The tourism industry has taken a massive hit during the global pandemic with 75 million jobs put at risk worldwide. Luckily, recovery is just around the corner. This makes 2021 the perfect time to plan out how you can help your tourism business and those in your industry recover and build back better.

In this blog, I’ll provide tips in two sections: for those looking to start a sustainable tourism business and those who already have a tourism business and are looking to operate more sustainably.

Bead the Change is an initiative that supports local female entrepreneurs in Ghana while promoting projects that are working towards increased social and environmental sustainability. Each color of their bracelets is associated with a specific cause that you can choose to support. With each sale of a traditionally-made glass beaded bracelet, a portion of the proceeds is donated to these projects, which is a win-win for the local economy, livelihoods and our planet!

Keep reading to find out more about Bead the Change’s mission, how they make their bracelets and how they are pushing the sustainability agenda forward with each bead made!

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, we are celebrating women’s empowerment in businesses, and especially within the tourism industry. Sea Going Green couldn’t have been possible without the hard work from our amazing team, which happens to be majority female (a rarity in the science and tech worlds)!

For this occasion, we interviewed Ally Dragozet, our founder and CEO, on what it means to be a female entrepreneur in the tourism industry, 3 years after launching Sea Going Green.