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
Social and Environmentally Responsible Tourism in Sierra Leone
Sri Lankan Model Rainforest Ecolodge
Latin American Tour Operators Plan for Sustainable Tourism
Building a Resilient Puerto Rican Ecotourism Industry Post Hurricane Maria
The Gems of Brazil’s Nature Tourism along the Estrada Real
Developing a Sustainable Tourism Economy in El Salvador
Tunisian Tourism and Environmental Health in a Changing Climate
Community-Based Tourism in Bangladesh’s Protected Areas
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 4:
Will the use of GIS make tourism planning more feasible? Interview with Dr. Stephen Ervin
In this episode, Megan Epler Wood discusses how GIS and Geodesign can be used in the tourism planning field to make destinations more sustainable. We are joined by Dr. Stephen Ervin, Assistant Dean for Information Technology at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Lecturer in the Department of Landscape Architecture, and Senior Research Advisor to the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities.
Watch all episodes here.
Que alegria que hay estudiantes de mi trabajo que puedan seguir el proceso necesario.
@MeganEplerWood Desde nuestra empresa estamos relacionados con las entidades que trabajan con ello. Hemos acompañado certificaciones destino sostenible, diseño de producto, espacios de planificación territorial. Todos debemos aportar. Lo he aprendido leyéndote desde hace mucho
Exactly @naturetripscol. Colombia hay que planificar ecoturismo no solo hacer mercadeo. Hay un peligro grande. Donde esta los voces de planificacion?
@MeganEplerWood De acuerdo con ello. Y debe ser una política pública de largo plazo, que acompañe las comunidades y destinos. No asistencialista, pero si con un enfoque de co-construccion entre estado, comunidad, empresarios y en general de los actores del sistema turístico
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“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