Tweet The “Responsible Tourism Awards” are organised by www.responsibletravel.com . Launched in 2004, the Awards are run in association with partners World Travel Market, Metro Newspaper, Geographical Magazine and International Centre for Responsible Tourism at Leeds Metropolitan University. Virgin Holidays have supported the Awards as headline sponsor since 2007. The Awards try to inspire changes on the tourist industry, and are […]
Tweet Cycling tourism is one of the biggest growth sectors in tourism, as shown by several studies that have been published recently, and presented in our blog. http://www.decaba.com/en/cicloturisme-a-franca/ http://www.decaba.com/en/oportunitats-del-turisme-de-bicicleta-a-alemanya/ Recently there have been new studies on this growing phenomenon. One of these studies is promoted by the European Parliament, indicating that this activity generates 44 […]
Tweet The “Festival Mondial de l’Image Sous-Marine” is in all probability the main festival dedicated to submarine image in cinema, photography, video, books, guides and other applications. This event is celebrated anually in Marseille, although until recent years it had been held in Antibes-Jean-Les-Pins. This year it reached its 39th edition, taking place from the […]
TweetOpen Days 2012, the European Week of Regions and Cities, was held in Brussels from the 8th to the 11th of October. This is a four day event which is celebrated annually in the European Union’s venues in Brussels, such as the European Commission, the Committee of Regions and the local and regional representations of […]
Tweet The OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. The event was created in 2003 when […]
TweetIn France, the “randonne” concept is gaining new modalities: walking, cycling, horse-riding, kayaks… and most recently, walking in water. The French Hiking Federation has explained the popularity of this coastal aquatic march, a sport discipline which consists on walking on the coastline, with water to reaching up to just below the diaphragm. This is a […]
TweetThe Ramsar Wetlands Convention is an intergovernmental treaty which emerged as a result of a convention celebrated in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar, promoted by different international environmental organizations. This convention includes protocols and different publications that its member countries (nowadays 163 members) have launched to maintain the ecological characteristics of their areas […]
TweetLast week, Inma Ballbé attended the Tour Natur 2012 in Dusseldorf (Germany), a fair specialized in outdoor activities, now in its 10th year. www.tournatur.com This edition had 275 exhibitors divided in two halls, one of which was entirely focused on hiking material stands (with clothing, shoes, kayaks). The other hall was focused on destinations with […]
TweetWith the aim to learn the reasons for the success of some of their most popular itineraries and routes, as well as the different types of clients which use them, France is analysing the cycling proposals that french and international tour operators offer in the country. The study has been launched by the Ministery of […]
TweetThe Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (http://www.oecd.org) recently defined the challenges that the tourist industry will face in the following years in the “OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2010 ” report. This document reflects that in order to face globalization, the tourist markets are changing and they will continue to do so. Some […]