When considering inbound tourism where you live, work, or operate, how do you feel about the value visitors bring, the values they hold, and their numbers? That is your “GT” Insight Bites challenge. Respond in the comments at any time. For free copy editing, layout, and preview in time for the official “GT” Insight Bites compilation, the […]
Read More Visitor value, values, volume: What’s good where you are?
Thanks to Kevin Phun for his thoughts about outbound travel agents’ and tour operators’ relationship with the notion of sustainability, and Wolfgang Georg Arlt for sharing his thinking around well-being and meaning.
Their responses appear in the order received.
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Read More Outbound doesn’t care about sustainability | Well-being must include meaning
Greetings to all tourism stakeholders! June 5 is World Environment Day. To make the day a little more meaningful for those who want to learn more, we at the Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore are pleased to offer you 50% off for all our online courses. Receive 50% off CRTS’ responsible tourism courses — use coupon code crts-50-off-all […]
Read More 50% off responsible tourism, sustainability courses to mark World Environment Day
Has ‘sustainability’ in travel & tourism become too narrowly focussed on a single ‘P’, Planet, sidelining the well-being of people? Beth Allgood thinks it may have, especially in the nature-based and ecotourism niches. Ms Allgood proposes how we might measure well-being in order to manage it. It’s her second “Good Tourism” Insight. Sustainability must include […]
Read More Can we measure well-being? Rethinking ‘sustainability’ in nature-based tourism
If the United States under Donald Trump threatens freedom of movement and freedom of thought — and the businesses and livelihoods that facilitate both — what should travel, tourism, and hospitality stakeholders do? K Michael Haywood reckons industry and the academy should put aside long-standing differences. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [You too can share.] Democracies in decline … Democracies […]
Read More How should travel & tourism respond to threats to free movement, thought?
Is a travel & tourism career still attractive in 2025? What is the most important thing that a young person should understand before embarking upon a career in tourism? That is your “GT” Insight Bites challenge. Write up to 300 words about the question in the comments at any time. [The deadline for free copy editing, […]
Read More Is a travel & tourism career still attractive? Important things to understand in 2025
