How to reduce the impact of mass tourism on the environment and liveability of Barcelona while creating opportunities for entrepreneurs and local tour operators?
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The only event in the tourism industry focused 100% on showcasing the excellent work in the field of digital marketing from destination marketing organisations.

Barcelona es una ciudad turística de primer orden: en el 2011 llegaron casi siete millones y medio de visitantes ( 1). Si tenemos en cuen...

What is the ICRT? A community of Responsible Tourism Practitioners in business, government, NGOs, conservation and heritage. The ICRT is ...

Presentamos los viajes de turismo solidario y comunitario que organizan tres miembros del FTR,:Zubiak Eginez, SODePAZ y ACSUD-Las Segovias a varios países de América Latina y a Palestina en el verano de 2011. El objetivo es dar a conocer la realidad social, política y cultural de las comunidades que se visitan, así como promover iniciativas de turismo rural comunitario.

This is the Tour Operators' Initiative, a network of tour operators committed to sustainable development

This is the Tour Operators' Initiative, a network of tour operators committed to sustainable development
EUKN - The Network of Cities for Sustainable Tourism
Description The Network of Cities for Sustainable Tourism was launched during the International Conference for Sustainable Tourism held in the Province of Rimini, Italy (June 2001). It was created in the framework of a LIFE environment project.
World Design Capital | NYC Visitors Information Center: an interactive guide for the 21st century traveller
Big cities have much to offer for visitors but the overwhelming number of activities can lead to confusion and time wasted. This high-tech interactive map works in conjunction with personal mobile devices to create customised city guides.

Large-scale commercial spaces with complex layouts tend to disorient users and decrease the overall experience quality for vendors and workers. An improved pedestrian environment with better footpaths, improved geometry and traffic calming measures.

Case Studies Hottest ideas from around the globe - November 2011 The world's first aeroponic garden in an airport has opened at 'Chicago O'Hare'(whose airport code, ORD, coincidentally stands for orchard!). ...Read more Case Studies Innovative ecotourism projects 2011 'Greentraveller' has published its 2011 'green list' of what it describes as the 20 most innovative ecotourism projects across the world.

The OECD Tourism Committee and the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, are pleased to announce that the 90th session of the T...

1. Flip a Coin: "Lliving a block away from the World Trade Center site after 9/11, I re-explored lower Manhattan by leaving my house, flipping a coin at every intersection to determine my route," writes photographer and writer Gavin Edwards. "After exactly one hour, I would stop and take a photograph of where I was.
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The Ontario Municipal Knowledge Network improves municipal service delivery by enabling municipal managers throughout Ontario to share information and learn from each other's ideas and successes. The Municipal Knowledge Network is web-based to maximize accessibility. The Network features beneficial practices that are transferable from one municipality to another.

the "8m² for everyone! Thirteen pioneering schemes announced by Eurostar Thirteen pioneering sustainable travel schemes from across the UK, France and Belgium have been shortlisted for the 2013 Eurostar Ashden Award for Sustainable Travel, moving a step closer to winning a share of the £30,000 prize fund.

ICLEI is an international association of local governments and their associations that have made a commitment to sustainable development

Fundación pública del Gobierno de España, adscrita al Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino. Trabaja para preservar el patr...

ClearlySo helps social entrepreneurs raise capital and helps investors find exciting opportunities and introduce corporations to the social sector. On Purpose runs a one-year, full time, leadership programme that combines paid work placements with weekly training and regular one-to-one coaching and mentoring.

The REC will hold its annual General Assembly meeting on November 8-9, 2012 in Szentendre, Hungary. This two-day gathering presents an opportunity not only to discuss next year's work plan...

A New Word Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the word bioneers in 1990 to describe an emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature¹s operating instructions to serve human ends while enriching the web of life.

