Interview with Marie Holmberg from Malmö Tourism
Marie Holmberg works as project leader business development for Malmö Tourism. She is the responsible person for sustainability and was responsible for the ISO 20121 certification progress in Swedens third biggest city. Things we wanted to know from Marie: • What was the reason for Malmö to become a sustainable tourist destination? • Which […]
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Interview with Silke Rumpelt from destination Uckermark
Silke Rumpelt is responsible for the destination Uckermark in northeastern Germany which is promoted by the tmu Tourismus Marketing Uckermark GmbH company. The Uckermark destination was nominated at the 2016/17 national competition “Sustainable tourist destinations in Germany” for its engagement in sustainable tourism. Things we wanted to know from Silke: • What was the […]
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Interview with José Koechlin, Founder of Inkaterra
José Koechlin is the founder of Inkaterra, a pioneer in sustainable hotel-business. He started his Journey 1975 in Peru at the feet of Machu Picchu. Today his company operates seven hotels. José Koechlin is not only committed to sustainable tourism he and his colleagues are also actively supporting scientifically studies on his properties with the […]
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Interview with Anniina Sandberg, Founder of Visit Natives
Anniina Sandberg is the founder of Visit Natives which promotes sustainable indigenous tourism with respect for local culture and the environment. Travelers booking her tours experience the daily lives of Sami people and explore the Arctic nature. Her company offers offer authentic Lapland tours with a blend of traditional and modern Sami culture. Things […]
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Interview with Victoria Smith, Founder of Earth Changers
Victoria Smith is the founder of Earth Changers, a webservice helping to find and book real sustainable tourism experiences where the travel has a positive impact on the people in the chosen destination and do not harm the environment. Earth Changers has been authorised by the UN World Tourism Organisation as a solution to sustainable […]
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Find your Millennial-LOHAS
Find your Millennial-LOHAS Millennials are a travel group you cannot ignore. It’s one of the fastest growing groups, which is in the US already responsible for every third travel. They are expected to spend 1.4 trillion US-Dollar by 2020 for traveling. They should be high on every sustainable destinations target list – especially those Millennials […]
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Tourists want to travel sustainable
Tourists want to travel sustainable Who thinks that most of the costumers don’t care about sustainable travel and just want the cheapest fair for their next holidays should have a closer look at the study that booking.com published in 2017. This study says that two out of three tourists prefer an eco-friendly or green stay. […]
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Overtourism: “Tourists, go home!“
“Tourists, go home!“ The amount of tourists is continuously increasing and will do so even in the future. There are already more than one billion tourists traveling around the planet and visiting numerous destinations. It’s easy to understand why the amount of travelers is growing and will continue do so. There are more and […]
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LOHAS: The biggest market you have never heard of
It’s hard to imagine that there is a big market of tourists that you never have heard of, tourists that are eager to spent money and who are less price sensitive than the classical tourist. Already in 2003 the New York times was writing about this group. Nevertheless a lot of destinations and tour operators […]
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What is sustainable Tourism?
Although the term Sustainable Tourism is widely used are there still many different definitions of it around. Many people think sustainability is only about the environment and that sustainable tourism is the same as ecotourism or green tourism. But sustainable tourism is much more. It includes besides the environment the fair treatment of people and […]
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