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#1322582021-12-21
Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation
Tour guide Patrick Kataama relied heavily on income from leading gorilla-trekking tours in Uganda’s national parks. These tours were abruptly shut down in late March 2020, after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Uganda and the country was placed under lockdown.
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#1245442020-03-05
Lord Howe: Australia's most exlusive island?
Everything about Lord Howe, a reef-rimmed tropical island 780km north-east of Sydney, is laidback – except for the fervour with which its locals protect their paradise.
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#1221872019-09-12
National parks vital for biodiversity conservation – Shifeta
NAMIBIA'S national parks are a vital tool for conserving the country's biodiversity, says environment and tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta. “By managing parks well, their irreplaceable assets and unlimited potential will be conserved for future generations.
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#1235122019-12-18
New Zealand's landscape under pressure from booming tourist industry, report says
New Zealand’s booming tourist industry is threatening to ruin its most popular landscapes and could see the country face the kind of overcrowding seen in cities such as Amsterdam, Venice and Barcelona, a new report has warned.
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#1256792020-11-13
Odisha to share biodiversity wisdom with eco-tourists, trains guides
Serious nature tourists thronging eco-tourism hotspots will have a lot to look forward to soon as Odisha is going to share a wealth of biodiversity knowledge through its trained guides and naturalists.
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#1203072019-03-12
On Kangaroo Island and elsewhere, beware the lure of the luxury ecotourist
Kangaroo Island, less than 130 kilometres from Adelaide, is one of Australia's ecological jewels. Tourism Australia describes it as a "pristine wilderness", with cliffs, beaches, wetlands and dense bushland offering protection to native animals such as penguins, sea lions, pelicans, koalas and, ...
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#1186552018-10-24
Paradise lost: Tourist spots in danger of being loved to death
The Philippines' most famous resort island Boracay re-opens Friday after a six-month clean-up intended to fix the damage done by unrestrained mass tourism.
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#1223482019-09-24
Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector
Cook Islands — With its white sand, turquoise waters and train of dreamy desert islands just offshore, it’s not hard to see why Muri Lagoon hits the spot for holidaymakers. Situated on the east coast of Rarotonga, the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands, the lagoon is the biggest touri ...
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#1351632022-06-30
Parrots of the Caribbean: Birding tourism offers hope for threatened species
Four species of parrots endemic to Caribbean islands in the Lesser Antilles — St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica — are clinging to existence amid a volley of hurricanes and volcanic eruptions that have decimated their populations and habitats.
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#1299292021-08-13
Piranhas and pink dolphins lure visitors to remote Lake Tarapoto
Pink dolphins, piranhas and black caiman. It sounds like the stuff of legend, but in fact they're the inhabitants of a protected wetlands system in the Amazon, home to thousands of rare animal species and fascinating tales of tribal gods turning men into dolphins.
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#1211192019-05-21
Planting fragments of hope
Fifteen years ago, the waters around Islas Marietas in Mexico’s Nayarit State were so abundant with corals that people could see them for miles.
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#1332872022-02-17
Podcast: Defending New Guinea’s forests with birds-of-paradise and ecotourism
The third episode in the New Guinea series of Mongabay Explores covers the island’s unique birds-of-paradise, and their symbolism as ambassadors for both the island’s beautiful landscape, and also the culture of the people who live there:
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#1320202021-12-02
Preah Sihanouk eyes underwater tourism
Preah Sihanouk province has set its sights on underwater tourism, as a new way to lure in national and international tourists, and open an ocean of rich biodiversity and scuba diving experiences to enthusiasts and beginners alike, according to tourism officials and experts.
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#1225222019-10-04
Putting a price on nature …N$13 billion generated through biodiversity
Namibia’s well maintained biodiversity brings in a whopping N$13 billion annually, Environment and Tourism Minister Pohamba Shifeta announced this week.
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#1321872021-12-15
Rebuild more sustainable tourism in mountains for people and the planet
The world’s mountains have long attracted visitors for their scenic beauty, sports opportunities and rich cultural heritage. And for many rural mountain communities, tourism is a lifeline. It can increase household incomes, enhance job opportunities and revitalise local traditions.
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#1252302020-04-22
Responsible community-based tourism models tend to have a direct impact on wildlife
My first memories of a safari are in the Churna range of Bori Wildlife Sanctuary in the early 1990s. I was a little boy, barely five years old. The safaris of those days were nothing like what we experience today. Tourism wasn't formally an activity carried out in the Bori Sanctuary. Permissions ...
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#1354092022-07-21
Rwanda Opens State-Of-The-Art Eco-tourism Park In Kigali City
Nyandungu Eco-tourism is now opened for public and seeks to raise awareness on the conservation of Africa’s wildlife and nature. The facility was inaugurated by Rwanda’s Prime Minister, Dr. Ngirente, alongside Hailemariam Desalegn, Former Primer Minister of Ethiopia.
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#1280462021-04-14
Saudi Arabia unveils details of the Red Sea Project
The Red Sea Project, envisioned as an uber-luxurious tourist destination, is a part of Saudi Arabia’s broader strategy to reduce the country’s dependence on oil and fortify its tourism sector by 2035. This project will complement the newly opened heritage site, AlUla, and smart city Neom in the ...
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#1271292021-02-17
Saudi desert gateway fast becoming the next tourist hotspot
The city of Najran on the edge of the Empty Quarter — one of the world’s largest sand deserts — is fast becoming Saudi Arabia’s most promising tourist destination, as visitors come in search of historical sights and tales of generations past.
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#1353962022-07-20
Sun, sea, sustainability—could your next European holiday be a greener one?
With the tourism industry on a high bounce following the lifting of pandemic restrictions, many holiday-goers are looking for ways to travel more responsibly and sustainably. But the annual surge of visitors at resorts and destinations can create environmental headaches for people living in the ...
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#1209592019-05-06
Sustainable tourism for sustainable development
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and Asia is one of the hottest destinations.
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#1266742021-01-19
Sustainable tourism key to Cumbria’s new carbon neutral plan
Across Cumbria local communities, businesses and grassroots organisations are being mobilised to map out ways that they hope will help it become the UK’s first carbon-neutral county.
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#1347282022-05-27
The Arctic's tricky quest for sustainable tourism
Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it.
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#1237262020-01-15
The Nations Switching Glitz for Green
It’s an unlikely spot for an organic fruit and vegetable garden, tucked away between soulless high-rise buildings that dot the most densely populated country in the world. But this 450 sq m sliver of land is where market gardener Jessica Sbaraglia toils away.
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#1322852022-01-04
The social aspect of biodiversity reduction in Brazil
What most people ignore is that climate change is also a social issue, arising from unawareness of the human population about the impact of their activities. Biodiversity plays a key role in ecosystems and also services benefits to the tourism industry.
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#1224802019-10-02
Ticino, Switzerland: where the Swiss eat carpaccio
As Switzerland bundles up for the cooler months, there is a sun-drenched part of this country that offers scores of Italian history and culture. Here is how you can make the most of Ticino
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#1282642021-04-27
Tourism and climate change threaten Lake Baikal, a unique global treasure
Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia is one of the world’s natural wonders. Deeper than the Grand Canyon, older than the Amazon Rainforest, as voluminous as all the U.S. Great Lakes combined, Lake Baikal is home to more species than any other lake on Earth, many of which are found nowhere else. Baikal ...
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#1272422021-02-22
Tourism desperately wants a return to the ‘old normal’ but that would be a disaster
With each passing day, the grave future of Earth becomes more stark. The disruption of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) has not been enough to shift the trajectory, nor has it prompted polluting sectors of the economy to reconsider the harms they inflict on the planet.
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#1205002019-03-26
Tourism is damaging the ocean. Here’s what we can do to protect it
What does the big blue mean to you? Is it a holiday destination, a source of income, as for the 60 million people working in the marine fishing industry, a vital protein source of 151 million tonnes for human consumption, or a home to millions of species? The ocean has a different meaning for ev ...
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#1223872019-09-26
Tourism or permanent settling: Study shows different consequences for coastal fauna
Coasts are habitats for many endangered species and are therefore of great ecological value. They are also of great economic value, as humans use them in very different ways: for instance as areas of permanent settling or as tourist destinations. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have no ...
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#1227472019-10-25
Tourism zones in Pirin National Park threaten chamois population
WWF-Bulgaria is alarmed that the new draft management plan for Pirin National Park is further endangering the habitat of the chamois. The draft plan foresees an expansion of sport infrastructure that would be allowed on an area 12.5 times greater than what is currently allowed, or 7.5% of the Pa ...
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#1204082019-03-18
Tourists are flocking to locations threatened by climate change. That only makes things worse.
“Last-chance tourism” is hastening the decline of destinations like the Florida Reef and the Galapagos Islands.
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#1352362022-07-06
Traditional communities rally behind ecotourism to conserve their forests
When she was a child, Cruz Ávila used to walk through the forest as part of her daily routine. She would pick wood or medicinal plants. She learned to find birds hidden in the branches and to identify the different trees. She also found that walking among the pines and listening to a waterfall i ...
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#1232892019-12-05
Travel Tourism Must Transform to Survive, Thrive
MADRID, Dec 4 2019 (IPS) - The travel and tourism sector, with its significant economic and social benefits, has no choice but to transform to survive and thrive in the face of climate change, said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa at COP25 to industry representatives.
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#1235362019-12-19
Uganda’s mountain gorilla population increases
The global population of mountain gorillas has increased to over 1,000. According to a survey conducted between May and December 2018, the Bwindi-Sarambwe Nature Reserve, had 459 gorillas divided into 50 groups and 13 solitary individuals.
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#1265572021-01-11
Uttarakhand Tourism to organise first-ever snow leopard tours; details here
Uttarakhand Tourism is all set to organise winter-special snow leopard tours for the first time in February. The snow-leopard tours are being organised in Harsil, a picturesque village on the banks of the Bhagirathi river, to promote wildlife conservation. Harsil is also dubbed the “mini Switzer ...
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#1221482019-09-09
Visits to Rwanda's national parks increase by six times since 2003: official
KIGALI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tourist visits to Rwanda's national parks increased by 600 percent since 2003 and the revenues from the visits grow by 250 percent, Rwandan Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente said on Monday at a conservation conference in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda.
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#1194142019-01-16
We're in the era of overtourism but there is a more sustainable way forward
If you live in a tourist destination, you might dread the holiday invasion. Likewise, disgruntled tourists complain about crowded and polluted beaches, national parks or attractions.
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#1319932021-11-30
What makes Colombia the next ecotourism hotspot
Ecotourism is now seeing an upward trajectory and is poised to be a key growth sector as the country focuses its initiatives on sustainable tourism. The country is taking the lead in advocating responsible tourism as its natural landscape serves as a primary appeal.
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#1194512019-01-17
Why Costa Rica Is the Happiest Place on Earth
Do you know why Costa Rica is considered one of the happiest places in the world and the most beautiful to visit? Here are 7 excellent reasons:
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#1278032021-03-23
Yemen's Socotra archipelago will become a dream destination for tourists
With its lush landscape,distinctive trees, unique animals and turquoise waters home to dolphins, Yemen is hoping its Socotra archipelago will become a dream destination despite the country's conflict.
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#1344352022-05-13
‘It’s a struggle for survival’: why Kenya – and its wildlife – need tourists to return
Covid dealt a blow to tourism and the conservation funds it provides. But as visitors slowly return, the sector is looking for new ways to thrive