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    Airline to launch new route to historic island from Glasgow Airport
    Tourism & Remote WorkAugust 19, 2025

    Airline to launch new route to historic island from Glasgow Airport

    Photo Credit: Getty Images via the-gazette.co.uk Excerpt from the-gazette.co.uk An airline and holiday company is to launch a new route to a historic island from a Scottish airport. The airline's new destination from Glasgow Airport comes “in response to continued demand from holidaymakers in Scotland looking to enjoy some Greek sunshine”. Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, the “UK’s largest tour operator” has introduced flights and holidays to Kos from Glasgow Airport “as Greece continues to enjoy enormous popularity with holidaymakers”.

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    Tierra del Fuego: the wild archipelago at the end of the Earth
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    Tourism & Remote WorkAugust 19, 2025

    Tierra del Fuego: the wild archipelago at the end of the Earth

    Excerpt from ft.com Tierra del Fuego: the wild archipelago at the end of the Earth

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    The Bahamas Launches Caribbean’s First National Sustainable Island Challenge at 70th UN Tourism Regional Commission for the Americas
    Tourism & Remote WorkAugust 12, 2025

    The Bahamas Launches Caribbean’s First National Sustainable Island Challenge at 70th UN Tourism Regional Commission for the Americas

    Photo courtesy of eturbonews.com Excerpt from eturbonews.com Empowering Local Innovators to Drive Climate-Smart and Inclusive Tourism Solutions The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation, in collaboration with the UN Tourism and local innovation hub Innovate 242, officially launches the Bahamas Sustainable Island Challenge at the 70th UN Tourism Regional Commission for the Americas, held from July 31 to August 2, 2025, in Lima, Peru. Led by The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation, The Hon. I. Chester Cooper, the delegation travels to introduce the Challenge on the international stage formally. The initiative underscores The Bahamas’ commitment to building a tourism sector that is climate-smart, inclusive, and globally competitive.

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    Are 'the world's most beautiful islands' in danger?
    Tourism & Remote WorkAugust 11, 2025

    Are 'the world's most beautiful islands' in danger?

    Excerpt from bbc.com Norway's stunning Lofoten Islands have gone viral for their midnight summer sun. But as the isles face overtourism for the first time, residents have an important message for visitors. Located 300km inside the Arctic Circle, Norway's Lofoten archipelago rises dramatically from the sea in a jagged, mountainous crescendo. Its otherworldly glacier-sculpted landscapes and magical 24-hour summer daylight have led the isles to proudly dub themselves "the world's most beautiful islands". But it's a roadside stop, not a soaring summit or majestic fjord, that convinces me of this self-declared moniker. Just a few paces away from the village of Flakstad on the island of Flakstadøya, I spy a beach where the water shifts from turquoise to glass-clear as it laps against basalt rock and sugar-white sand. It's a scene more Aegean than Arctic – until you see the ridge of craggy mountains floating above the fjord, the last snow clinging to their flanks. From late May to the end of July, Lofoten is bathed in constant daylight, and in this endless summer sun, the colours feel heightened. Standing on the sand, it's hard to imagine anywhere more idyllic.

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    How Atlantic islands are proving tourism can help the ocean
    Tourism & Remote WorkAugust 6, 2025

    How Atlantic islands are proving tourism can help the ocean

    "Excerpt from euronews.com From underwater archaeology to whale-watching tours led by actual scientists, Europe’s Atlantic islands demonstrate how tourism can protect rather than destroy natural and cultural heritage of the ocean. Summer is the peak season for seaside holidays across Europe, but this year the celebrations are mixed with protests. From Barcelona to Venice, locals are taking to the streets, demanding limits on mass tourism that they say is destroying coastal environments and erasing historical heritage. But on Faial, one of the Azores islands in the middle of the Atlantic, they are taking a different approach. Rather than flooding the island with tourists at all costs, local authorities and professionals of the sector want to foster eco-tourism, attracting visitors who appreciate and respect the natural and cultural heritage of the archipelago. An international group of scientists, working in the EU-funded ecoRoute project, is preparing coastal sites that can be made accessible to snorkellers and scuba divers whilst promoting underwater heritage and preserving these sites for the future."

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    Nature Positive Tourism Throughout the Caribbean
    Tourism & Remote WorkJuly 28, 2025

    Nature Positive Tourism Throughout the Caribbean

    Photo credit: eTurboNews.com Excerpt from eturbonews.com The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has signed a landmark two-year agreement with global nonprofit Conservation International (CI) to promote nature-positive tourism throughout the Caribbean. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on June 11, 2025, at CTO’s headquarters in Barbados, establishes a framework for joint efforts to advance sustainable tourism models that protect biodiversity, strengthen local economies, and improve community well-being. The partnership aligns with the CTO’s Reimagine 2025–2027 Plan, which champions bold, resilient, and inclusive strategies to shape the future of tourism in the region. Collaborative actions under the MoU will focus on advancing sustainable, nature-positive tourism through conservation-driven investments, support for community-led initiatives that protect biodiversity and livelihoods, and technical cooperation in research, education, and outreach. Key priorities include building sector capacity, encouraging tourism investment in conservation, and promoting resilient, nature-based economic models across the region.

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    Kimolos: A Summer Cinema Like No Other
    Tourism & Remote WorkJuly 28, 2025

    Kimolos: A Summer Cinema Like No Other

    Excerpt from greece-is.com On a quiet Cycladic island, far from the multiplex and the red carpet, something cinematic and utterly magical happens each summer. Film lovers gather on rocky beaches, in medieval castles, and even aboard fishing boats, all drawn to the flickering glow of Cine Kalisperitis, a roaming open-air cinema that turns the natural beauty of Kimolos and the surrounding Aegean into a living, breathing movie set. The experience now attracts people from all over the world and actively contributes to the island’s tourism development. Notably, a video about Cine Kalisperitis shared by Karolina Kaldarotzi on TikTok went viral, with over 515,000 views in just one week. The initiative, launched in 2014 by the volunteer cultural group Kimolistes and supported by film production company Rosebud.21, has since grown into a beloved and unconventional summer ritual. With no fixed program, no ticket office, and certainly no assigned seating, Cine Kalisperitis is as spontaneous as it is enchanting. “Please don’t message us asking when the next screening will be,” reads a playful reminder from Kimolistes, a nod to the fact that each showing depends entirely on the weather and the winds.

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    Natural harmony of Uganda’s ‘Ghost Island’ under threat from international tourism
    Tourism & Remote WorkJuly 14, 2025

    Natural harmony of Uganda’s ‘Ghost Island’ under threat from international tourism

    **On a tiny island in Uganda’s Lake Victoria, local fishermen have created a rare harmony with nature, guided by strict cultural traditions and spiritual beliefs. But with growing interest from tourists, there are fears this fragile coexistence could soon be at risk.** Musambwa, or “Ghost” Island, is a 5-acre piece of land located in Lake Victoria. The tiny isle can be reached via a bumpy 45-minute boat ride from the shores of Africa’s largest freshwater lake. One of 84 islands in Lake Victoria, Musambwa plays host to a diverse ecosystem. The island’s small human population lives in harmony with the local wildlife, including colonies of birds and several species of snakes. Fisherman Enock Ntale, who has lived on the island since 2001, says the island used to be a resting point for fishermen who came from the neighbouring mainland. He says the work of ecologists brought more attention to the island: “This island became popular after some organizations that advocate for wildlife conservation like Nature Uganda that came and started sensitizing people around the island about its existence.” Over the years, Musambwa Island’s unique natural beauty has attracted numerous researchers and conservationists.

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    Madeira will tax some of the most visited tourist places
    Tourism & Remote WorkJuly 14, 2025

    Madeira will tax some of the most visited tourist places

    This text has been translated with minor modifications. Miguel Albuquerque announced this afternoon, at the Green Keys awards ceremony for 78 hotels, measures he believes are in line with the goal of ensuring the destination remains excellent and environmentally safe. These measures will include the application of fees in some tourist destinations with greater affluence. All government measures in the area of tourism will prioritize environmental quality, the President of the Regional Government declared at the time.

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