Tourism is a highly interconnected industry. Hotels, transport providers, local suppliers, communities, and authorities all play a role. Many sustainability actions depend on coordination across this ecosystem, making it difficult for individual businesses to act in isolation.

Tourists unknowingly tend to frequent fragile destinations Tourism continues to be one of the fastest-growing economic activities in fragile destinations — mountain regions, alpine valleys, high plateaus, coastal belts and island ecosystems. In many of these places, hospitality development (hotels, resorts, homestays and boutique properties) is promoted as a fast route to jobs and income. But the pace at which accommodation infrastructure expands frequently outstrips tourism

Some places are best left untouched, preserved in their pristine state.

What is Fairtrade? Today, as well-informed human beings, we are increasingly aware of the effects of our actions on society, the...