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STTA December 2019 Digest

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STTA November 2019 Digest

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CBI SUSTAINABLE TOURISM MARKET INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOP

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STTA October Digest

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CBI Netherlands Collaborates with STTA Kenya to Deliver Market Access Training for Tour Operators

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Tourism Excellence Uganda Launch Event with UHOA and TourCert in Uganda

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 28TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction SDG 14, Life below water, requires tourism to increase economic benefits to small island destinations and least developed countries in target 14.7. For tourism, oceans are holiday destinations, a source of income, a vital protein source for human consumption, and

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Tourism Excellence Uganda Launch Event with AUTO and TourCert in Uganda

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 27TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Luxury is the ability to offer extremely differentiated products, with excellent quality, exclusivity, uniqueness, rarity and craftsmanship. Luxurious hospitality has inbuilt sustainability attributes is resilient and less wasteful. Thus it does not have to keep changing with time because sustainability

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 26TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction In 2015, United Nations member states adopted a set of 17 aspirational Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of their agenda for sustainable development. SDG 13 calls for us to “Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”.

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 25TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction The future of city based tourism is anchored on SDG 11, Sustainable cities and communities. This challenges policy makers to come up with better frameworks that support sustainable city based tourism planning and management. Cities are unique. They must have authentic

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 24TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Disruptor means something that alters or destroys known structures. Is sustainability at the core of disruptions in tourism or will it be affected by disruptions? These is the main question that was to be answered at the 24th Inter-University seminar

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 23RD INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction The 17 Sustainable Development goals by the United Nations (UN), are an urgent call for action by all countries, to build a better place, for people and planet by 2030. SDG 4 calls for all of us to Ensure inclusive

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 22ND INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Shared value in tourism is about companies achieving economic successes, through an approach that simultaneously creates co benefits for sustainable development of communities. Successes of tourism and social development are inter dependent. So tourism should promote equality, justice, inclusion and

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 21ST INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Information on measuring tourism impacts can inform planning, management and promotion of tourism at policy and business level. This information also justifies tourism importance to Sustainable Development. Tourism may be making significant contribution to the economy, but at what cost?

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 20TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Innovation means doing something better or differently than in the past, and creating value for which customers will pay. Experiences innovation means constantly evaluating and improving where need be, what we are doing today to ensure that travelers leave or

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 19TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction The success of any attraction is in its ability to create an environment that offers visitors the opportunity to have experiences they consider engaging, positive and memorable. Consuming tourism is all about consuming experiences. Destination experience should deliver to traveler’s

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Judy Invited by University of Johannesburg as Guest Lecturer

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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM 101

Community Integration in Tourism Creates Diverse and Authentic Guest Experiences When host communities are not integrated in tourism by design through policy and business culture, they find ways to engage. Usually they fall short of conventional sector standards and

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 17TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction The 17th STTA change makers at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, which was held on November 24th 2018, brought out discussions on how to spread benefits of tourisms growth equitably across diverse interest groups in the destination economy. The overall

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Training Partnership With Green Globe Academy

Green Globe Academy and Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda(STTA) are proud to announce a training partnership to encourage more young people to be in the frontline of sustainable tourism development. The partnership will give youth, who are part of the STTA

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 16TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction One thing that we know for a fact is that travel will not stop. We have already surpassed 1 billion international travelers per year in less than 4 decades and the forecast is that the number will continue to grow.

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM 15TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Local communities or host communities are the original inhabitants of a tourism destination. They are the people who have lived in these destinations before tourism, deriving a livelihood from the resources and managing and shaping the destination through culture and

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM 14TH INTER-UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Introduction Culture is defined as ideas, beliefs, social behavior and a way of life that is shared among a group of people. Culture can be passed down from one generation to the next. It can be manifested through symbols, clothing, food,

Pages from 2018 Africa Tourism Monitor_FINAL.pdf

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Balancing Industrialization and Wildlife Conservation (Page 47. 2018 Africa Tourism Monitor)

Discourse abounds on the prioritization of wildlife conservation and industrialization. The jury is still open on whether wildlife conservation is an economic sector, system of access and allocation of resources, a set of ethics, or land use. Contention arises from

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Sustainable Tourism Report East Africa- Call for Submissions for Issue 9

What is fueling exclusion of coastal communities from tourism benefits? The Blue Economy and Sustainable Coastal tourism is the focus of Issue 9 of Sustainable Tourism Report East Africa. It remains a concern why coastal destinations in East Africa have

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Consumptive Wildlife Utilization – A Deadly Gamble for Kenya

The proposal for consumptive wildlife utilization is a deadly gamble for Kenya. Conservation in Kenya has historically faced policy and governance failures that have led to dramatic loss of wildlife and wildlife habitats over the years. This has not changed.

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Being a Responsible Business – Perspectives from Inge Huijbrechts, Vice President of Responsible Business at Carlson Rezidor Group

Inge Huijbrechts believes that sustainability is a non-competitive space. Everyone / everybusiness can engage. In this report, first published in EA Sustainable Tourism Report, Issue 6, Judy Kepher-Gona, captures highlights of an interview with Inge Huijbrechts, Vice President of Responsible Business of

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#PlasticfreeMICE – Ditching single use plastic items from our meeting rooms is possible

The Meetings Incentive Conferences and Events segment of tourism, also know as MICE could have a significantly larger environmental footprint than other segments of tourism. But it is rarely addressed when sustainable tourism is addressed. There are more than 50 million

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