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All a question of taste – wine tourism and destination development

In regions where wine is produced, vineyards are often the dominant factor in the shaping of the landscape and wine growers contribute great parts to the agricultural production of the area. The beauty of the landscape and the possibility to see first-hand where and how wine is produced appeal to wine consumers [...]

Leave Nothing but Footprints: Mission Impossible?!

Mountain tourism is growing and therefore as well the environmental degradation induced by these tourists. This entry deals with the impact trekking tourists have on nature, especially in the Himalaya regions in India and Nepal. Subsequently it will be discussed which measures would help to reduce these impacts. Moreover the role of [...]

The threat of interdependency

The current record in domino toppling is 4 491 863 (www.recordholders.org, 31-10-2010)

2007 was the year when the first global financial crisis of the third millennium took off. Three years later the world is still recovering from it. This blog entry will touch upon the impact it had on the tourism industry but stresses [...]

Alternative Tourism: Can the Segregation Wall in Bethlehem be a Tourist Attraction?

Alternative Tourism: Can the Segregation Wall in Bethlehem be a Tourist Attraction? [...]

Ecuadorian government stumbles into a political minefield on the Galapagos: The giant tortoise, the tourist or the local resident – who is more important?!

The Galapagos is one of the most remarkable places in the world, distinguishing itself through its wild and rough beauty, an incredible mixture of amazing, rare species and an exotic marine life. About 650 miles west of Ecuador this ecological masterpiece in the Pacific Ocean already encouraged Darwin to formulate his evolutionary theory. One [...]