Center for Responsible Travel | Transforming the Way the World Travels

Before COVID-19 hit, the biggest problem in the world of travel was overtourism. Crowds threatened to spoil natural environments and make daily life unbearable for residents of popular travel destinations. Then, seemingly overnight, tourism nearly ceased. Yet there is no question that travel will resume; the only question is, when it does, what will it look like? Will we return to a world of overrun monuments, littered beaches, and gridlocked city streets? Or can we do things differently this time?

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CREST Blog

CREST Releases Book on Overtourism

Written by Kelsey Frenkiel, CREST Program Manager This week, CREST and editors Martha Honey and Kelsey Frenkiel have released Overtourism: Lessons for a Better Future (Island Press), an edited volume containing essays and case studies from more than 20 tourism experts across the world. This book charts a path for truly sustainable tourism, focusing on…

Building a community-centered destination stewardship initiative

Written by Samantha Bray, CREST’s Managing Director As we look to a post-COVID recovery, care for communities that make up the fabric of destinations is critical. But how? A destination stewardship approach can help tourism stakeholders – including community members – create their shared future in a collaborative and mutually beneficial way. Translating the concept…

Why diversity, equity, and inclusion matters to the Center for Responsible Travel

Written by Kelsey Frenkiel, CREST Program Manager We are on a mission to improve our policies and practices to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive space for our staff and partners. We know that responsible tourism cannot be sustained when it is designed by a homogeneous group of people because they cannot speak to…

Overtourism: Lessons for a Better Future available May 27!