We’ll tell you everything: this is how the “Towards Regenerative Tourism” conference was.
On November 14, Aethnic brought together more than 60 people at Ca l’Alier for the conference “Towards regenerative tourism: rethinking the present, building the future”. A space for deep, honest and plural debate that put on the table the limits of the current tourism model and the emerging paths towards a regenerative model, capable of generating ecological, social and community vitality.
Conference “Towards regenerative tourism: rethinking the present, building the future”
Tourism is experiencing a key moment of review. How can we move towards more just, resilient and life-rooted models? Aethnic is organizing a day of debate and reflection to explore paths towards regenerative tourism, with the participation of administrations, social entities and transformative projects.
We present the diagnosis “Tourism and children’s rights: towards a model free of violence”
Coinciding with World Tourism Day, we present the report “Tourism and children’s rights: towards a violence-free model”, prepared with fapmi-ECPAT Spain and the Barcelona City Council. The diagnosis, carried out in the city during 2025, analyses how tourism can generate risks for children and adolescents, highlighting the lack of protocols, training deficiencies and areas of greatest vulnerability. The report proposes actions and paves the way towards safer and more responsible tourism.
TurismESS promotes a training course to professionalize and strengthen transformative tourism initiatives
This October, the TurismESS training journey begins, with three practical sessions aimed at ESS projects and entities linked to tourism. The aim is to strengthen skills, promote inter-cooperation and grow viable and transformative initiatives.
TurismESS continues: we begin publishing articles about ESS tourism experiences
Aethnic, Alba Sud, Calidoscoop and Opcions are promoting the TurismESS project to strengthen tourism linked to the Social and Solidarity Economy. In the first phase we have systematized four inspiring initiatives: Barcelona Farmers’ Markets, Can Calopa, Androna Cultura and Abarka. From September 16, Alba Sud will publish the articles weekly on its website and the entities will disseminate them.
We publish the report “Gender perspective and LGBTIQ+ collective, an inclusion challenge for the Barcelona tourism sector”
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Report “Gender Perspective and LGBTIQ+ Collective; a Challenge for Inclusion in the Barcelona Tourism Sector” developed within the framework of the “LGBTIQ+ Tourism” project, carried out with the support of Barcelona City Council.
HOSP.ECO promotes green innovation in hospitality from Barcelona
On December 12, the event “Transforming Hospitality: Green Innovation in Action” , a multiplier event organized within the framework of the European project HOSP.ECO, was successfully held. The event took place at the École Ferrières in Barcelona, where more than 30 participants, including students and professionals from the sector, met to learn about the latest […]
What should the TurismESS value chain look like?
Last Wednesday, December 4, we met to analyze the value chain of conventional tourism and identify opportunities for the intersection with the Social and Solidarity Economy.
Resource guide to promote sustainable tourism in the city
In the course of 2024, Aethnic has focused on updating the Guide in order to provide it with new content and adapt it to the current context. Enter and discover it!
Foreshadowing the future: towards a transformative tourism, inclusive and aligned with the socio-ecological transition
Barcelona, November 27, 2024, Poblenou Manuel Arranz library – Barcelona was the scene of a deep reflection on the future of tourism in the framework of the day “Prefigure the Future of Sustainable Tourism”, organized by Aethnic, association of sustainable tourism with the support of Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Activa. Experts from the administration, […]