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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Hotels
Shireen Aga

Benefit the host community

Tourists appreciate eco-friendly hotels, but often don’t want to pay the price

Tea after Twelve

Stories of change

New international online magazine Tea after Twelve features innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide

Sexual abuse
Grace Atuhaire

Depressing aspects of tourism

Even though prostitution is illegal, sex tourists leave a mark on Kenya’s coastal communities

Wool
Sabyr Toigonbaev

“The finer, the better”

Cashmere from Kyrgyzstan is distributed on global scale – the primary producers, however, do not get a fair price

Community-based tourism
Theresa Krinninger

Off the beaten track

How tourism can make a difference in Cata, a rural community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 7 March to 13 March

Youth
Astrid Neumann

Unknown reality

Weltwärts offers young people the opportunity to work and learn in a foreign environment

Interview
Vladimir Antwi-Danso

“It’s a game”

Ghanaian scholar says aid has promoted growth in his country, but not institution building

Tunisia
Aya Chebbi

Revolution tourism

Revival of tourism will stabilise Tunisia’s democracy, a model for the Arab region

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 28 February to 6 March

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”