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
Latin American Tour Operators Plan for Sustainable Tourism
Community-Based Tourism in Bangladesh’s Protected Areas
Developing a Sustainable Tourism Economy in El Salvador
Social and Environmentally Responsible Tourism in Sierra Leone
Tunisian Tourism and Environmental Health in a Changing Climate
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 Celebrates 10 Years of On-Line Academic Course Offerings at Harvard Extension
Ten years ago, Megan stepped in front of a classroom of 75 students all studying online to offer the first sustainable tourism course at Harvard. It led to the book, Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet (2017) and generated research that led to the new publication: Destinations at Risk, The Invisible Burden of Tourism (2019). Join us for the course that launched sustainable tourism education at Harvard, Environmental Management of International Tourism Development. Study how the industry manages air, energy, water, wastewater, solid waste, sprawl, and ecosystem impacts, and what new systems for environmental management can be deployed at the business and destination level.
VIDEO BLOG
Join Megan Epler Wood for her new VLOG where she will give her take, interview experts, and answer crowd-sourced questions on the hot topics in the travel and tourism universe. The VLOG will take on the tough concepts and summarize issues for an on-line, mobile, video audience.
EWI Welcomes Amber Marie Beard as Senior Consultant. Organizations that Amber has led in sustainability include Six Senses & Pegasus Capital Advisors. All have demonstrated commitment to combat climate change and transform our world towards a more sustainable and healthy one.
Excellent reporting @CNN that cracks some of the myths of problems with managing cruise congestion. Major myth that cruise is a small % if industry therefore not responsible for congestion in ports. Let’s get on top of real port stats and look at tourism flows from ships.
CNN just published an extensive article on overtourism and the cruise industry. We are honoured to be mentioned! https://t.co/VadeFvT5rJ
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