Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore

12/10/2023

For contemporary tourism courses, click on our course links.
https://crts-courses.thinkific.com/

All Courses Tourism's impacts and discussions of ethics in tourism 8 Lessons $36.00 All Courses Tourism, water scarcity and poverty reduction 9 Lessons $40.00 All Courses Establishing pro-poor tourism 10 Lessons $40.00 All Courses Climate change and community based tourism 6 Lessons $36.00 All Cours...

08/10/2023

Happy Sunday. An old song to remember those times when we were younger...

The official music video for Bertie Higgins 1982 hit, "Key Largo"! To buy this CD and more, visit www.bertiehiggins.com

06/10/2023

Travel agents and tour operators, climate change and regenerative travel and partnerships. All in this podcast!!

Can travel companies play a role in regenerating places amidst the climate crisis?

27/09/2023

Rising sea levels are impacting many tourism destinations. Learn about how climate risks threaten places tourists visit.
https://crts-courses.thinkific.com/courses/rising-sea-levels-what-is-the-tourism-industry-doing

1 Introduction to global warming and sea level rise - the link with tourism About this course Introduction; Why do sea levels rise? And what is global warming? What happens to tourism destinations when sea levels rise? Implications of rising sea levels in Singapore Which are the places affected by g...

27/09/2023

Pro poor tourism faces many external factors like climate risks and travel trends. Find out more about establishing pro poor tourism.

Pro-poor tourism is increasingly popular, with many such initiatives in many places. What are the objectives associated with pro-poor tourism? What makes pro-poor tourism challenging? Find out in this interesting 4 hour course!

27/09/2023

Regenerative travel is here to stay, travelling to create impacts that help places and communities become better. Regenerating the natural environment and peoples' cultures.
https://crts-courses.thinkific.com/

All Courses Tourism's impacts and discussions of ethics in tourism 8 Lessons $36.00 All Courses Tourism, water scarcity and poverty reduction 9 Lessons $40.00 All Courses Establishing pro-poor tourism 10 Lessons $40.00 All Courses Climate change and community based tourism 6 Lessons $36.00 All Cours...

05/08/2023

My podcast, on water footprint of tourism. While carbon footprint is all the craze now, there are concerns about why we must also look at water consumption, direct and indirect, in tourism.

Water footprint in tourism: the story from the less developed countries

29/07/2023

Climate change has increasingly threatened many tourism destinations, leading to the disappearance of many such destinations due to rising sea levels.
The average sea levels will continue during the 21st century, probably at a faster rate than ever,
This could be fatal for some Polynesian islands that could even disappear.
Everyone

10/07/2023

Try this course of ours. Designing a tourism trail involves understanding the purposes of the trail, identifying the stakeholders, looking for funding, amongst a few other things.
Link:
https://crts-courses.thinkific.com/courses/creating-a-tourism-trail-understanding-the-benefits-and-issues

What are the purposes of tourism trails? What do ecotourism and heritage trails do? What are the challenges faced in establishing such trails?

23/06/2023

Can adaptation strategies be adopted fast enough to save the tourism industry?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/02/tourism-industry-climate-crisis

Try our online RT courses!
https://crts-courses.thinkific.com/courses/creating-pro-poor-tourism

Pro-poor tourism is increasingly popular, with many such initiatives in many places. What are the objectives associated with pro-poor tourism? What makes pro-poor tourism challenging? Find out in this interesting 4 hour course!

23/06/2023

Tourism can potentially bring positive impacts to local places and people, but can also create harm and inconveniences. This course brings you the many different interesting impacts tourism brings and how tourism can often present ethical dilemmas.
Click on it and start learning!
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https://crts-courses.thinkific.com/courses/tourism-s-impacts

Tourism can potentially bring positive impacts to local places and people, but can also create harm and inconveniences. This course brings you the many different interesting impacts tourism brings and how tourism can often present ethical dilemmas.

21/06/2023

More people are taking up "last chance tourism", where one goes to see things that may not be around much or anymore in the future.
This may be good for the tourism business, for connecting people with nature and for driving home the need to do something about climate change. But concerns are growing about adverse outcomes as well....
https://ensia.com/features/melting-glaciers-tourism-impacts/

More tourists mean more business and more climate change awareness, but visiting a glacier can be a double-edged sword

21/06/2023

With the immaculate landscape coveted by tourists changing, officials in Greenland are determined to protect it without turning away tourists. Tough but necessary.
In order to protect the environment and community, they need to limit the number of ships.
Read:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220819-greenland-treads-softly-on-tourism-as-icebergs-melt

As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global…

21/06/2023

Water, melting ice, livelihoods and peoples' cultures...

https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2023/06/20/himalayan-glaciers-at-risk-melting-threatens-water-supply-for-bi.html?fbclid=IwAR14juQczehDraOjdCl3Lw1Xrkzw-0xQRZzS0xXuUDi9zdGNLS-dukx7ZbA

The plight of the Himalayan glaciers serves as a stark reminder of the climate crisis

12/06/2023

How much do we know about tourism and climate adaptation?
Adapting to climate change impacts in an industry considered to be a vulnerable and highly climate-sensitive economic sector, could be both challenging and complicated. Tourism could be an ideal industry to support climate adaptation....

12/06/2023

Tourism’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions was estimated to be approximately 8%. The call to increase resilience to enable adaptation in more places will surely be getting louder.
Read our article posted on ADB's blog:
https://seads.adb.org/solutions/climate-adaptation-and-tourism-closer-link-we-might-think
Reach out to us for training and courses!

Ensuring the tourism sector adapts to climate change impacts could be both challenging and complicated, but industry players are already finding ways to mitigate climate impacts on their bottom line.

30/05/2023

Wowowow....world's first carbon neutral tourist destination. It takes cooperation, understanding how different stakeholders work and a lot of effort.

Machu Picchu has become the first international destination to obtain the carbon neutral certificate. The certification was awarded to the Historic and Natural Sanctuary of Machu Picchu by the Green Initiative, which is an institution that seeks to promote green and environmentally friendly tourism

20/05/2023

Attaining sustainability certification should be seen as a journey not so much a destination.
The process entails forging strong relationships with new suppliers, or even stronger relationships with existing suppliers, and engaging with customers during the certification process. There are opportunities you can carve out in the many criteria, to engage stakeholders and identify new opportunities.
These are key steps towards helping external stakeholders better understand the new direction of the organisation.