Development and
Cooperation

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Elasticsearch Mini

Digital monthly

7/2024

Our View

Make tourism environmentally and socially sustainable

Around the world, tourism is rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic, and there are negative consequences too. Global tourism must be made more compatible with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Pakistan

Tourism boom in Baltistan

More and more Pakistani vacationers are discovering the remote mountainous region in the country’s north-east. The trend is bringing in buying power and creating jobs, but it also harbours the risk of social and ecological conflict.

Female empowerment

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality

Zanzibar is one of Africa’s most popular tourist destinations. By guiding visitors through their spice gardens, women are also beginning to benefit from this popularity in an otherwise still patriarchal society.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.