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Inside Travel Group to bolster sustainability team and tackle overtourism

Luxury
Gary Noakes
30 August 2024

Inside Travel Group has added a third member to its sustainability team and will publish an overtourism strategy following its first year as a B Corp Certified business.

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Cherry blossom season in Kyoto can cause issues with overtourism (Credit: InsideJapan)

The Japan and Asia specialist will increase its sustainability focus next year with the return of Robert Moran as global sustainability manager, based in Japan. Moran, who is on long-term paternity leave, will work with suppliers and promote responsible tourism.

He will join the operator’s global head of sustainability Sophie Walker, who took up her role earlier this year, and sustainability executive Dominic Hughes, who joined in March to lead carbon reduction.

Walker tells TTG the trio, who are among 185 staff, demonstrated Inside Travel’s commitment. “In 2018 I spent four hours a week on sustainability, now we have nearly three full time members.