“Crisis often breeds innovation, and destination communities and businesses must now take the time to reconsider the path forward,” Miller stated at a World Tourism Day webinar. Tourism won’t solve climate change or COVID on its own, but travelers vote, they can advocate. Based in Washington, DC, the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) is dedicated to increasing the positive global impact of tourism. CREST has become a leading expert on the full range of tourism models, from small-scale community-based and indigenous tourism to large coastal resort and cruise tourism, country-wide responsible tourism master planning and public sector collaboration. “In this era of climate change, responsible travel is no longer an option, it is an imperative.

Source: Huffington Post October 19, 2020 16:30 UTC