Special Places: Unesco biosphere reserves, world heritage sites and national parks

A day at Cinque Terre National Park - the landscape

Special Places: Unesco biosphere reserves, world heritage sites and national parks Our World is full of very special places where to live and discover. Unesco biosphere reserve, Unesco world heritage sites and National parks are, in my opinion, the best area where to learn and experience the relationship between nature and human beings. To better […]

Overtourism: Venice and Europe in 2022

Venice view_ November 2022 by Sara Vitali

Overtourism: Venice and Europe in 2022 I was in Venice in November, and apart from a much broader view of the lagoon (without huge boats), I have to say that as I imagined, the feeling of crowds, to use a term now in common usage, or more generally of ‘full of people’, ‘crowd bathing’ accompanied […]

Plastic sector in Italy and Europe

Plastic sector in Italy and Europe Today I wanted to delve into and share the topic of plastics, trying to stay as much as possible within the Italian, or at most European, framework.  The report published in April 2022 by ECCO the Italian climate think tank is very useful and provided most of the information […]

Sustainable Tourism World News: Queensland tourist Regions supported to achieve globally recognised ECO Destination Certification

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Sustainable Tourism News: Queensland tourist Regions supported to achieve globally recognised ECO Destination Certification In Italy, we keep discussing it..meanwhile in other counties, even if perfection does not exist.. Ecotourism Australia welcomes the announcement of the Eco-certified Tourism Destination program by the Queensland Government Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport (QTIS) in august, providing up […]

Sustainable Tourism World News: Ecotourism Australia 2 more destinations recognised for global sustainability standards

Sustainable Tourism World News: Ecotourism Australia 2 more destinations recognised for global sustainability standards Australian destinations recognised for global tourism sustainability standards Wadandi Pibelmen Country/Margaret River, Western AustraliaImage: Margaret River Discovery Co I am happy to share the press release I received from Ecotourism Australia mentioning two more destinations to achieve the globally recognised standard. Destinations […]

Digital pollution, what is, and how to reduce it?

The reasons that made me want to know more about the topic of digital pollution are: the simplicity of managing daily online activities,the knowledge of how sites and platforms work (servers, energy demand, need for raw materials),the increased digitisation that has taken place in the last two years,The desire to stop cutting trees for paper […]

Peace tourism & War tourism

This month I want to talk about tourism and peace, but also about historical and current war tourism. I tried not to talk too much about what is happening in Ukraine since February 24, 2022, as I am not an expert on the subject, but I took the opportunity to inform myself, review some topics […]