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Learn MoreIn a follow up to our 2022 World Tourism Day Forum, George Washington University and CREST dug deeper into the US destination stewardship models discussed...
When we discuss the impacts of travel, we tend to hyper-focus on leisure travel. But what about business travel? What impacts do business travel and travel buyers have on the tourism industry and the destinations they frequent? Kelsey Frenkiel, Senior Sustainability Manager at the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) joined CREST for its first Bridging…
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This is a follow-up post to How Surf Tourism Can Inspire Environmental Stewardship. How surf travel has contributed to the rise in overtourism Despite the positive impact of surfing in many regards, its dominant narratives have also presented some challenges: the comparison between men and women, the objectification of the latter, and the disregard for…
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This post was originally posted in the Fall 2022 issue of the Destination Stewardship Report. For this year’s World Tourism Day Forum, we at the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) wanted to shine a light on destination stewardship. Initially, we were going to focus on the shift from marketing to management, but implementing the destination…
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