Khiri Travel: Taking a Slow Route to the Future of Tourism
Mark Bibby Jackson talks with Willem Niemeijer founder of Khiri Travel, and CEO of YAANA Ventures about Slow Travel. The past few years have seen many people, companies and organisations…
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…
Carbon Negative Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
Luxury private game reserve, Grootbos Private Nature Reserve has announced that it has been confirmed as carbon negative since 2018. Following an on-site assessment…
Electric Car Share Comes to Valencia
In a firm commitment to achieving carbon-neutral tourism by 2025, Valencia now has almost 50 shared electric vehicles on its streets giving visitors a sustainable option…
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…
Tourism Cares Unveils Sustainable Future
As travel begins its recovery from the global pandemic, Tourism Cares, has unveilled a new vision to a more sustainable and thriving future to better support the evolving needs of…
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…
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…
World’s First Hydrogen Hotel Run by Waste
The Tokyu Hotels Group has unveiled the world’s first hydrogen hotel in Kawasaki in Japan, which is entirely powered by waste. Hydrogen created from waste plastic supplies…
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…
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…
Atlantic Canada Voices IV: Trout Point Lodge
We conclude our series of Atlantic Canada Voices by chatting with Patrick and Pamela Wallace, owners of the multi-award winning luxury wilderness resort and hotel Trout Point Lodge, Nova Scotia…
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…
