The observance will be held at the King Sobhuza II Memorial Park at Lobamba. This is the finale of vuselas that spanned the length of September, dubbed World Tourism Month, in which the Swaziland Tourism Authority toured chosen eco-tourism establishments in Pigg’s Peak, Lobamba and Simunye. These vuselas provided a platform, as uttered by STA [...]

CAMBODIA’S tourism sector needs to increase its focus on “responsible tourism” to persevere with foreign travellers and gain possession on growing market, according to authorities from Dutch-backed development agency SNV. But local firms warned against relying too much on sustainable travel to fuel sector growth at the launch of SNV’s Responsible Travel Cambodia pilot project, [...]

Tourism industry leaders made Portland their stomping ground last week for an annual conference featuring the best of sustainable business and green living. The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference kicked off Portland-style Sept. 8 with the city’s signature mix of music, politics and green-leaning ideas. Opening ceremonies were ushered in by the Japanese drum ensemble [...]

A little over two years ago Ljuba Simic packed in his job driving trucks for a local cement factory for a new life – as a pioneer of rural tourism in Serbia’s lush Fruska Gora region. “I told myself it would be good to profit from what we have: the Danube river, the Fruska Gora [...]

The fourth Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) is in Portland today and Friday and this year it drew about 340 delegates from over 20 countries.  Put on by the International Ecotourism Society (TIES) — which is celebrating its 20th year —the conference this year focuses on practical ideas, according to Dr. Kelly S. Bricker, [...]

In 2008, worldwide international tourist arrivals increased to 924 million, up from 898 million in 2007. Industry sources estimate world travel and tourism generated in excess of $7 trillion in 2007, rising to more than $13 trillion in the coming decade. Despite its stunning array of natural, cultural and anthropological attractions, Bangladesh is currently known [...]

Costa Rica, the birthplace of ecotourism, has been very successful in sustaining it. The authorities have managed to increase the number of national parks, produce environmentally friendly electricity thus almost reaching the country’s goal of being the first carbon neutral nation. When Costa Rica’s current President took office in 2007, he promised to the people [...]

I don’t know about you, but every once in a while, I find myself imagining what I might do or be if I could reinvent myself — or if my friends could, or my neighbor, or my sister. What interesting, totally different opportunities exist out there that might capture the imagination? Well, I think I’ve [...]

Rather than build up Routes 8 and 12 as a trade route competing with Route 9, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as an eco-tourism routes linking the three countries, suggests the Thai ambassador to Laos. Vitavas Srivihok, the Thai ambassador to Laos, says Thailand will urge Laos and Vietnam [...]