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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

PATA and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council to conduct sustainable tourism training

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will host a Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) three-day intensive sustainable tourism-training programme at the PATA Engagement Hub in Bangkok from September 15-17, 2015. Tourism and environmental professionals seeking awareness of global best practice in practical and achievable sustainable tourism are invited to participate.

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20 July 2015
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Tourism Development plan greenlighted by NDC

Improving Taiwan’s tourism strategy by focusing on quality as opposed to quantity. A new strategy for the coming 4 years has been approved and signed by the National Development Council. Travel packages catering for special needs of senior tourists and those with disabilities as well as setting a focus on

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20 July 2015
Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Responsible Tourism: Can Social Media Make You a More Conscious Traveler?

Social media gives travelers a global voice. We can share praise of responsible tourism operators and positive experiences across our networks, encouraging others to travel with a conscience. Of course, certain travelers unaware of the consequences of their actions may share experiences that are irresponsible, often to be put right

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19 July 2015
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Street Meat: The Rise of NYC’s Halal Cart Culture

To some, the food carts littering the sidewalks of New York City are nothing more than street meat. To others, they represent a gastronomic paradise. These two faces of street vending have been side-by-side since the first entrepreneur thought to peddle his food on the city’s streets centuries ago. But in

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18 July 2015
Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

A Bubbly Cheers for Heritage: Champagne Lands UNESCO Designation

“The rolling hills of the northern French region, where the grapes for the sought-after bubbly are grown, already have some of the most expensive agricultural land in Europe,” the ABC story said. “But inclusion on UNESCO’s vaunted list can bring further economic benefits, because as well as being a powerful

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17 July 2015
Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

UNWTO Calls For Higher Financing For Tourism In Development Cooperation

Despite its wide-reaching socio-economic impacts, tourism still receives limited attention as a tool for development. On the occasion of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13-16 July), UNWTO calls for higher support for tourism in international financing for development flows to maximize the sector´s contribution

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16 July 2015
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Parma As Candidate To Become UNESCO City Of Gastronomy

Parma will compete for the title of UNESCO ‘City of Gastronomy’ for its prosciutto and cheese as well as its architecture, was put forward for the UNESCO Creative Cities network by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO. Read original article at italoamericano.org

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15 July 2015
Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Help Stop TTIP

On the 8th of July MEPs voted on TTIP in the European Parliament, and the vote didn’t go the right way. This gives the green light to TTIP officials to keep negotiating. The people behind TTIP want this deal done by the end of the year. So it’s time to up our

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13 July 2015
Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Sustainable Travel: Willingness to pay vs. actual behaviour

According to the UNWTO 2014 report, the number of international visitors is expected to rise from an average of nearly 43 million tourists per year, to approximately 1.8 billion each year. In order to make this a reality, something has to be done. There is a dare need to enhance

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9 July 2015
Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Peru Redefines World Cuisine

Built on the foundations of a former Incan temple, the centuries-old Cuzco Cathedral in Peru is home to an 18th-century painting of the Last Supper, but unlike the Da Vinci original, Christ and the Apostles are dining on guinea pig. Historical accuracies aside, the painting epitomizes Peruvian pride in local

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7 July 2015
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Art, Startups and Communities: How to Make Your City a Creative Hub

PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In this photo essay, we explore the creative aspects of a city through the experience of Montreal, designated a UNESCO City of Design in 2006! Read original article at yourstory.com

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6 July 2015
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Jordan homestays embrace sustainable tourism

“Jordan has established a new model for sustainable tourism in the Middle East,” says Nasr Al-Tamimi, acting director of Wild Jordan, a business unit attached to the country’s Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN). “Humans and nature interacting and profiting from each other: it’s a simple philosophy but,

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30 June 2015
Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Green Travel Trends For 2015

Harvard’s International Sustainable Tourism Initiative estimates that the travel and tourism industry is closing in on 9% of global GDP. (That’s huge.) Travel is changing for the better. But travel and tourism are also changing as they grow. According to Sustainable Travel International, here are 3 key trends that are

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29 June 2015
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