Sustainable Tourism

Masaru Takayama: Ecotourism After Coronavirus

With COVID-19 putting a pause or stop to tourism and travel globally, can ecotourism survive if not spring back stronger than before? Masaru Takayama, Chair and Founder of the Asian Ecotourism Network, shares with Mallika Naguran his thoughts on the positive and negative impacts of the coronavirus on tourism, and how ecotourism players should adapt to “the new normal”.

Rod Hillman: Pushing Hard for Sustainable Tourism

According to chief executive officer of Ecotourism Australia (EA), Rod Hillman, sustainable tourism is not just occurring where you’d expect it - in beautiful remote landscapes – but is increasingly permeating cities and other businesses too. 

Gloria Guevara Manzo: President & CEO of WTTC

Gloria Guevara Manzo: President & CEO of WTTC

1 August 2017 — Mexican Gloria Guevara Manzo will leave her office in sunny Florida to become the new President & CEO of the London based World Travel and Tourism Council, known as WTTC. WTTC is seen by many as the world authority on Travel & Tourism with a membership of over 150 CEOs of the world’s leading Travel & Tourism companies. It is the only global private sector organization representing the breadth of the global business and leisure travel industries.