Readings
Welcome to Responsible Travel Week 2019, February 11-17. This page will be updated before and during the week.
Background
Planeta.com invites readers and friends to our annual Responsible Travel Week, February 11-17. 2019 is the 11th year for Responsible Travel Week (RTWeek) and Planeta.com‘s 20th year of innovative, community-driven, online conferencing. Participation is free and pay what you want.
Registration
Google Docs registration is open – https://goo.gl/forms/6ZlloBs4EB9pU9t73. Your responses literally shape the coming week. Specific examples are encouraged. We love to hear about best practices and how to avoid the worst.
If you are keen on Facebook, please register on the Facebook event page – facebook.com/events/436708710162932.
Readings
Headlines
Where Not to Travel in 2019, or Ever – The Walrus – @kateonmars
Undertourism Is the New Overtourism – Skift – @djpeltier
There’s insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs – Terry Hughes / The Conversation – @ProfTerryHughes
Should we all really fly less? BBC
how-to-choose-a-responsible-travel-operator
21-uncomfortable-truths
global-tourism-backlash – @CityLab
Elsewhere on the Web
Gaia Passage – gaiapassage.com – is a work in progress. The idea is to generate a “white paper” for every country in the world, on environmental and cultural conditions, issues, and who is doing what about them, as well as examining both how they effect tourism and how tourism effects those issues. GaiaPassage.com was born out of more than 20 years of experience working with the Green Travel Group.
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