings, according to a new report from PhoCusWright.
Search-engine’s long-tail effect is opening doors to new entrants: Last year, when EyeforTravel.com has interviewed Jan Oetjen (then managing director - Germany, Travelocity), he had mentioned three trends having a significant influence: ongoing channel shift, with a new focus on segmentation, increased focus on safety and traveler information, and consolidation.
Travel companies ‘driving away customers’ due to poor online user experience:
Online travel searching ‘becoming more difficult’: Many travel searchers on the internet have to employ longer and more detailed searches in order to find exactly what they want via search engines, according to research.
UNCTAD Information Economy Report 2005: "E-tourism" can help developing countries keep tourism profits at home, UNCTAD report says
Lonely Planet’s Carolyn Sutton: The best-known publisher of guidebooks for independent travelers extends its forays into a digital, politically volatile, increasingly mobile world.
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Traveller Resources ( Guides, manuals and articles to help the traveller make responsible travel choices and contribute to the sustainable tourism movement. ) |
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Traveller Guide to Sustainable Tourism: Guide created by the worldhotel-link.com team to help the traveller understand the need for feedback and how to help with sustainable tourism initiatives.
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Tourism Certifications ( Anything on Certifications, Codes and Guidelines... ) |
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Tourism as Sustainable Development ( Tourism has the potential to be a powerful and positive development tool for many countries in the world but it will not work without proper planning and management. ) |
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Sustainabletourism.net: A website which offers information, case studies and services in sustainable/responsible tourism.
Ecotourism May Be Travel Field’s Wave of the Future: Ecotourism travel operations that bring people to exotic lands while helping to conserve those lands and improve the well-being of local residents now makes up a $77 billion market in the United States alone.
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BioScience Article: Madagascar Defiant: Conservationists have long proclaimed the economic value of biodiversity and the services itprovides. The point may be proved in Madagascar, where a determined president and aninternational conservation coalition are struggling to transform a country noted for its pastenvironmental mismanagement into a new role model for green development.
Digital Traveler - Asia Pacific: Digital Traveler ~ Asia Pacific newsletter is part of TIES’ initiatives to help build a stronger communication networkamong individuals and organizations involved with and interested in ecotourism and sustainable tourism in the AsiaPacific region. This free bimonthly e-newsletter is designed to increase communications and networking, and helpstimulate critical discussions and debates between TIES and our members, partners and friends in the region. Backissues of the Digital Traveler ~ Asia Pacific are available at www.ecotourism.org along with other TIES newsletters.
Making Tourism More Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers: Part I of a guide by the UNEP views the effects of tourism, both positive and negative. In this context, the Guide examines ways in which principally governments but also other stakeholders can develop strategies, policies and tools to maximize the industry’s positive effects while minimizing the negative impacts. Case studies (Part II of this guide) are under "Best Practices".
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The ST Market ( Stats for the Tourism Industry; Descriptions of ST; Who are eco-travellers? Is there a demand for sustainable tourism products? What does the travel market look like? ) |
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Conservation International: A non profit conservation organizations which works with biodiversity issues and hosts initiatives such as CELB (Centre for Environmental Leadership in Business)
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