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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Operating within the Marino Ballena National Park, a protected marine ecosystem that conserves over 12,000 acres of ocean and 4,000 acres of beach, Bodhi Surf + Yoga’s week-long surf curriculum is geared toward providing guests with a nature-based educational experience that will cultivate a deeper understanding and appreciation for the environment. In this conversation, Travis and Spencer discuss the unique opportunity surf schools have to utilize the learn-to-surf experience as a means of inspiring a new wave of environmental stewards.
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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…
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