Saarland: Sustainable Travel Destination Just the Beginning
Travel Begins at 40 talks with Birgit Grauvogel, CEO of the Saarland Tourist Board, Germany about how the region became a sustainable travel destination, and why this is just the…
Slow Tourism in Toulouse at Hotel Albert 1ER
Travel Begins at 40 talks with Emmanuel Hilaire the owner of boutique Hotel Albert 1ER to discuss slow tourism in Toulouse. Rejecting mass consumption and focusing on well-being, natural resources…
Mantis Group: The Conscious Gardiner
Travel Begins at 40 talks with Paul Gardiner, the CEO of conservation-focused hotel chain the Mantis Group founded by his father conservationist Adrian Gardiner in 2000. What is sustainable tourism…
Rwanda Travel: Community at Heart of Tourism
Travel Begins at 40 chats with Belise Kariza, Chief Tourism Officer, Rwanda Development Board about Covid, Sustainable Tourism and the future of Rwanda travel. How badly has Rwanda been affected…
What to Take on a Sustainable UK Staycation?
We may all be confused by the UK Government’s traffic light system, but the good news is that the UK is opening up for domestic tourism. So what should you…
Extreme E Racing and Sustainable Tourism
Pauline Ronnet examines the connection between the Extreme E racing series and sustainable tourism. The connection between sport, climate change and tourism may not seem obvious at first thought. But…
7 Short Lithuania Cycling Routes
Cycling is a popular sport and leisure time activity in many Northern European countries, such as Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany — the leading cycling countries on the continent…
Why Sweden Is Top for Sustainable Tourism
Jenny Jonevret, Senior Project Manager at Visit Sweden HQ in Stockholm, discusses why Sweden is ranked top for Sustainable Tourism. This is part of a series of articles entitled #sustainablesunday…
Re-Discover Mediterranean Natural Parks with MEET
MEET wants to change the way tourists experience Mediterranean Natural Parks through ecotourism, ensuring benefits to nature conservation and local communities, explains Natalie Beckett. Mediterranean Experience of EcoTourism (MEET) is…
Airbnb and Overtourism – Will Covid Change Anything?
Before the pandemic, critics of Airbnb and overtourism argued that the two were inextricably interlinked and were changing the nature of popular neighbourhoods. Pauline Ronnet ponders whether Covid will change…
Can Direct Air Capture Make Travel More Sustainable?
Climeworks, one of the leading direct air capture companies in the world, is developing a technology that can tackle climate change head on writes Chantal Cooke. Direct air capture pioneers…
Support World Earth Day Around the Globe
April 22 is Earth Day; a global event celebrated each year to demonstrate support for the protection of our environment. This year the theme is Restore Our Earth. Say yes…
Community Homestay Network Nepal
Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Shiva Dhakal, Chair of the Community Homestay Network in Nepal about community-based tourism. What does sustainable tourism mean? Sustainable tourism to me is tourism that…
Wilderness Walks in Queensland’s National Parks
They are symbols of state pride, landscapes of extraordinary beauty and often places of scientific or conservation value. National Parks are also magical places for impossibly perfect hikes that will…
Sustainable Tourism at the Heart of ProColombia
In the latest in our #SustainableSunday series, Mark Bibby Jackson interviews Flavia Santoro, president of ProColombia, the government entity that promotes international tourism, foreign investment and non-traditional exports in Colombia…
Intrepid Travel: Becoming Climate Positive
Zina Bencheikh, Managing Director EMEA for Intrepid Travel, explains the relationship between their customers and local communities, as well as the company’s commitment to becoming Climate Positive. You took up…
Gary Schneider : Macphail Woods, Prince Edward Island
Continuing our Series of Atlantic Canada Voices, Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Gary Schneider founder of the Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project in Prince Edward Island, Canada. For you, what…
Glocal Tourism : the Future of Responsible Travel?
Mark Bibby Jackson looks towards the future of travel, suggesting that it might be one where Glocal Tourism is very much to the fore, giving voice to those from within…
Sustainability in Fundy National Park of Canada
Continuing our series of Atlantic Canada Voices, Travel Begins at 40’s Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Daniel Sinclair, Interpretation Supervisor at Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, Canada, about the sustainability…
Beyond Covid: Sustainable Local Tourism
Ciaran Wark argues that we must look beyond Covid-19 for a new tourism model – sustainable local tourism both domestically and internationally. For many, international travel seems to have become…
Atlantic Canada Voices : Lori McCarthy, Cod Sounds
In the first of a series of articles in association with Atlantic Canada, entitled Atlantic Canada Voices, Travel Begins at 40’s Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Lori McCarthy, the founder…
A&O Hostels: Sustainable Tourism is Top Priority
Travel Begins at 40 discusses with Oliver Winter, CEO of a&o Hostels, about how the company has made sustainability initiatives core to its business. a&o Hostels recently announced the intention…
Inside the Future of Tourism Coalition
Mark Bibby Jackson chats with Jeremy Sampson about the Future of Tourism Coalition and why he believes that tourism can play a positive role in delivering the Green New Deal…
Pembrokeshire: More Sustainable Approach to Tourism
Jane Rees-Baynes, Chair of Visit Pembrokeshire explains how the Welsh tourism organisation has been developing a more sustainable approach to tourism. Pembrokeshire, on the south west corner of Wales, has…
