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Sustainable tourism practices require operators and travelers to treat communities and ecosystems with respect. Ensuring that neither communities nor environmental contexts are exploited supports a tourism ethic that is balanced and ecologically-minded.
Policy & Implementation Guidance
Policy & Implementation Guidance
Website initiative of UN Tourism, includes a dashboard for users to source reports, news stories, and strategies for sustainable tourism.
Transforming Tourism for Climate Action
Audience: Adult
Source: UN Tourism
Format: Website with link to a report (PDF) and other resources
UNWTO Recommendations on Urban Tourism
Audience: Adult
Source: UN Tourism eLibrary
Format: Report (PDF) - also available in Spanish and French
Recommendations for the Transition to a Green Travel and Tourism Economy
Audience: Adult
Source: UN Tourism eLibrary
Format: Report (PDF)
Tourism and Sustainable Development - guiding principles
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UN Tourism
Format: Website with links to related topics
Practical Guide for the Development of Biodiversity-based Tourism Products
Audience: Adult
Source: UN Tourism eLibrary
Format: Report (PDF)
The green transition of tourism
Audience: Adult
Source: European Commission - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
How global tourism can become more sustainable, inclusive and resilient
Audience: Adult
Source: World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism
Format: Informational text with embedded video
Tools and resource guides for tourism in a circular economy
Audience: Adult
Source: One Planet Network
Format: Webpage with links to several guides
Audience: Adult
Source: OECD
Format: Issues paper (PDF)
“Sorrento Call to Action”: Youth to Play an Active Role in Tourism’s Future
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: UN Tourism
Format: News story
Reducing Tourism’s Carbon Footprint
Reducing Tourism’s Carbon Footprint
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Sustainable Travel International
Format: Informative text with infographics and photographs
Monitoring of Sustainable Tourism, 2021
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Our World in Data
Format: Dynamic infographic and links to additional data reports
What Does a Net-Zero Hotel Look Like?
Audience: Adult
Source: Visual Capitalist
Format: Infographic and text
3 Ways the Accommodation Sector is Making the Journey to Net Zero
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Visual Capitalist
Format: Infographic and text
Eco-responsible travel: Our guide for 2024
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Greenly
Format: Blog entry with embedded videos and photographs
Sustainable Travel: Look after the planet on holiday
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: ESL Stories
Format: Blog post in simple English
Ecotourism
Ecotourism
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: International Union for Conservation of Nature
Format: Webpage with embedded video
The International Ecotourism Society
Audience: Adult
Format: Website of international organization dedicated to ecologically conscientious tourism
Explainer: What is ecotourism?
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Earth.org
Format: Informative text
Travel: Local & Indigenous Communities
Travel: Local & Indigenous Communities
‘Bluewashing’: how ecotourism can be used against indigenous communities
Audience: Adult
Source: The Conversation
Format: News article with links to videos
Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Foundation website with videos that highlight ecotourism in Kenya
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Foundation website with resources that support indigenous voices in sustainability, including tourism.
Audience: Teen, adult
Format: Website with links to community engagement projects
Recommendations on Sustainable Development of Indigenous Tourism
Audience: Adult
Source: UN Tourism eLibrary
Format: Report (PDF)
Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant Partners
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Cultural Survival
Format: Press release with photographs
Niue's Fight to Sustain Itself
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: National Geographic Education
Format: Informative text with photo and glossary
Sustainable Travel Stories
Sustainable Travel Stories
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: La Mano del Mono
Format: Blog posts with photos
Audience: Youth, teen, adult
Format: Website of stories and images by journalist Paul Salopek, who is walking across continents to explore societies and geography
Videos
Videos
Source: International Union for Conservation of Nature YouTube channel
Source: World Economic Forum - Travel and Tourism Agenda
4 Ways to Make your Holiday More Sustainable
Source: World Economic Forum YouTube channel
Source: DW News YouTube channel
Is ecotourism better for the environment? | Mongabay Explains
Source: Mongabay YouTube channel
How to help communities thrive through ecotourism
Source: WWF International YouTube channel
Maleku Indigenous demand inclusion in Costa Rica's ecotourism industry
Source: AFP YouTube channel
Hydrogen: Is sustainable air travel possible?
Source: Subject to Climate
Teaching Materials
Teaching Materials
The Guide: A Biologist in Gorongosa
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Subject to Climate
Format: Lesson guide and resources to accompany a documentary film about a teenager who strives to become an environmental tour guide in Mozambique.
Audience: Teen, adult
Source: Your English Pal
Format: Lesson plan with embedded video
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