World Tourism Day 2012: Tourism & Sustainable Energy

Vanderlei J. Pollack -
World Tourism Day (WTD) 2012 is being held under the theme Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development. Official celebrations will take place in Maspalomas, Spain (Sept 27). ...

Food Tourism: Important Pillar for Tourism Growth along the Silk Road

Andrew J. Wein -
Food plays a crucial and growing role in tourism development and can be a pillar for growth for the countries of the Silk Road, said experts meeting at the Flavours of the Silk Road: International Con ...

Nominations Open for UNWTO Ulysses and Lifetime Achievement Awards

Dan Rang -
Nominations are open for the 2012 UNWTO Awards, recognizing exceptional leaders in the tourism community, as well as the most innovative tourism initiatives. ...

GBTA Foundation Study Finds Sustainability Initiatives Important to Managed Travel Programs

Ashley Nault -
Sustainability initiatives are playing an increasingly important factor in managed travel programs, according to new research released by the GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Glo ...

The Royal Geographical Society with IBG Hidden Journeys Project

Samuel Dorsi -
Have you ever gazed out of an aircraft window at a mountain range, city, island or small cluster of lights in the middle of a desert and asked “I wonder what that is down there? Who lives there? What ...