Tourism2030 - May2020-05-20T11:34:04Ztag:destinet.eu,2020-05-20:/News/2020/5https://destinet.eu/misc_/EnviroWindows/Site.gifECOTRANSTourism2030Covid-19: ECM Guide for Sustainable Recoverytag:destinet.eu,2020-05-05:/News/2020/5/covid-19-ECM-guide-for-sustainability-recovery2020-05-05T07:27:15ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">European Cities Marketing, the network of 125 European DMMOs improving the competitiveness and performance of leading cities of Europe, published “The DMMO Covid-19 Continuity Checklist – An ECM Guide for Sustainable Recovery”. Elaborated in partnership with TOPOSOPHY, this guide will prove to be a strong tool for DMMOs in this unprecedented time to face new challenges and create <em>A New Tomorrow</em>.</span></p>
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<h2 id="mcetoc_1e7hq13pc0"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ECOTRANS recommendation: Start now with sustainability checks</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For the <em>Resilience Phase</em> the guide recommends on page 38 to <em>“Review destination key performance indicators and introduce new KPIs around environmental and social sustainability (i.e. Covid-19 as an opportunity to reset goals)"</em>. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This recommendation nowadays is a must in order to contribute to the SDGs 2030. But instead of waiting until the resilience phase (after the recovery phase) the destination management organisations should <strong>NOW </strong>use the time to prepare the further greening of their tourism supply chains: there are excellent low -cost or free online self-checks for environmental and sustainability certification available for hotels, restaurants and other tourism businesses. The <a href="/resources/tools/certification-quickfinder" target="_new">Tourism2030 - Certification Quickfinder</a> is helping on this! </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Imagine 2020 - 2021 - 2022:</strong> 20% of the tourism businesses in the European cities would self-check in 2020 their sustainability level, then <strong>10%</strong> or more would prepare and apply in 2021 for certification - with financial support for recovery and resilience - and then in 2022 the cities could promote all these businesses as <strong>"our green offer"</strong>. Beside advanced cities like <a href="/market-place/green-travel-maps/?lat_min=48.07071072856681&lat_max=48.345269890493746&lon_min=16.077708745404774&lon_max=16.669929054595226&geo_types%3Alist=symbol092&geo_types%3Alist=symbol130&geo_types%3Alist=symbol338&geo_types%3Alist=symbol009&geo_types%3Alist=symbol814&geo_types%3Alist=symbol930&geo_types%3Alist=symbol834&geo_types%3Alist=symbol683&geo_types%3Alist=symbol548&geo_types%3Alist=symbol864&address=vienna&geo_query=certified%20gtm" target="_new" title="Green Travel Map Vienna">Vienna</a> or <a href="/market-place/green-travel-maps/?lat_min=55.55977049476557&lat_max=55.79207822192624&lon_min=12.272227045404778&lon_max=12.86444735459523&geo_types%3Alist=symbol092&geo_types%3Alist=symbol130&geo_types%3Alist=symbol338&geo_types%3Alist=symbol009&geo_types%3Alist=symbol814&geo_types%3Alist=symbol930&geo_types%3Alist=symbol834&geo_types%3Alist=symbol683&geo_types%3Alist=symbol548&geo_types%3Alist=symbol864&address=copenhagen&geo_query=certified%20gtm" title="Green Travel Map Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> all cities in Europe could much more contribute to the SDGs & and provide a much better choice to their visitors!<br /></span></p>Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of COVID-19tag:destinet.eu,2020-05-08:/News/2020/5/pandemics-tourism-and-global-changepandemics-tourism-and-global-change-a-rapid2020-05-08T09:12:46ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A new article by Stefan Gössling, Daniel Scott & C. Michael Hall, published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, discusses why there is a need to question the volume growth tourism model.</strong> <br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(Abstract)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is challenging the world. With no vaccine and limited medical capacity to treat the disease, nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI) are the main strategy to contain the pandemic. Unprecedented global travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders are causing the most severe disruption of the global economy since World War II. With international travel bans affecting over 90% of the world population and wide-spread restrictions on public gatherings and community mobility, tourism largely ceased in March 2020. Early evidence on impacts on air travel, cruises, and accommodations have been devastating. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While highly uncertain, early projections from UNWTO for 2020 suggest international arrivals could decline by 20 to 30% relative to Tourism is especially susceptible to measures to counteract pandemics because of restricted mobility and social distancing. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The paper compares the impacts of COVID-19 to previous epidemic/pandemics </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and other types of global crises and explores how the pandemic may </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">change society, the economy, and tourism. It discusses why COVID-19 is </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">an analogue to the ongoing climate crisis, and why there is a need to </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">question the volume growth tourism model advocated by UNWTO, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ICAO, CLIA, WTTC and other tourism organizations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><img style="width: 400px; height: 264px; margin: 0px 0px; vertical-align: undefined;" src="/images/covid-19-climate-change-optimistic-graph.png" width="400" height="264" /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2020.1758708" target="_new">Read the full article</a><br /></span></p>ITR Manifesto: PostCovid19 - The only possible Horizon for the Tourism Industry is still Sustainabilitytag:destinet.eu,2020-05-12:/News/2020/5/itr-manifesto-postcovid19-the-only-possible-horizon-for-the-tourism-industry-is2020-05-12T09:06:53ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Institute for Responsible Tourism (ITR) and their "Biosphere" certification programme requires in their manifesto that "more than ever, the ambitions and transformative vision of Agenda 2030 must be adopted within the framework of an approach based firmly on the Theory of Change. In other words, those paradigm shifts to which the tourism sector, as well as the rest of the development drivers, was slowly approaching on the eve of a distant 2030, are today becoming indispensable </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and the sector will have to be transformed, in many cases radically, in a much shorter time frame. On this depends the survival of the sector and the richness of the cultural exchange that has made it </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">prosper."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The manifesto concludes with a statement which probably can stand for all certification programmes on the <a href="/resources/tools/certification-quickfinder" target="_new">Tourism2030.eu - Certification Quickfinder</a>: </span></p>
<p><strong>"<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Today more than ever, if it's not sustainable it's not development"</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.biospheretourism.com/mant/php/nwlp.php?tib=1619+ord40+download-the-manifesto&id=431060&key=d40c6b0d118a451eef6f4e2c51e9a97c&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biospheretourism.com%2Fassets%2Farxius%2F2c11d7c5fef020efa4ad616c53fc250d.pdf" target="_new"><strong>Download the manifesto</strong></a> </span></p>Lessons from Covid-19 for the climate crisis tag:destinet.eu,2020-05-15:/News/2020/5/lessons-from-covid-19-for-the-climate-crisis2020-05-15T07:28:01ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">by Jonas Sommer</span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“For many, Covid-19 is the biggest crisis they have ever experienced. A lot has changed within the last few months. What lesson can we learn from all these changes to prevent the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced – the climate crisis?”</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What are the differences? </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“The goal of fighting Covid-19 is back to normal. Back to a life without a pandemic, to the world that people know – with free movement, vacations and consumption. If they want to stop the climate crisis, there can be no back to normal. Even if there are hopes that we can continue our lifestyle with the support of new green technology, it becomes ever clearer that this is a dream. Consumption requires resources, no matter how green something is produced. And resources are limited on this planet, while the human population keeps growing. And a lesson from the past is that green technology does not stop our hunger for resources. More energy- and resource-efficient screens and computers did not lead to less energy and resource consumption, but to bigger screens and more powerful computers, which overcompensated any savings. So, the end goal of fighting the climate crisis must be that we change our lifestyle, which will take away some freedom from individuals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Reasons for hope</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Even though there are many factors that make the fight of the climate crisis more complex than fighting Covid-19, there are definitely some positive lesson we can take away.</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Governments can act quickly in times of crisis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many people are solidary during hardships</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Governments and people are willing to put health before the economy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If the pressure is high enough, authorities are willing to make funds available at a large scale</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">People accept quick & strict measures, if they understand the objective and approach</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Governments can step up and lead in times of crisis</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The author concludes: “Lastly, we have to emphasize the positive aspects. Instead of telling people what the cannot do anymore, we have to paint a picture of a brighter future. A future with intact nature, clean air and cities designed for people, not cars. A future, in which we do not constantly have to think about which species will disappear next, which country will suffer from a famine and which city will drown in a rising ocean.”</span></p>
<p><a href="https://wilderness-society.org/lessons-from-the-corona-virus-for-the-climate-crisis/" target="_new"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Link to the full article</span> </a><br /></p>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">ECOTRANS comment:</span> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Covid-19 pandemic “forces” us to focus our vacation and holiday making in 2020 to the closer destinations for recreation, nature and culture experience: at home, in the own country, in "safe" countries in Europe. <strong>IF travelling – THEN sustainably</strong> is possible: just search the <strong><a href="/market-place/green-travel-maps">Green Travel Maps</a></strong> for certified hotels and camping sites, destinations and tour operators in your country. <br /></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>Covid-19: UNWTO Call for Actiontag:destinet.eu,2020-05-20:/News/2020/5/covid-19-unwto-call-for-action2020-05-20T12:30:25ZHerbert HameleHerbert Hamele<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In their publication <em>"SUPPORTING JOBS AND ECONOMIES THROUGH TRAVEL & TOURISM - A Call for Action to Mitigate the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Accelerate Recovery" </em>the World Tourism Organisation makes a clear statement pro SDGs 2030, saying:</span><br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 55.2142px; transform: scaleX(0.921177);">"The COVID-19 pandemic has hit travel and </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 70.5041px; transform: scaleX(0.901947);">tourism hard. It nevertheless offers a rare </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 85.794px; transform: scaleX(0.988136);">opportunity for </span><span style="left: 602.38px; top: 85.794px; transform: scaleX(0.96977);">reflection and recalibration </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 101.084px; transform: scaleX(0.926209);">to grow again, and to grow better for planet </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 116.374px; transform: scaleX(0.939951);">and people.</span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 162.255px; transform: scaleX(0.914523);">This is particularly relevant as <strong>the global </strong></span><strong><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 177.545px; transform: scaleX(0.903159);">community now has just 10 years to achieve </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 192.835px; transform: scaleX(1.00786);">the</span><span style="left: 544.375px; top: 192.835px; transform: scaleX(0.936117);"> 17 Sust</span></strong><span style="left: 544.375px; top: 192.835px; transform: scaleX(0.936117);"><strong>ainable Development Goals</strong> </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 208.125px; transform: scaleX(0.851744);">(SDGs) </span><span style="left: 562.361px; top: 208.125px; transform: scaleX(0.925953);">outlined in the 2030 Agenda – we </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 223.415px; transform: scaleX(0.920422);">have started the </span><span style="left: 604.732px; top: 223.415px; transform: scaleX(0.944771);">Decade of Action. </span><span style="left: 689.762px; top: 223.415px; transform: scaleX(0.935904);">Managed </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 238.705px; transform: scaleX(0.893744);">responsibly, </span><span style="left: 583.661px; top: 238.705px; transform: scaleX(0.964311);">tourism can emerge from the </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 253.995px; transform: scaleX(0.943584);">current crisis as an even more important </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 269.285px; transform: scaleX(0.974976);">contributor to the SDGs, </span><span style="left: 645.28px; top: 269.285px; transform: scaleX(0.951398);">supporting </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 284.574px; transform: scaleX(0.948386);">livelihoods and creating opportunities for </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 299.864px; transform: scaleX(0.951671);">millions of people around the world and </span><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 315.154px; transform: scaleX(0.938352);">leaving nobody behind."</span></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 315.154px; transform: scaleX(0.938352);">7 recommendations for preparing for tomorrow</span></strong></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="left: 529.258px; top: 315.154px; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.938352); font-size: 12pt;">The call for action provides 23 recommendations which "are divided into three groups, but should ideally be approached simultaneously and through cooperation between all stakeholders in the ecosystem. To <strong>prepare for tomorrow</strong> it is recommended to </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 55.3967px; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.825879); font-size: 12pt;">diversify markets, products and services </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 55.3967px; transform: scaleX(0.825879);">i</span><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 82.1665px; transform: scaleX(0.866982);">nvest in market intelligence systems and digital </span><span style="left: 275.983px; top: 95.5514px; transform: scaleX(0.893713);">transformation</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="left: 275.983px; top: 95.5514px; transform: scaleX(0.893713);">r</span><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 122.321px; transform: scaleX(0.841901);">einforce tourism governance at all levels</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 122.321px; transform: scaleX(0.841901);">p</span><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 149.091px; transform: scaleX(0.846602);">repare for crisis, build resilience and ensure tourism is </span><span style="left: 275.983px; top: 162.476px; transform: scaleX(0.865608);">part of national emergency mechanism and systems</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="left: 275.983px; top: 162.476px; transform: scaleX(0.865608);">i</span><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 189.246px; transform: scaleX(0.880544);">nvest in human capital and talent development</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 189.246px; transform: scaleX(0.880544);">p</span><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 216.015px; transform: scaleX(0.870208);">lace sustainable tourism firmly on the national agenda</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 242.785px; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.866011); font-size: 12pt;">transition to the circular economy and embrace the SDGs</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 242.785px; transform: scaleX(0.866011);">10 years left to achieve the SDGs by 2030 </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 242.785px; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.866011); font-size: 12pt;">Regarding the actions for <strong>transition to the circular economy and embrace the SDGs</strong> the UNWTO recommends: <br /></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="left: 262.598px; top: 242.785px; transform: scaleX(0.866011);">"</span>This crisis could jeopardize our collective ability to achieve the 17 SDGs by 2030. Define, revise or advance the <strong>implementation of Sustainable and Responsible Tourism</strong> within the framework of the SDGs.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Support the transition towards a circular economy – this crisis is also an opportunity to place stronger emphasis on the development of strategies that enhance coordinated action and decisions across all actors (producers, distributors, consumers, etc.) in the <strong>tourism value chain</strong>. This can support integrating circularity in tourism operations, transitioning to more resource efficient and low carbon tourism operations, while also enhancing the competitiveness and resilience of the sector as a whole.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Embracing sustainability more fully will help tourism as the sector establishes closer links with the wider United Nations system. A resilient sector is vital if tourism is to become a key partner of UN agencies, international organizations and international finance institutions as the global community works to <strong>realize the 2030 Agenda</strong>."</span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">ECOTRANS comment:</span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong><br /></strong></span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">These recommendations are not new. Since more than 40 years many organisations and individuals have been working for mainstreaming sustainable and responsible tourism. It would be great if NOW words would be followed by more actions than ever. Only little effort would be necessary to raise the market share of green certified businesses and destinations from 1-2% within few years to 5-10% - with their credible contributions to the planet and the people.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">> see certified tourism worldwide on the <a href="/market-place/green-travel-maps" target="_new">Green Travel Maps</a> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">> see the global collaboration initiative <a href="/who-who/civil-society-ngos/travel-green-planet-2030-initiative">Travel Green Planet 2030</a></span></p>
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