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PIRI was created at the 2014 Global Policy Forum (GPF) in Trinidad and Tobago and officially launched the following year in Dili, Timor-Leste, with the vision of making financial services accessible to all Pacific Islanders. The region faces access challenges due to factors including geographically dispersed islands, small populations and limited banking infrastructure.

The initiative invites member institutions to share in a common vision while working toward ensuring that financial services are widely accessed throughout the region. With PIRI, AFI has created a unique model of south-south engagement and peer learning that aims to provide all low-income Pacific Islanders with access to formal and informal financial services.

PIRI has five objectives: remove policy barriers to improve access; use technology for financial service provision and access; empower and protect through financial literacy and education; collaborate with stakeholders to advance financial inclusion in the region; and use data for smart policymaking and monitoring.

The American Society of Travel Advisors offers a variety of business services and resources to help companies grow. Includes coronavirus resources - up—to-date information and a compilation of travel supplier policies.

A COVID-19 and sustainable tourism resource and information webpage by Dr. Anna Spenceley. Comprised of four sections: ideas to help resilience and recovery, market research and intelligence, impacts on tourism and destinations, and virtual tours and ideas to keep us inspired.

Six federal agencies—the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—collaborate on the Interagency Visitor Use Management Council. Council collaboration is designed to increase awareness of and commitment to proactive, professional, and science-based visitor use management on federally-managed lands and waters. Providing a consistent approach to visitor use management better serves the public by creating seamless connections between lands and waters managed by different federal agencies.

CABI’s case study database - Tourism Cases, is a window into the world of tourism development. Areas include tourism, leisure and recreation, hospitality industry, sport, travel and technology and arts & entertainment.

The CTO’s mission is to provide to and through its members, the services and information needed for the development of sustainable tourism for the economic and social benefit of the Caribbean people. The CTO resource page provides tools and resources for Caribbean destinations, businesses and communities; topics include COVID-19, community-based tourism, climate change, disaster management, conference papers, education and training, scholarships & grants, zika virus, etc.

The Center for Responsible Tourism provides tools and resources for destinations, businesses and communities in the areas of climate change, biodiversity & cultural heritage, over tourism, the wealth gap, and responsible travel.

The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), in cooperation with UN Environment, has compiled this resource packet as part of our commitment to supporting the UN’s 2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (IY2017). Throughout the tourism industry, there are many initiatives and advocacy campaigns that promote innovative best practices, codes of conduct, and certification programs, all designed to help deepen our understanding of, and commitment to, sustainable travel. This directory contains valuable information on a range of topics that are critical to ensuring that businesses operate more sustainability and travelers make more informed and earth-friendly decisions.

Data Access – DCRM’s projects and ongoing monitoring programs result in a large quantity of data. In an effort to share and distribute this information, DCRM has developed an Open Data Portal. This portal currently serves spatial data related to a variety of projects.

The Coral Reef Alliance shared publication, resources and tools to support saving the world’s coral reefs; infographics, low impact design and best management practices to safeguard coral reefs, demonstration projects ago safeguard coral reefs, traditional Hawaiian agriculture info sheets, guidelines and best practices, case studies, and developing sustainable fisheries in the Mesoamerica region (Spanish).