RT Notes from the Field

The Responsible Tourism Seminar programme  WTM Latin America celebrates the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development WTM Latin America opens the door for Latin America tourism and travel trade celebrating - and working for - the sustainable development goals in the industry. With 3 different sessions on the UNWTO’s International Year of Sustainable Tourism for […]

Is the knowledge gap too wide to innovate responsible accommodation? Christopher Warren 9th February, 2017 There is currently insufficient research to assist the transition for tourist accommodation to become a low carbon sector that also uses water sustainably. After reviewing 110 academic resource-saving studies  Christopher Warren and Susanne Becken found significant research gaps that leave […]

A request from Najeeb Khan I humbly request all the Domestic Pakistani Tour operators, Facebook tour operatorsPLEASE PLEASEWork Responsibly:It is simply not possible to advertise a 4 day trip from Lahore to Hunza, it is not possible if you follow the international travel rules, no matter the clients are corporate OR students, they need to […]

Robin Barden completed the MSc in Responsible Tourism Management  (2007-10) with a very good report on the tourism and sense of place in the Barri Gòtic. Robin is the first RT graduate to have his name in lights on Times Square. In 2013 Robin was part of the team which ran the 7th International Conference on Responsible […]

It was as I was beginning to edit my first ever responsible tourism video (concerning how tourism can help the refugee crisis) that it hit me: I live within 30 miles of a refugee camp, and yet I’ve never visited one. I was reading about awesome initiatives and inspiring stories that told how refugees were […]

You gotta’ love towns like this, working class, with a few quid in its pocket and some gaudy jewellery, but proud of its roots and not afraid to show it. Fronted by the faded grandeur of homes and businesses, that don’t quite live up to the promise of the wide promenade and the Jubliee Pool, […]