A very informative new eco guide for hospitality businesses & schools by the Association of Southeast Asian Social Enterprises for Training in Hospitality & Catering - Free Download: assethc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/eco-guide-d…

A revealing investigation of how REDD projects have at best a placebo effect on deforestation if not actually encouraging it: wrm.org.uy/books-and-briefings/aviation-and-false-…

Aviation and false solutions: The farce of the “Florestal Santa Maria” REDD project in Mato Grosso, Brazil | WRM in English

Do Visit Palermo: they have a great mayor, beyond brimming with history and culture! Mayor Leoluca Orlando, told the Guardian he was ready to open the city’s seaport to allow the rescued migrants to safely disembark. Orlando noted that: “Palermo (Panormos) in ancient Greek meant ‘complete port’...Do Visit Palermo: they have a great mayor, beyond brimming with history and culture! Mayor Leoluca Orlando, told the Guardian he was ready to open the city’s seaport to allow the rescued migrants to safely disembark. Orlando noted that: “Palermo (Panormos) in ancient Greek meant ‘complete port’. We have always welcomed rescue boats and vessels who saved lives at sea. We will not stop now”. Show more

So hard to believe: Anthony Bourdain took his life today. A real traveller and pathbreaker for culinary tourism, advocate for food worker rights and against food waste. R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch

The Untold Truth Of Anthony Bourdain

If you're new, Subscribe! → http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Mashed Learn more about the life of Anthony Bourdain→ https://youtu.be/ojUUB5pBpOM Arguably one of the...

A new report by the Oakland Institute alleges there is complicity between Tanzanian government officials and two foreign tourism companies as they use conservation laws to dispossess the Maasai in the Ngorongoro District. www.oaklandinstitute.org/tanzania-safari-businesse…

Read my review of Jeremy Smith's "Transforming Travel - Realising the potential of sustainable tourism" ecoclub.com/headlines/reviews/1155-review-of-trans…

Book Review: 'Transforming Travel - Realising the potential of sustainable tourism'

Established in 1999, ECOCLUB.com is the original green tourism and green jobs portal & social network.

Genuine Hospitality: Locals offer free hospitality for football fans travelling to Kiev, Ukraine for the Euro final www.facebook.com/groups/370623413442335/

Green aviation technology solutions and innovations should be heavily subsidised so that they become viable at commercial scale and airlines encouraged (through global green tax incentives-disincentives) to rapidly adopt it. At the same time we need a massive improvement in rail infrastructure so...Green aviation technology solutions and innovations should be heavily subsidised so that they become viable at commercial scale and airlines encouraged (through global green tax incentives-disincentives) to rapidly adopt it. At the same time we need a massive improvement in rail infrastructure so that people choose trains for short-haul distances, for example for intra-Europe travel. Who will pay for all this is the tricky question, but it will probably be the taxpayers rather than tax-dodging moguls. Show more

Carbon impact of tourism 'eye-opening'

A new study says global tourism accounts for 8% of carbon emissions, far larger than previously thought.

The Age of Fake and the unbearable lightness of mass social media and big tourism booking & review websites: how a non-existent restaurant became London's top-rated establishment

I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor

And then served customers Iceland ready meals on its opening night.

Environmental Authoritarianism? Philippine's Duterte shuts down a whole island destination for 6 months, press reports to be tightly controlled news.mb.com.ph/2018/04/19/boracay-state-of-calamit…

Boracay state of calamity declaration this week

Boracay, Aklan—A state of calamity will be declared for Boracay Island in Aklan within this week, formalizing the six-month closure of the country’s premier tourist…

Animal suffering should simply be made illegal www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/baboon-escape-researc…

Baboons Work Together To Escape From Biomedical Testing Facility

Their taste of freedom was short-lived.

More crammed, more eco, but would it be safe? www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/airli…

New upright airline 'seat' could make flying in economy miserable

The next generation of cramped airline seat could soon hit runways. Italian seating company Avio Interiors unveiled its Skyrider 2.0, which “allows an ultra-high density…

Majorcans protest the arrival of yet another giant cruise ship. majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2018/04/08/514…

Small protest greets Symphony of the Seas

Symphony of the Seas arrived in Palma on Sunday on its maiden cruise.

Football star convicted of Tax Fraud appointed as Global Responsible Tourism Ambassador !? UNWTO offside.