Tourism Cares Launches New Meaningful Travel Roadshow in 2025

Tourism Cares, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sustainability within the tourism industry, is “hitting the road” in 2025 by launching a new travel event series: the “Meaningful Travel Roadshow” series. The series is a multi-city program held across the United States designed to broaden the industry’s understanding of sustainable tourism and generate positive impact for local communities.

The 2025 Meaningful Travel Roadshow will take place in Miami, FL (May 15-16), Pittsburgh, PA (October 7) and Galveston, TX (November 14).

As part of the Meaningful Travel Roadshow, attendees will gain insights from local partners whose innovative initiatives are driving positive change within their communities and the broader travel industry. Each program will begin with peer-to-peer learning and education workshops, followed by immersive tours and experiences featured on each destination’s Meaningful Travel Map, a digital travel trade resource that highlights vetted, sustainable organizations, businesses and non-profits.

Each Roadshow host city will offer a unique perspective, demonstrating how responsible travel practices can benefit local economies, cultures and environments. Themes for each city include: 

• Greater Miami: “A Coastal Destination at the Crossroads of Culture and Conservation” – Attendees will experience how Greater Miami’s vibrant cultural hub balances environmental responsibility with urban growth, from initiatives to restore marine ecosystems to community projects that tackle food waste and urban renewal.

• Pittsburgh: “Reinvention Through Sustainability” – Learning from Pittsburgh’s transformation, attendees will observe how the travel and tourism industry actively drives and thrives on urban revitalization, fostering stronger community connections and transforming industrial spaces into vibrant destinations.

• Galveston: “History Meets Habitat on the Gulf Coast” – Attendees will explore how community-driven projects transform public spaces into narratives of resilience and conservation, creating destinations that are both culturally enriching and ecologically sustainable.

The Meaningful Travel Roadshow is open to all travel professionals across all sectors.

Tourism Cares’ 2025 Meaningful Travel Roadshow is made possible through the support of the program’s hosts and sponsors: Visit Galveston, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, Visit Pittsburgh, ACCOR, Brand USA and Expedia Group.

To learn more about the Roadshow, visit www.tourismcares.org/roadshow.