Gathering insights from more than 31,000 travellers across 34 countries and territories, Booking.com in its releases its 9th Sustainable Travel Report 2024, stated that 95 per cent of Indian travellers confirm that sustainable travel is important to them, with 93 per cent saying that they want to travel more sustainability over the next 12 months.
Read More »Adopt sustainability, create timeless memories
M.P. Bezbaruah, Secretary General, HAI, said, “The selected theme for National Tourism Day is both imaginative and practical as it revolves around sustainability and sustainable journeys. This implies the need to develop destinations that prioritize sustainability while simultaneously creating timeless memories—an essence that encapsulates the experience of India. Importantly, the message of sustainable and responsible tourism should resonate with the public. I hope that Tourism Day will emphasize creating awareness among people regarding this theme.”
Read More »Connect people to empower tourism
Ajay Prakash, National President, TAFI, said, “Tourism is one of the biggest global industries and typically grows at a faster rate than GDP. Post-pandemic, Indian tourism has shown amazing resilience and recovery, especially in terms of outbound and domestic tourists. National Tourism Day is a day to celebrate the power of tourism to not only boost the economy, but to connect people across all boundaries. The two major challenges before the industry are geopolitics and climate change. Sustainability of the industry is a corollary of global peace and sustainability. On this National Tourism Day let us take a pledge to spread greater awareness of Tourism as a Force for Global harmony.”
Read More »WTTC and Biosphere ink partnership to promote sustainability in the hospitality industry
TTC and Biosphere joined hands to promote sustainability in the hotel industry. Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, said, “The collaboration is a fundamental step towards international standardisation in sustainability, creating a clear and homogeneous pathway for the industry.”
Read More »Shift to tech-driven conveniences, sustainability & experiential; travel is expected in FY24: Kachru
KB Kachru, Chairman Emeritus & Principal Advisor, Radisson Hotel Group, South Asia highlights that looking ahead to 2024, the emphasis is expected to shift towards technology-driven conveniences, a lot of learnings, sustainability, and experiential travel.
Read More »Fuel, cost recovery, sustainability, fleet upgrades likely to push airfares up to 3-7%, predicts FCM
The Global Quarterly Trend Report by FCM Consulting listed a major aviation takeaway for Q3-2023, which is that fuel, cost recovery, sustainability and fleet upgrades will continue to impact the airlines. 3 per cent -7 per cent rise in fares is predicted by the report.
Read More »VFS Global sets new benchmarks in its sustainability journey
VFS Global shared new milestones in its sustainability journey. 2022, released on 4 July 2023. The report indicates consistent improvement in the organisation’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in 2022. Shireen Mistree, Head – ESG, VFS Global, said, “The report documents measurable improvements in our sustainability journey in 2022, as well our continued commitment towards achieving higher targets this year. Based on the five fundamental pillars of our Sustainability strategy – Contributing to Sustainable Economic Growth, Delivering Good Governance. The report reiterates strong alignment to our business strategy and the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development
Read More »MOT, UNWTO jointly launch G20 Tourism and SDG Dashboard with imprints of India’s Presidency
MOT launches G20 Tourism and SDG Dashboard in collaboration with UNWTO. The dashboard has been developed to showcase key takeaways from Goa roadmap, the outcome document of TWG meeting and to promote sustainable development goals through tourism.
Read More »IATO’s 38th convention to focus on pushing boundaries to achieve sustainability goals: Kaistha
Emphasizing on the theme for this year’s 38th IATO Convention, Rajnish Kaistha, Sr. Vice President, IATO and convention chairman shared, “Sustainability plays an important role in tourism. We plan to discuss these aspects in detail during the convention.”
Read More »Taking into account the carrying capacity of villages during their sustainable development
Rakesh Kumar Verma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism said that the Vibrant Villages Program that is being developed in a sustainable manner. For that, we need to keep in mind the carrying capacity of the area and undertake development accordingly.
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