One month ago today the Global Humanitarian Forum published the ‘Human Impact Report: Climate Change – The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis’ The report has received shamefully little attention.   more »

The purchasing of carbon offsets is a dangerous distraction, the purchase of medieval pardons, permits to continue to pollute, would not be accepted for asbestos, sulphides or chemical effluent. They should not be accepted for carbon pollution – a form of pollution which threatens far more disastrous consequence for our species and our environment. – offsetting has become the Trojan Hose of anti-pollution strategies for greenhouse gases.   more »

If mainstream search engines offer the choice a majority of consumers will choose a more responsible flight. Over the last few months 57% of users of the Carbon Friendly Flight Search have paid a premium, averaging 19%, over the cheapest flight offered by selecting to book the cheapest and greenest flight offered. Over 10,000 flight searches have been made on the site.   more »

Nominations for the 2009 Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards closed yesterday, just short of 600 nominations have been received...    more »

I have been wanting to visit CoaST for several years, their success has been extraordinary. This is a group of over 1000 members, tourism businesses and those in the supply chain. By collaborating together they have clout...    more »

Today, World Ocean Day, sees the premier in the UK of The End of the Line: Imagine a World without ...   more »

In the USA the Responsible Tourism Movement is being reduced to philanthropy – but on the contrary charitable giving is a tiny part of what is required for Responsible Tourism. The RT focus is much more on how the business does its business and the way the holidaymaker travels and spends their money.   more »

Overall passenger numbers are also dropping IATA reports that premium passenger numbers were down 19.2% globally in the year to March 2009, while the drop in economy was 8.2%   more »

Last year Explore won the Best Tour Operator category in the Responsible Tourism awards, now they have come 18th in ...   more »

Miriam Gayoso, one of our alumni, emailed me today with the news that the website for the Northern Circuit in ...   more »

As a consequence of the ban on public gatherings and the travel advisories against travel to Mexico we have no choice but to postpone the Third International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations.   more »

This is the best guide book to responsible travel to date, it draws on some of the best writing in The Guardian and elsewhere and brings together a real wealth of advice for the consumer about how to have a great holiday without damaging our world .   more »

Jafar made a trenchant critique of practice in tourism studies and the way in which tourism has confined itself to a silo, my word not his. He used the word inbreeding,   more »

In the recession the traditional package holiday is finding renewed favour as holidaymakers hedge against the risks of their holiday ...   more »

The DG of the Gambian Tourism Authority was clearly impressed by the presentations made by our ICRT Masters students who ...   more »

Travaid provides a mechanism for assured giving to worthwhile local initiatives – it is the safest and most efficient way of giving back and it adds gift aid to your donation if you are a UK taxpayer. Use it.   more »

The Financial Times reports today that Eurocamps is to set up Brit camps so that cash strapped British families will ...   more »

I was honoured by the audience which turned out for my inaugural lecture in the Gandhi Hall of Leeds Metropolitan University - there were old friends from Faversham, colleagues from the industry and form the university, alumni from the last 10 years of the course and current students.   more »

There was a 4.6m million fall in passenger numbers in 2008, the first decline in 17 years.   more »

Today I have just completed a piece of work undertaken with Rosa Santilli which addressed the question Community-Based Tourism: a ...   more »

The ICRT Belize has been working away to develop the agenda of the 3rd International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations which runs in Belize from Tuesday May 19th until Friday May 22nd. The Conference will be opened by the prime Minister of Belize.   more »

With three alumni working together in Oman we should expect to see RT prosper.   more »

One excellent website for those of us who have to fly sometimes, but who want to do so more responsibly, is www.flysmart.org.   more »

“The location-aware future—good, bad, and sleazy—is here. Thanks to the iPhone 3G and, to a lesser extent, Google's Android phone, millions of people are now walking around with a gizmo in their pocket that not only knows where they are but also plugs into the Internet to share that info .......   more »

The Sunday Times reports that an April 2007 report by industry analysts Gartner have estimated the use of electricity by the ICT industry at 2% of global carbon dioxides emissions, similar to the amount produced by airlines.   more »

45% of respondents said that they expected to spend less on travel.   more »

I met Clive Stockil in 1995 when I was in Zimbabwe for ...   more »

We should not expect the developing world to solve our green house gas ...   more »

In the Pre-Budget Announcement this week there was a depressing announcement about Air Passenger Duty. The rates have been increased ...   more »

Leeds: "A thriving cultural city where locals play pavement chess, people thank the bus driver (and the bus driver calls ...   more »