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Climate Change and Travel

Complete coverage of how global climate change is affecting the travel industry and how travel brands are helping or hurting humans’ opportunities to fix it.

Tourism

Greece Charges Tourists ‘Climate Crisis Resilience’ Tax

Greece is counting on its tourism boom to financially support future disaster relief efforts.

Greece Charges Tourists ‘Climate Crisis Resilience’ Tax

Hotels

Humanity’s Faustian Climate Bargain Comes Due

Traditional travel seasons are changing faster than a melting snowcap, and tour operators are leading the way in adapting to extreme weather.

Humanity’s Faustian Climate Bargain Comes Due

Tourism

Ask Skift: What Are the Biggest Challenges the Travel Industry Faces?

The travel industry faces several challenges entering the new year, and here's a list of the biggest ones it faces on its ongoing road to a full recovery.

Ask Skift: What Are the Biggest Challenges the Travel Industry Faces?

Ground Transport

U.S. Federal Workers Asked to Travel by Train, EVs When Possible

Amtrak could benefit from this move. But as for EVs, the government will need to coordinate its regulations, such as rules for needing permission to drive a personal car more than 50 miles, to encourage compliance.

U.S. Federal Workers Asked to Travel by Train, EVs When Possible

Tourism

Travel Businesses Must Focus on Simplifying Sustainable Choices

Ensuring sustainable travel is accessible and uncomplicated is a primary goal for travel businesses like Google, Intrepid Travel, and Kerten Hospitality, looking to reduce the burden of climate change on the consumer and the planet.

Travel Businesses Must Focus on Simplifying Sustainable Choices

Airlines

U.K. Ad Watchdog Bans 3 Airline Ads Over ‘Greenwashing’ Claims

European regulatory agencies are increasingly cracking down on airline ads that claim they have a positive environmental impact.

U.K. Ad Watchdog Bans 3 Airline Ads Over ‘Greenwashing’ Claims

Tourism

Travel in the Ozempic Era

Today's podcast looks at travel in the age of Ozempic, Amazon's AI tools for the travel industry, and Virgin's test run of long-haul sustainable flights.

Travel in the Ozempic Era

Airlines

Virgin Atlantic Pressures UK for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Support

Sometimes you need a big, audacious stunt to garner support for sought-after climate policy.

Virgin Atlantic Pressures UK for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Support

Airlines

U.S. Airlines Brace for Massive Thanksgiving

Today's podcast discusses Thanksgiving travel in the U.S., climate change and tourism marketing, and Vietnam's welcome to Indian tourists.

U.S. Airlines Brace for Massive Thanksgiving

News Blog

Climate Change Not a Top Focus for U.S. Tourism Marketers: Report

Only 8% of U.S. tourism boards strongly prioritize addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero. In contrast, 62% of European tourism boards and 29% of Canadian tourism boards have made it a top priority. That’s according to Sojern’s “State of Destination Marketing 2024.” The report is based on a survey of over…