Can travel save the world ?
- Marianne Hoogeveen
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min read
Visiting & leaving a place better than you found it....?
Regenerative travel šš what's not to like ?
Regenerative tourism isnāt just about lowering your carbon footprint or buying local ā itās about initiating real, measurable change. Jonathon Day, an associate professor focused on sustainable tourism at Purdue University, told the New York Times: āSustainable tourism is sort of a low bar. At the end of the day, itās just not making a mess of the place. Regenerative tourism says, letās make it better for future generations.ā ; going on trips that actively work on improving the destinations you visit, whether that be through joining a restoration project or funding a business school for women. In the words of the NY Times, itās about āleaving a place better than you found it.ā
šSwapping quantity for quality... meaningful marketing & tourism that respects the local USP's (culture, nature, livability, sustainability and enforces these and has a positive effect on local producers, (small/medium sized) family owned companies. A strategy based not on pure economic growth & welfare but to "well-being" for all stakeholders and change...ššš https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/travel/travel-future-coronavirus-sustainable.html

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