Dalya Altuntepe is a heritage strategist and cultural tourism expert, bridging historical preservation with modern travel. She is the founder of nüma, a Germany-based travel company specialising in heritage-oriented travel and destination representation. She has played a pivotal role in shaping tourism strategies across Central Asia. In 2024, she was honored with the Inspiring Women in Travel Asia Award.
She’s passionate about carpets, cartography, and Turkic culture — especially the threads that connect tradition with identity across generations and geographies.
When I travel across Central Asia in the course of my work, I am often accompanied by international colleagues — Germans, Europeans, people who are visiting […]
On 12 December 2025, Ashgabat will host the International Forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust (2025), held alongside the International Day of […]
At the founding conference of the Responsible Tourism movement held in Cape Town in 2002, the 280 delegates from 20 countries, most of them en route […]
A volcano rumbles near a popular route. A cyclone shuts down a regional airport. A major earthquake knocks out roads and overwhelms hospitals. Or a sudden […]
Wildfires are currently burning around the world at an extraordinary scale, as recorded on the JRC EU Science Hub. The State of Wildfires Project report published last month […]
Responsible Tourism grows as more businesses and destinations take responsibility. I discussed the reasons earlier this month. The ICRT.global’s mission is to support the changemakers by […]
As Matt Callaghan, easyJet Holidays’ Chief Operating Officer, affirmed at the ICRT‘s global annual conference, “the places we call destinations, other people call home.” Too often, […]
Human-caused global heating has already raised the average global temperature by about 1.3°C, and rising sea temperatures are causing coral bleaching and reducing the oceans’ ability […]
The 42nd Session of the ICAO Assembly has come and gone with no progress on aviation emissions mitigation policy, just 26 pages of Resolution blah blah […]
As the world continues to navigate economic transformation, geopolitical shifts, and rapid technological innovation, the tourism industry stands at a defining crossroads. Far from being a […]
Today we celebrate World Tourism Day, and more than ever it is important to reflect on the challenges the sector faces: overtourism in popular destinations, the […]
Every year on 27 September, the global tourism community celebrates World Tourism Day, reminding us that tourism goes beyond leisure and highlighting its value as a […]
While Europe’s policymakers and opinion leaders obsess over semiconductors and clean tech, another economic engine is humming along with far less fanfare – and far greater […]
We are told tourism can be green, equitable, and restorative. The truth is more complicated and far more uncomfortable. Two years after the pandemic brought the […]
Tourism is at a crossroads. Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It’s here. It’s reshaping seasons, disrupting travel plans, and putting entire destinations at […]