Policies and Reports (PR): Recent submissions

  • Ecotourism Kenya is Supporting Tour Operators to Achieve Sustainability in Their Operations 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2019-05-11)
    Tourism in and around protected areas can have both positive and negative impacts. Some of the positive impacts include providing direct revenues for protected areas and local communities, while some of the negative impacts ...
  • Combating Pollution and Wastes for Tourism Facilities 
    Ecotourism Kenya (2017)
    Many tourist facilities are located in pristine environments. These environments provide unique experiences where man and nature interact, from cold lush mountains, exotic and endemic species, rolling safari plains to ...
  • Tourism Sector Adapting to Climate Change Impacts 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2018-04-11)
    This week Kenya is hosting the first ever African Climate Week 2018, the meeting which is at the United Nation complex brings together climate change experts from around the continent to discuss ways in which Africa can ...
  • Leading Global Protocols for the New Normal - Hospitality 
    World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC, 2020-05)
    With so many industry players having experienced crises, there is a wealth of information, enabling the sector to build on past experiences as we look to the future. Even in the current crisis, numerous hospitality players ...
  • Leading Global Protocols for the New Normal - Convention Centres, Meetings & Event 
    World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC, 2020-05)
    The Convention Centres, Meetings and Events industry has for objective to maximize the encounters between people, products, and information, in turn creating value at the local, regional, and international level. Yet to ...
  • Leading Global Protocols for the New Normal - Attractions 
    World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC, 2020-06)
    The below suggested protocols for the attractions industry were compiled on the basis of insights and frameworks developed by the Global Association for the Attraction Industry (IAAPA) to support the safe, healthy and ...
  • Leading Global Protocols for the New Normal - Aviation 
    World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC, 2020-05)
    For the Travel & Tourism sector to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, travellers will need to feel assured of the safety of travel. In that context, it is important that travellers are clearly and simply advised of the new ...
  • 100 Million Jobs Recovery Plan: Final Proposal 
    World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC, 2020-10-07)
    As of September 2020, more than 121 million jobs and livelihoods in the Travel and Tourism sector have been impacted globally creating the worst economic and social crisis. Enhanced international coordination to remove ...
  • Mapping the Consequences of an Interconnected Digital Economy 
    Cambridge University (2016-01)
    As digital connectivity becomes ever more integral to the global economy, companies and individuals become more exposed to vulnerabilities in the cyber system. Governments, in particular, are increasingly concerned ...
  • Competitiveness in Face of Disaster 
    World Bank (2020)
    Most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic – itself a product of deteriorating environmental conditions – has revealed the sector’s global interconnectedness, vulnerability, and exposure to risk. Today, governments are intent ...
  • Beating Marine Pollution: Greening the Blue 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2018-06-15)
    This being the environment week the buzz is all about #BeatingPlasticPollution and as such, we continue our Eco-byte series by focusing on marine pollution. Marine pollution is one of the greatest pollution challenges in ...
  • Responsible Tourism Promoting Socio-economic Development 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2018-08-20)
    Responsible tourism refers to the involvement of tourists in environmental conservation activities that are directly linked to addressing human development needs, and promotes equitable sharing of benefits accrued from ...
  • How Sustainable Tourism is Promoting Green Economy in Kenya 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2019-07-18)
    How sustainable tourism is promoting green economy in Kenya Green economy refers to one that improves the human well-being and builds social equity while reducing environmental risks and scarcities. Over the past few years, ...
  • Sustainability and Pulling Together in the Face of Covid-19 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2020-04-07)
    It is indeed an uncertain time around the globe. It is now 22 days since the World Health Organization characterized COVID 19 as a global pandemic and 20 days since Kenya confirmed her first case. Tourism and all associated ...
  • The Hospitality Industry Post Covid-19 Pandemic 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2020-04-09)
    The ongoing COVID – 19 epidemic is expected to cause a serious and lasting impact on the hospitality industry in the short term and in the long term, with the recovery period anticipated to be at least in six months' time. ...
  • Precautionary Measures for Accommodations in Containing the Spread of COVID-19 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2020-08-14)
    The COVID-19 pandemic had had devastating effects on the tourism and hospitality industry, due to travel restrictions implemented by governments to contain the spread of the virus. As the economies re-emerge from the ...
  • Solving the Menace of Single Use Plastic in Tourism Industry – the Case of Angama Mara 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2020-09-16)
    Tourism is one of the major drivers of Kenya’s economy. Over the years, communities living around tourist destinations in the country have derived a wide array of benefits such as: improvement of schools’ infrastructure, ...
  • Creating a Safe Environment for Travel in the Covid era 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2020-12-23)
    The year 2020 has undoubtedly been a year like no other and will be remembered for many years to come, due to the devastating impacts that Coronavirus pandemic has had on our lives and the global economy. When the pandemic ...
  • Ways Hotels Can Reduce their Impact on the Environment 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2021-02-05)
    The question of the way to reduce your hotel’s impact on the environment may be a hot button issue today, but in all honesty the argument over whether "going green" should really be a priority for the hospitality industry ...
  • Sustainable Ideas for Hotels to Go Green 
    Ecotourism Kenya (Ecotourism Kenya, 2021-01-01)
    Hotels around the world are rolling out a plethora of green initiatives like smart showers, solar power installations, and waste recycling. But what’s right for one hotel may not be right or achievable for others. If you’re ...

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