This blog illustrates what I like to call “virtual tourism”: an eco-friendly and budget-friendly way of experiencing the sights and culture of a faraway place without leaving home.

Dive in to see how you can discover the destination of your dreams through food, music and more!

The truth is, tourism is unsustainable in its current form. Although, there are many new sustainable solutions shaking up the entire tourism supply chain. Ecotourism and changing perspectives on wildlife tourism give us clues into how the tourism industry will adapt to minimize the negative environmental impacts of tourism to reap the potential of the industry for improved sustainability.

Even though there is still plenty to do in 2021 in the battle against climate change, ecocide and social inequalities, 2020 also brought us a plethora of positive changes which deserve to be celebrated.

Now is the time to look back and to recap some of the success stories. Keep reading to look back on some of the biggest environmental wins of 2020.

Here in Part Two of the ‘Cruise Line Sustainability’ series, we address each of the challenges identified in Part One to provide a broad, high level overview of current and potential areas of focus to improve sustainability.

When we think of going on a cruise, dream destinations, ocean views, impeccable service and an all-round memorable travel experience come to mind. Globally, 272 cruise ships carry around 30 million passengers annually making the cruise industry a big player in the international tourism sector. In 2020, however, everything changed.

This pandemic, as with many industries worldwide, has placed additional question marks around the need to adapt to survive. For the cruise industry, addressing environmental concerns and increasing sustainability will potentially be a make or break. The question is: will the industry pivot to focus on #BuildingBackBetter, or will recovering profit margins play a singular role?

Sustainability and reusable items have come into the spotlight of consumer trends in recent years, which has inspired the rise in the market of single-use plastic alternatives. Unfortunately, since the coronavirus outbreak the sustainability movement has regressed from its previous progress in the fight against single-use plastics.

The fear over the virus has been the biggest driver of this new pro-plastic movement which has reversed plastic bans in the U.S. and beyond. This blog will examine the renewed demand for plastics, the myth of plastic being considered “safer” and how the coronavirus will impact sustainability from innovative solutions to consumer mindsets.

The effects of the novel Coronavirus and the resulting lockdown have been so widespread it would seem that every day another industry is claiming difficulties and rolling out a crisis plan.

What does all this disruption mean for solar power, which was by all accounts experiencing prodigious growth all through 2019? Let’s take a look at some of the ways the industry has been affected – and how it could respond to survive and thrive in an unstable marketplace.