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Category: Sustainable Tourism

Sustainable Tourism examines how destinations and tourism businesses are balancing growth with environmental protection, community benefit, climate resilience, and long-term destination value.

The Hotel Room at the End of the Flight: IATA–WSHA’s Sustainability PactIATA’s Integrated Sustainability Program (ISP) supports sustainability across airline operations and their supply chains. Airlines face growing expectations from regulators, investors and corporate customers around environmental management, social responsibility and sustainability reporting.

The Hotel Room at the End of the Flight: IATA–WSHA’s Sustainability Pact

Published October 14, 2026 by Staff Writer

Signed at the Fourth World Sustainability Symposium in Brussels, the agreement between IATA and the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance aims to align aviation and hotel sustainability standards through procurement. It…

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SAF’s 0.8% Problem: Why Aviation’s Green Fuel Struggle Matters for TourismIATA expects global Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production to reach around 2.4 million tonnes (Mt) in 2026, up from 1.9 Mt in 2025 and 1 Mt in 2024. On its own, that looks like meaningful progress: production has more than doubled in two years.

SAF’s 0.8% Problem: Why Aviation’s Green Fuel Struggle Matters for Tourism

Published September 28, 2026 by Staff Writer

Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel production is expected to reach 2.4 million tonnes in 2026, just 0.8% of aviation fuel use, as IATA warns that policy sequencing, financing, infrastructure and economics…

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Helsinki Extends Its Sustainable Tourism Lead with Third Consecutive GDS Index WinAs many as 98% of Helsinki hotels with more than 50 rooms hold environmental certification, compared with a European average of just 10%, according to the GDS Index results.

Helsinki Extends Its Sustainable Tourism Lead with Third Consecutive GDS Index Win

Published September 24, 2026 by Staff Writer

The Finnish capital scores 92.94% in the 2026 Global Destination Sustainability Index, as 98% of its larger hotels hold environmental certification — but the more revealing story lies in the…

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Everest Tourism’s Melting Foundations: How Base Camp Activity Is Adding Heat to the Khumbu GlacierUsing Landsat satellite observations covering the period from 1991 to 2023, the researchers examined land-surface temperature trends at Everest Base Camp and compared them with temperature changes across the surrounding Khumbu Glacier.

Everest Tourism’s Melting Foundations: How Base Camp Activity Is Adding Heat to the Khumbu Glacier

Published September 22, 2026 by Staff Writer

A new peer-reviewed study calculates that fuel use and human urine at Everest Base Camp released enough heat during the 2023 spring climbing season to melt an estimated 2,492 tonnes…

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Sixteen Cities, Two Titles at Stake: Europe Unveils Its Tourism Capitals ShortlistFor the first time, two previously separate European tourism initiatives — the European Capital of Smart Tourism and the European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism — have been brought together under a single European Capitals of Tourism title.

Sixteen Cities, Two Titles at Stake: Europe Unveils Its Tourism Capitals Shortlist

Published September 16, 2026 by Staff Writer

From Aalborg to Zadar, a record 83 applicants have been narrowed to 16 shortlisted cities as the European Commission launches a new chapter in its tourism competition — combining its…

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When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to BrusselsMarie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior Vice President Sustainability and Chief Economist, captured the challenge: “the challenge is constrained not by ambition but by the pace at which interdependent solutions can be developed and scaled.”

When Aviation Talks Decarbonisation, Tourism Should Be Listening: IATA Brings Its Sustainability Summit to Brussels

Published September 2, 2026 by Staff Writer

With airfares, route viability and destination access increasingly tied to the industry’s ability to scale cleaner fuels, October’s summit in the EU capital is as much a tourism story as…

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Building Tourism Back Better: How Mexico’s $42.4 Billion Tourism Investment Strategy Is Rewriting the Rules for Emerging DestinationsMexico's US$42.4 billion sustainable tourism framework deserves closer examination. Under scrutiny, it emerges as one of the most credible government-led tourism transformation programmes currently underway.

Building Tourism Back Better: How Mexico’s $42.4 Billion Tourism Investment Strategy Is Rewriting the Rules for Emerging Destinations

Published August 5, 2026 by Staff Writer

With 773 projects across all 32 states, a landmark IDB–FONATUR partnership, a new national sustainability framework, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup as a catalyst, Mexico is executing one of…

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