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Explore Himalayan Living Commons, connecting mountain communities, culture, livelihoods, tourism and sustainable development.

The benefits for how we live and work might be bigger than you think.

Key Findings More than half (57%) of Canadians are interested in participating in an Indigenous-led tourism experience, yet fewer than one in fiv...

Sustainable tourism requires genuine collaboration between residents, businesses and authorities. Success comes from moving beyond statements to embedded partnerships that give communities real owners...

The scientist envisioning a different tomorrow

Tourism often reaches small places with large promises. It can bring money to forests, beaches, villages, parks, and old towns. A family guesthouse may become viable. A young person may have a reason ...

What are we still waiting to learn?

Read the archived version of Dense Discovery #395: Everything bleeds into everything.

To turn parks into places that all kinds of people want to visit and spend time in, they have to offer more than just grass and trees. They have to offer joy and pleasure.

Philadelphia has unveiled one of the nation’s first LGBTQ+-focused visitor centers, creating a new hub for travelers to explore the city’s queer history, culture, and community at the heart of the Gay...

For two decades, the online travel booking experience ran on a reliable, if imperfect, arrangement. Discovery flowed through Google. Brands and OTAs converted traffic into bookings. Influencers, media...

The move comes amid complaints of lodgers partying at night, ignoring trash rules, and leaving cigarette butts on the streets.

Permanent public artworks in Oulu by world-renowned artists, where art, science and nature converge to inspire environmental awareness.

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

Read the archived version of Dense Discovery #384: So anyway, the rich won.

In an age of scrolling and speed, we’ve forgotten how to truly see art. Can the ‘slow looking’ movement reclaim our attention?

On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach wrap up this year’s Hey, Sis mini-series with special guest – political commentator and strategist Symone Sanders-Townsend. They get into her dynamic care...

Maeve Campbell and Susanne Etti discuss how transformation can be achieved through collective effort or “mutirão, and how the travel and tourism industry can work together to build a better future.

YouTube video by Brussels Press Club TV

We have an access, power and rights problem

On developing a sixth sense for AI-generated content

If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?

YouTube video by The Tourism Space™

How one beach volleyballer got serious about climate change.

Nature's heroes and the risks they face, and climate action that fits your life

As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge

Global EV growth and how a single voice can make a large impact — for better or worse

Explore Donsol’s whale shark ecotourism success and learn how community ownership, science-driven mangrove restoration, and the Blue Economy can transform tourism.

What do you do if you want to eat more sustainably and want to eat together, but your partner, roommate, or friends aren't as enthusiastic?

The former tourist fad is seeing a revival, but does it work in 2025?

Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past

Overconsumption is a spiritual problem, not a money problem. Lessons about desire from "Spirited Away".

Going green is a key action that can help your business save money and enhance your reputation while saving the planet. Most countries have committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to...

This week, countries and climate advocates are gathering at COP30 in Belem, Brazil for the latest round of climate negotiations. While the U.

The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch a year-long exploration of the ‘silent majority’ of people who want to fight climate change

This year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, showcases images of women defending their land and communities from destruction

Global music star Jon Baptiste, whose home town was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, says "people power" can change the world.

Big global win for climate, heatwave disaster in Kashmir, and supporting innovation for lasting change

Walking hand-in-hand to the skatepark, decks tucked under their arms, Asha Gond and Puti are pioneers of India’s burgeoning female skateboarding community