Latin America Sustainable Development and tourism
Sustainable tourism in Nicaragua a decade of challenges and success stories – 2018 Often I have colleagues and students asking for practical examples and practices of sustainable tourism, Nicaragua was awarded the Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Destination of 2017 in the U.K. by LATA. During World Travel Market in London I attended the presentation of […]
International Tourism Awards
UNWTO Awards Sustainable Tourism 2019 The 15th UNWTO Awards were given to private or public institutions that contributed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. Unlike the 2018 edition, the 15th edition of the Awards was divided into three categories: UNWTO Award in Public Policy and Governance, Enterprises, and NGOs. The winners […]
Responsible and sustainable gifts ideas
Hello everybody, after a while thinking about what to give to my loved ones, I have decided to share few responsible and sustainable Christmas gifts ideas. Let me say, the best present ever is always to give time to your family & friends, making cookies for example, but in case you need some other ideas […]
About Sara Vitali, STW founder
Hi thanks for visiting my page. I am Sara Vitali, sustainable tourism expert, my mission is to make this world a better place through the skills I already have and the ones I will acquire on the way. If this is also your mission then we should work together. – Sustainable tourism consulting – sustainability in […]
The World Travel Market experience
World Travel Market London 2018 UNWTO & WTM Ministers’ Summit This is that time of the year again when the tourism operators stop or at least reduce their job and start checking results, planning the year ahead, and make business in London! As usual, I am planning my visit to WTM.I choose to attend it […]
Discover North Devon’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Discover North Devon’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve During my experience in the Uk with North Devon’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve team, I have been involved with several sustainable tourism projects. I also had the chance to wander around and discover North Devon. Today I have a suggestion for you. I am glad to introduce the Tarka Trail, […]
North Devon's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve river sustainable project
North Devon’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve river sustainable project News from my past work experience place: North Devon’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, sustainable river project. The river monitoring project was established to check on the health of North Devon’s River Torridge. A river monitoring project established to check on the health of North Devon’s River Torridge was […]
How to design a Tourism Questionnaire for Sustainable tourism
How to design a Tourism Questionnaire for Sustainable tourism During my work experience at the Mountain Community of Lario and Ceresio valleys, I had to set up & deliver a survey to understand the importance of sustainability in tourism on the northern side of Lake Como. I am happy to share this work on sustainable […]
Sharing Economy
Sharing economy, tourism and sustainability There is a link between Sharing economy and sustainability, in particular because the mediator between demand and request is disappearing, there are many examples in particular in the tourism sector. Reading about Sharing Economy in many ways has reminded me about a couple of Italian examples one is a different […]
Have you ever heard about Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR?
Are you familiar with the GRI criteria for measuring corporate social responsibility? 2022 his period (August/September), I wanted to delve into the subject of GRI standards because I consider them a very important tool for assessing the starting performance and subsequently the improvement or deterioration of the activity we are analysing. The Global Reporting Initiative […]