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Recent Posts
- No to tourism at all costs! – local community perceptions on tourism in Tusheti Protected Areas in Georgia January 18, 2021
- Tourism in Protected Areas and Covid – raising awareness through Sustainability Tribe educational events November 18, 2020
- Tutoring Tour.Nat for better tourism in natural areas October 21, 2020
- Covid-19 impacts on nature conservation in Georgia June 3, 2020
- Tourism in Georgia: opportunities from Covid-19 pandemic June 3, 2020
- Covid19 and tourism in Georgia – early impacts and government response May 30, 2020
- Covid-19 and tourism in Georgia – calls to contribute April 27, 2020
- T.UN.NA Manifesto – the power of ‘Co-‘ April 21, 2020
- Challenges and opportunities in responsible tourism in Poland September 3, 2019
- Zrównoważona turystyka w Polsce – wyzwania, bariery i sukcesy June 27, 2019
- Local pride, authenticity and connection – social benefits of trails March 12, 2019
- my interview for the Sustainability Leaders Project February 28, 2019
- My short welcome speech for EuroEco18 September 29, 2018
- Interview for the Sustainability Leaders project on sustainable tourism in the Caucasus July 13, 2018
- Svaneti in Dede – a battle between tradition and progress. Has tourism had a role to play? May 14, 2018
- Svaneti responsible tourism businesses – recommendations please! February 16, 2018
- Adventure, Culture & Good Food: What Foreign Tourists Expect from Georgia? January 30, 2018
- Overtourism in Svaneti January 24, 2018
- Caucasus Tourism and me in 2017 – reasons to celebrate! January 7, 2018
- Tony’s take on Tourism Forum 2017 – input from Svaneti December 17, 2017
- Tourism boom in Georgia – reasons to celebrate? December 15, 2017
- Sustainable mountain tourism development in Georgia: insights from Tourism Forum 2017 December 11, 2017
- Transcaucasian Trail: “Innovation of the Year” winner! May 12, 2017
- How to build a sustainable tourism brand – insights from PATA conference in Bangladesh March 20, 2017
- The first ever community consultation in Georgia – we did it! December 11, 2016
- Sustainable tourism – my shift to the Caucasus September 29, 2016
- “OMG you can freeze eggs” – and other things we didn’t know October 15, 2015
- Make Do and Mend – free clothes upcycling workshop this Thursday April 28, 2015
- Fashion Revolution Day – what is it all about? April 24, 2015
- H&M disconnected – Fashion Revolution Day’s thoughts April 24, 2015
- Climate march – we did it, and it was awesome March 10, 2015
- Time to Act climate march today – I am marching because… March 7, 2015
- The Department of Repair: cash-free auction of exhibition furniture today February 19, 2015
- “I love you” to Planet Earth – on Valentine’s Day and beyond February 13, 2015
- Building support for a global climate deal in Paris – Jean Lambert MEP February 4, 2015
- “Dirty White Gold” – let’s help make this film happen in 2015 January 21, 2015
- Divest or not divest? Split over the fossil fuel divestment movement January 8, 2015
- 2014 – the year of change on climate change; 2015 – the year of climate action January 5, 2015
- Fair wages in fashion – still a long way to go December 4, 2014
- Ethics over leather wallets – mobilizing rural communities to support conservation November 20, 2014
- Nature conservation – why, actually? November 17, 2014
- Powerful documentary “Virunga” released on Netflix today – watch and take action November 7, 2014
- EU 2030 climate deal – views from Poland October 28, 2014
- Communicating sustainability – lessons learnt from the best October 21, 2014
- Smart lights, smart city – Copenhagen’s Lighting Lab sensors change in sustainable street lighting October 18, 2014
- War on the living world? October 13, 2014
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No to tourism at all costs! – local community perceptions on tourism in Tusheti Protected Areas in Georgia
In August 2019, I went up one steep, narrow, and absolutely stunning mountain road – claimed by the BBC one of the World’s Most Dangerous Roads – into a remote Tusheti Protected Areas in Georgia. The aim was to interview … Continue reading
Tourism in Protected Areas and Covid – raising awareness through Sustainability Tribe educational events
This Saturday, 21 Nov 2020, I will be representing the Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), on a panel discussion at the ‘Sustainable Tourism Event’ organised by the Sustainability Tribe. … Continue reading
Tutoring Tour.Nat for better tourism in natural areas
Last Autumn I participated in a fantastic, practical training course in the Dolomites: the Winter Academy on the management of tourism in natural sites. I was one of 25 international tourism and conservation professionals selected for the first edition of … Continue reading
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Covid-19 impacts on nature conservation in Georgia
None of the many available analyses of #Covid19 impact on conservation focuses on the Caucasus region. This artices summarises the positive and negative impacts on nature in Georgia, based on my interviews with people who work for Protected Areas and … Continue reading
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Tourism in Georgia: opportunities from Covid-19 pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has already significantly affected the tourism industry in Georgia and the country’s economy that heavily relies on tourism. This is a good time to reflect on the most desirable tourism going forward, and all the opportunities this … Continue reading
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Covid19 and tourism in Georgia – early impacts and government response
This article was first publised here on 20 April 2020. After the number of international arrivals to Georgia reached a record high of 9.3 million in 2019, most analysts predicted 2020 to be even better. Nobody has predicted a global … Continue reading
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Covid-19 and tourism in Georgia – calls to contribute
I have been travelling to Georgia since 2001 and working there, on and off, since 2007. I have also focused all my academic research on Georgian tourism while stydying for the MSc in Responsible Tourism Management. I am now keen … Continue reading
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T.UN.NA Manifesto – the power of ‘Co-‘
T.UN.NA Winter Academy At the end of 2019, I was one of 25 international tourism and conservation professionals selected to take part in the first edition of the Winter Academy for Tourism Management for UNESCO sites in Natural Areas (T.UN.NA), … Continue reading
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Challenges and opportunities in responsible tourism in Poland
Lack of mutual trust and cooperation between stakeholders, lack of long-term sustainable tourism strategy, low awareness of benefits from responsible tourism or lack of coordinated destination marketing are the key barriers in developing responsible tourism in Poland. I recently run … Continue reading
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