Sustainable News
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Aruba Hotel First in World to Win Global United Nations 2020 Climate Neutral Now Award
The Caribbean’s most eco-certified hotel is now setting the world standard as Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort in Aruba is the first-ever hotel in the world to win the prestigious…
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Endangered White Rhino Baby Born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park in Florida just welcomed a baby white rhinoceros to the family, boosting efforts to save the magnificent and endangered species. After a 16-month pregnancy, the…
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Green Horizon Summit to Accelerate the Race to Zero
The City of London Corporation, in collaboration with the Green Finance Institute, and supported by the World Economic Forum, is hosting a virtual summit 9-11 November that will focus on…
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Turismo de Portugal Joins GSTC
Turismo de Portugal is the official Portuguese Tourism Board, responsible for the promotion, development and sustainability of tourist activity in the country. It thus unites in one single body all…
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Cooperation and Trust as Important as Ever – 75 Years of the United Nations
The United Nations, of which UNWTO is proud to be a part of, was established to promote peace among nations and allow us to work together to build a better…
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ABTA Launches Tourism for Good Report, Sustainability can be at the Heart of Recovery
The Travel Association, ABTA, has published a new report which sets out how the devastating impact of the global pandemic has brought into relief the value of tourism to holidaymakers,…
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UNWTO: Stepping Up Support for Safe and Sustainable Recovery of Tourism
Millions of jobs are at risk. Tourism is a major driver of the world economy, accounting for 7% of international trade. Globally, tourism generates directly or indirectly one in every…
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Beyond tourism: investing in local communities to protect Africa’s wild spaces
For ten years, Dixon Parmuya has guided tourists on bush walks around Amboseli National Park in Southern Kenya. But since COVID-19 swept through Kenya in mid-March, the country’s tourism industry…
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UNWTO supports EBRD’s Web Tool for Green Technologies
The EBRD and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) are joining forces to promote sustainable tourism, accelerate the transfer of climate finance and make green technologies more accessible for the tourism…
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SUNx Malta Launches Climate Friendly Travel Registry
During the Climate Week NYC and in the side-lines of UN General Assembly, SUNx Malta launched a Climate Friendly Travel Registry for 2050 Climate Neutral & Sustainability Ambitions in partnership…