Reporting on the future of places
Edition 01
People & Community · Feature
Granada's Moorish quarter is inscribed alongside the Alhambra, but its residents, its housing and the rules on tourist flats are still contested. The monument across the valley caps its visitors; the neighbourhood does not.
Nature & Biodiversity · Analysis
Palau's passport pledge is one of tourism's most celebrated ideas. Its campaign metrics are well recorded; its effect on behaviour and reefs is not. Its credibility now depends on a marine sanctuary that is under sustained political pressure.
Nature & Biodiversity · Explainer
On the Yucatán Peninsula, the water in a jungle sinkhole, a freshwater lagoon and a coral reef is often the same water at different moments. Destinations that manage them separately are planning for a system that does not exist.
Nature & Biodiversity · Case study
Since 2019 the Faroes have 'closed' popular sites for a few days a year so volunteers can repair them. The programme is well documented as a campaign; its effect on landscapes is not. The weightier changes are a 2024 law, a new nightly fee and landowner charges.
Destination Intelligence · Guide
The vocabulary of destination change is crowded and often vague. These are the terms we use, what we mean by them, and the ones we treat with care.
Destination Intelligence · Explainer
“Regenerative” is easy to print and hard to prove. This is the five-step scale we use to separate what a place intends from what it can show — and why we publish both.
Destination Intelligence · Analysis
Bhutan tripled its nightly Sustainable Development Fee in 2022 and effectively halved it a year later. Revenue is rising and international visitors are returning, but the money is pooled, and the discount expires in August 2027.
