Also in this week's round-up read about a parliament speaker who feeds lawmakers’ babies and how a company helps women in Africa to become solar entrepreneurs.

Adrian Monck 06 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

These Filipino fishermen are protecting endangered sharks - and boosting their incomes

In Oslob fisherman have turned to tourism, as they sell tickets to swim with whale sharks they've encouraged closer to shore with food. The change of career has provided funding and incen...

Judi Lowe · The Conversation 04 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

Sub-Saharan Africa has all the natural capital it needs to grow its tourism industry

Africa has an enormous opportunity to take advantage of its abundance of natural resources, according to the 2019 edition of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report.

Maksim Soshkin 04 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

If you build it, they will come: Why infrastructure is crucial to tourism growth and competitiveness

With international tourist arrivals reaching 1.4 billion in 2018, the travel and tourism industry will continue to drive global connectivity - and as the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Trave...

Maksim Soshkin 04 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

A roadmap for destination management in the digital economy

The digital economy is revolutionizing the way we travel, and posing new challenges for tourist destinations as a result. Luckily, however, it can also be the answer to these issues. Here...

Sérgio Guerreiro 04 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

These are the top countries for travel and tourism in 2019

Global tourism is set to rise by 50% over the next decade, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum. But which countries are most able to cope with the crowds?

Anna Bruce-Lockhart 04 Sep 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

Why tourism policy needs to use more imagination

Instead of focusing on things like growth in arrivals, number of beds, receipts and revenue: tourist destinations should take a more imaginative approach: building on local character and ...

Robert Govers 01 Sep 2019

Climate Change

1 in 7 people would choose not to fly because of climate change

Travellers around the world are looking at the impact of their journeys, a new report shows.

Douglas Broom 30 Aug 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

What can Darwin teach the aviation industry about cybersecurity?

Today, the aviation community is benefitting from advances in digitalization and connectivity - but these new technologies carry increased risks of potentially disastrous cyberattacks, to...

Karime Kuri Tiscareno, Georges de Moura , and Andrew Hall 26 Aug 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

The world needs carbon-neutral flying. Here’s how to bring it one step closer

Sustainable aviation fuels are the most realistic route to decarbonising the airline industry, but uptake is currently low

Lauren Uppink and Nikolai Khlystov 15 Aug 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

This is America's first completely solar-powered airport

A 2.74-megawatt solar farm makes Chattanooga the first US airport to be 100% solar powered.

Stephen Johnson · Big Think 13 Aug 2019

Aerospace

Meet Alice, the battery-powered plane that could herald the age of electric air travel

Could this electric plane, unveiled at this year’s Paris Air Show, help cut costs and reduce aviation’s environmental impact?

Elaine Thelen 12 Aug 2019

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