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Can't see this email? View it in your browser. AUGUST 2018 EDITION Interview with Tourism for Tomorrow 2018 Destination Award Winner Glenn Mandziuk,Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association Holly Tuppen interviews Tourism for Tomorrow Destination winner, Glenn Mandziuk, who tells us about Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association's (TOTA) sustainable journey. Read more... Sustainable cities focus: Edinburgh This month, our review of tourism and sustainability in some of the world's leading cities looks at Edinburgh, which each August plays host to the Edinburgh Festival, the world's largest festival of arts and culture. Read more... World's northernmost town creates own responsible tourism guidelines In a first for an Arctic community, Longyearbyen's set of 11 guidelines advise tourists on how to be considerate visitors. Read more... New UNWTO online tool promotes tourism role achieving sustainable development Tourism4SDGs.org is a co-creation space that allows users to access a wide range of resources, to add their own initiatives, findings and projects, motivate discussion and collaboration, and share content related to tourism and sustainable development. Read more... New documentary explores threat of overtourism Crowded Out: The Story of Overtourism documents the issue of overtourism as seen through the eyes of local people in hotspots such as Venice and Barcelona as well as further afield in places such as the Gili Islands. Read more... Jamaica to host tourism resilience summit The summit theme of 'Tourism Resilience through Global Synergies'  will seek to assess existing and emerging disruptions related to tourism management globally. Read more... Fair Trade Tourism publishes guidelines for tourist interactions with captive wildlife Developed after consultation with nearly 200 organisations and 40 publications, the guidelines are based on five pillars – legal compliance, wildlife conservation, animal welfare, visitor safety and transparency. Read more... Written and edited by Jeremy Smith APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2019 TOURISM FOR TOMORROW AWARDS OPEN 4 SEPTEMBER 2018! TOURISM FOR TOMORROW IN THE NEWS Find out where Tourism for Tomorrow has been featured in the media last month. CONTACT INFORMATION    For more information on Tourism for Tomorrow, please click here or contact:    Lucy Matthews WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Manager T: +44 (0) 207 481 8007 E: lucy.matthews@wttc.org The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. Registered number 2506591. Registered office: The Harlequin Building, 65 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HR, United Kingdom. We reserve the right to monitor email communication through our system for the purpose of security and training. For details on how we process your data, please see our Privacy Policy. This message and its attachments are private and confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. It is for use by the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error, you must not use, distribute, copy or disclose this email or any of its attachments. If received in error, please notify us by return email (dpo@wttc.org) and permanently delete it from your system. Unless it specifically states otherwise, this email does not form part of a contract. You can choose to unsubscribe here from future marketing emails. The WTTC logo is a registered trademark owned by the World Travel & Tourism Council Ltd. All rights reserved.