VAOLO sustainable tourism platform launched by Village Monde
The Canadian organisation Village Monde has launched a new collaborative platform for online booking, VAOLO, which looks to promote sustainable tourism initiatives worldwide.
The Canadian organisation Village Monde has launched a new collaborative platform for online booking, VAOLO, which looks to promote sustainable tourism initiatives worldwide.
Dominica’s Forestry, Wildlife and National Parks Division, alongside various local and regional partners has been working to clear some of the island’s most iconic sites so that they are ready to receive visitors by the beginning of 2018. These include the Trafalgar Falls, Syndicate Nature Trail, Emerald Pool, Fort Shirley, Indian River and the Botanic Gardens.
Cinzia de Marzo, a lawyer specialising in EU Law and economy, is dedicated to sustainable tourism within the European Union. For several years now, she has been worked on the ETIS system, as an EU national expert at the Commission and as one of the people deeply involved in the implementation of EUSAIR (Adriatic-Ionian) EU Strategy.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announces the winners of the UNWTO Ulysses Prize and the UNWTO Ethics Award, as well as 14 finalists for the upcoming 14th Edition of the UNWTO Awards for Innovation in Tourism. The Awards Ceremony will be held next January 2018 in Madrid on the occasion of the International Tourism Fair, FITUR.
Family farmers need more support and access to food, the head of the United Nations agriculture agency has said, urging lawmakers to consider legislation that improves productivity and boosts social protections to tackle the global hunger challenge which, he warned, is at an “inflection point.”