Oceania Regional News: The Latest from the ATTA and Members in Oceania
Time to Reconnect It feels so great to be all connected again, not just virtually but also physically, just in time for the busiest month of the year for tourism...
Regional News
Facing Climate Realities Brings New Opportunities for Pacific Island Destinations Charting a New Course in Tourism
Many Pacific Islands and territories are highly dependent on tourism. In 2019, Pacific Island tourism generated $6.29 billion in receipts and 69,443 jobs; the sector generated 20 percent of the...
An Odyssey for a Yarn
Following the recent ATTA Indigenous & Community Based Tourism Webinar for Oceania, ATTA Ambassador and adventurer Huw Kingston writes about his latest project in Australia. A wombat* shuffles nonchalantly across...
Vanuatu to Reopen to International Travelers in July
The Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO) is excited to announce that Vanuatu will open its borders to fully-vaccinated international travellers from 1 July, 2022 with no quarantine or arrival caps, with...
The Natural Adventure Offers Ukraine Carpathians Trek as a Virtual Tour to Support Ukraine
The Natural Adventure is currently offering their Ukraine Carpathians Trek as a virtual tour in support of Ukraine. The virtual tour is offered at 10 percent of its standard price...
Learning From Each Other: A Leading French Travel Company, Terres d’Aventure, Shares Its Climate Journey
One of the most common questions I receive when chatting with travel company leaders is, “what can you tell me about how other companies are tackling their climate strategies?” One...
Spotlight on Adventure Champions: ROW Adventures
Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) Adventure Champions are the vanguards of the adventure travel industry having been members of ATTA and leaders in the community for a minimum of 15 years....
You Can Help Us! Thoughts from an Ukrainian Travel Professional
Written by Diana Kozak, Director of Travel Company Tamarind, Dnipro, Ukraine It is a cold March morning and I’ve been standing for hours in a line of many thousands hoping to get...
Community-Based & Indigenous Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities in Australasia
As some of you may have heard, ATTA proudly announced, in October 2021, its participation in the newly formed Indigenous Tourism Collaborative of the Americas (ITCA) to support sustainable Indigenous...
Asia Slowly Shifts Out of Survival Mode
Tourism in Asia has been one of the hardest hit in the world during the pandemic, thanks to aggressive zero-COVID policies in 2020, followed by Delta flare-ups in mid-2021 and...