Sustainable Tourism | Ecotourism | Destinations & Communities
Providing market-based solutions to sustainable tourism, preserving invaluable social and environmental capital for the well being of local people worldwide. LEARN MORE
THE INVISIBLE BURDEN:
Groundbreaking Reports
& Analysis
ECOTOURISM:
Business Development
& Field Engagements
SPEAKING:
Speaking & Strategic
Destination Evaluation
KEY AFFILIATIONS:
Harvard University, Cornell University, The Travel Foundation
FEATURED PROJECTS
Sri Lankan Model Rainforest Ecolodge
Tunisian Tourism and Environmental Health in a Changing Climate
Social and Environmentally Responsible Tourism in Sierra Leone
Community-Based Tourism in Bangladesh’s Protected Areas
Latin American Tour Operators Plan for Sustainable Tourism
Developing a Sustainable Tourism Economy in El Salvador
The Gems of Brazil’s Nature Tourism along the Estrada Real
Building a Resilient Puerto Rican Ecotourism Industry Post Hurricane Maria
What’s New?
EWI Launches New Video Series
Join Megan Epler Wood for her new V-Log where she will give her take, interview experts, and answer crowd-sourced questions on the hot topics in the travel and tourism universe. The V-Log will take on the tough concepts and summarize issues for an on-line, mobile, video audience. Season 1 – Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet (2019) Ten episodes will cover industry solutions to the global travel and tourism overtourism crisis. Each industry representative from leading tour operators, aviation, cruise, and hotels will bring insights into the challenges to manage the footprint of their sector while maintaining a market edge.
Season 1, Introduction: EplerWood International V-Log
Season 1, Episode 1:
Is the media equipped to cover overtourism?
In this episode, Megan Epler Wood discusses the current travel media landscape and its effect on sustainable tourism reporting. We are joined by Bret Love, CEO of Green Travel Media and Editor in Chief & Co-Founder of Green Global Travel.
Watch all episodes here.
Essential Videos
“The earth’s greatest treasures are cracking under the weight of the soaring tourism economy. New data-driven systems to identify the cost of managing tourism’s most valued assets are required to stem a growing crisis in global tourism management. With the right leadership, finance and analysis in place, a whole new generation of tourism professionals can move forward and erase the invisible burden while benefiting millions around the globe.”
Megan Epler Wood, Principal