UNSDG 8 (Equal & Fair Economic Opportunities)

Poverty and unemployment can drive people to extreme lengths, to meet basic needs. Sustainable tourism companies see this as an opportunity to help out by providing productive employment and training. By employing locals, social enterprises embrace people from impoverished communities and villagers and offer them economic opportunities which help to ensure the conservation of habitat and biodiversity.

James Crockett of Jus Sail on How to Operate a Responsible Sailing Tour Business in the Caribbean

Published 02/11/2017

[caption id="attachment_20058" align="alignnone" width="787"] James with First Mate and former training program student O'Brian Forde, who won 2017 Caribbean Employee...

Michel Awad of the Siraj Center, on Developing Responsible Tourism in Palestine

Published 19/10/2017

Michel Awad, Director of the Siraj Center in Palestine, in this interview shares his experience of developing responsible tourism experiences...

Julien Buot on Responsible Tourism Development in France

Published 12/10/2017

Julien Buot in this interview invites us to join him on a deep dive into the world of responsible tourism...

Anna Alaman on Creating Employment and Responsible Tourism Opportunities in India

Published 28/09/2017

Anna Alaman in this interview introduces us to the Open Eyes project in India and explains how the social business...

Alex van den Heever on Wildlife Conservation and Ecotourism in South Africa

Published 21/09/2017

Alex van den Heever in this interview introduces us to the ancient art of wildlife tracking and explains how the...

Gianna Moscardo on Sustainable Tourism Research, Trends and Priorities

Published 07/09/2017

Gianna Moscardo, Professor at the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, in this...

Tricia Barnett on Human Rights and Equality in Tourism

Published 10/08/2017

Tricia Barnett in this interview addresses issues linked to tourism sustainability which are often overseen and insufficiently addressed in mainstream...

Mariana Madureira on Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship in Brazil

Published 03/08/2017

Continuing our series of women entrepreneurs and sustainability change makers, meet Mariana Madureira. Mariana tells us about the current state...