Sustainable Tourism: From Trend to Transformative Movement

October 24, 2017

The challenge before the travel and tourism industry is real. In 2015, there were 1.2 billion international tourism arrivals, and billions more domestic tourists; this is predicted to nearly double by 2030, prompting the UN World Tourism Organization Secretary General to ask: “Will tourism bring us one billion opportunities to make the world a better place, or one billion disasters?” That question, posed as the United Nations declared 2017 The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, served as the impetus, along with Virtuoso’s established commitment to sustainability, to convene an inaugural Virtuoso Sustainability Summit in August 2017, bringing together key business owners, travel advisors, and global influencers to discuss how Virtuoso can best amplify its long-term commitment to sustainable tourism as a leader in luxury travel.

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