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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Lorna Parkes

10 travel firms turning green: new initiatives to boost sustainability

Rydal Water looks stunning, but the Lake District is one area where Sawday’s is limiting its operations.
Rydal Water looks stunning, but the Lake District is one area where Sawday’s is limiting its operations. Photograph: James Ennis/Getty Images

Sawday’s new overtourism caps

In a move designed to help counter overtourism, accommodation provider Sawday’s has announced that it will cap the number of places to stay it represents in some of the worst-affected areas. The B Corp-certified company, which includes the brands Sawday’s, Canopy & Stars and Paws & Stay, has identified 13 destinations in the UK and Europe experiencing overtourism. The initiative will effectively limit the company’s own capacity for growth in these at-risk areas, which include the Isle of Skye, Snowdonia, St Ives and the Lake District in the UK, and European hotspots such as Venice and Barcelona.

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