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Building the future together: How Aboriginal title is reshaping tourism
“The responsibility I believe, as a lodge owner or a business owner, is to follow [...] First Nations culture and...
Jasper, Alberta’s 2024 wildfires: Lessons in tourism recovery and crisis management
How can your destination or business prepare for emergencies that disrupt tourism? In July 2024, significant...
Leading through change: Why traditional models don’t work
“It's often you can get into an organization and just be like, oh, this is the way it's done, okay. And you get in...
Infrastructure, ecosystems, and tourism: A call for cross-sector collaboration
“We all need to be having cross boundary conversations and collaborations because this is how that's going to work....
Copenhagen’s all-inclusive strategy charts the path to a better travel future
“We’re here to ensure that your journey to Copenhagen creates a better world than if you stayed home.” – Wonderful...
Leading tourism for good: The 10-year vision behind travel in Banff National Park
“We have to change the way people arrive here. We have to change the way people move about and the way they consume,...
Pause, listen, grow: How an emerging tourism town puts community first
“If you slow down and bring people together and look for those connections and look for those similarities, then you...
The circumstances of change: Innovation at UBC’s Creative Destruction Lab
“We're not just doing something minor and iterative here. We're trying to radically disrupt for the positive benefit...
Hope and a reality check from Dr. Susanne Becken, sustainable tourism professor
“I think a value shift is needed. [...] This whole idea of regenerative tourism – that's taking off both with...
Why “complete communities” make more sustainable places
“I think in order to take care of a destination, it has to be a true partnership with the community.” — Ben Gordon...
Uplifting experiences: Ziptrek Ecotours shares its carbon-counting journey
“When we come up with our solutions, we need to contemplate how that innovation is going to be so much better than...
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