Responsible tourism

The Sri Lanka adventure that opened agents' eyes to the benefits of touring

Madeleine Barber joined TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors and G Touring in Sri Lanka to learn how the operator delivers richer experiences for travellers and helps care for the people and places they visit

Watch: Why an enriching tour is the best way to see Sri Lanka

TTG teamed up with G Touring (Just You and Travelsphere) to take agents on a sustainability-focused fam trip and help them discover Sri Lanka in a way that benefits people and the planet – and promises richer experiences.

8 easy ways you and your clients can help preserve and protect Mallorca

The Mallorca Tourism Board is inviting agents to sign its new, eight-point Mallorca Responsible Tourism Pledge

Tui holds firm on captive dolphin attraction sales despite agent pressure

Tui UK boss says it will let consumers decide whether to visit attractions featuring captive dolphins

Transport sec urges aviation sector to 'deliver outcomes' for greener flying

Mark Harper has stressed commitment to aviation carbon reduction but says it’s the industry’s role to innovate

From travelling in PJs to cool-cations: the upcoming trends in flight-free travel

Byway has predicted the key trends for sustainable travel in 2024, outlining which holidaymakers are most likely to plan a flight-free trip

Savvy ways to sell responsible travel

Agents heard how to market sustainable travel to capture clients’ interest, and how to avoid greenwashing, in the fifth TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors workshop

'World Safari Day is not just a date on the calendar, it's a call to action'

World Safari Day, on 25 November, was established in 2020 by Beks Ndlovu, chief executive of African Bush Camps to raise awareness about the positive impact of safaris.

MSC Cruises signs deal to upgrade Bahamas marine reserve

MSC Cruises has revealed details of conservation and upgrading works to its Bahamas private island

UK sustainable aviation fuel industry receives £53m funding boost

Winning projects span across the country from the Orkney Islands to the north of England and south Wales

G Adventures unveils new range of sustainability-focused luxury tours

G Adventures introduces the Geluxe Collection to its range of tours, aiming at those who want an upmarket yet sustainable tour

The Big Question: Is it finally time to turn APD into an environmental tax?

Air Passenger Duty was introduced as a ’green’ tax in the mid-90s, but should the proceeds go towards cleaning up travel’s operations rather than general taxation?

Overtourism 'a bigger sustainability challenge than decarbonising aviation'

Former Abta chair Martin Brackenbury tells WTM London overtourism has become the industry’s biggest barrier to becoming truly sustainable

EasyJet holidays boss: ‘Claims all-inclusives can't be sustainable are utter nonsense’

Garry Wilson, chief executive of the UK’s third-largest tour operator, said such criticisms ’have frustrated him for years’

How do UK consumers perceive green travel?

Demand for more sustainable travel options won’t be driven by consumers and must instead be led by the industry itself

New product, accessibility and strategic marketing key to managing over-tourism, say major European destinations

Creating new product in lesser-known destinations, improving accessibility from iconic tourist hotspots and driving innovation in marketing will be crucial to managing over-tourism in Europe

What you need to know about the rapid rise of ‘slow travel’

Tapping into demand both for more experiential and more sustainable travel, is the slow travel movement about to have a major moment?

Luxury experts reveal how companies can become a brand with purpose

At the 2023 TTG Luxury Travel Summit, an expert panel discussed how luxury travel brands can join the ‘purpose’ movement - and why it matters

Watch: The Iberostar fam trip that went behind the scenes on sustainability

A fam trip to Majorca with Iberostar Hotels & Resorts showed a group of TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors what the brand is doing to support responsible and sustainable tourism through its Wave of Change movement

Former home sec to chair easyJet's new-look accessibility advisory board

New members include Paralympian, entrepreneur and inventor Josh Wintersgill and accessibility consultant and broadcaster Emily Yates

Tourism professionals ‘to play increasingly important role as peacemakers’

Institute of Tourism webinar told travel and tourism will be instrumental in bringing peace and stability to the Middle East and Ukraine over the coming years

TTG Luxury fundraiser brings clean water to Kenyan primary school

Donations raised at the TTG Luxury Awards 2023 have provided 315 children and their teachers in Kenya with clean, safe water

Byway Travel introduces carbon labelling as more Brits consider flight-free trips

The slow travel is hopeful the initiative will inspire more people to swap flight-based holidays for rail and other alternatives

Abta members given tips on how to avoid greenwashing pitfalls

New guidelines from Abta on how to avoid sanctions for false sustainability claims have been published