Top five most visited “GT” posts of 2024 (& top 10 all-time “GT” & “GT” Travel posts)

December 12, 2024

Top five most visited "Good Tourism" Blog posts of 2024. Image by yohoprashant (CC0) via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/colorful-five-fingers-kid-fingers-4043742/

The last time I put togeth­er lists such as these was in Decem­ber 2021 when many were des­per­ately hop­ing for a bet­ter new year after a tough two.  We saw a bounce in 2022. Now, in Decem­ber 2024, as much of the tour­ism world has fully recovered, many are wor­ried about over­tour­ism again!  In this moment, let’s […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Geopolitics and tourism

December 10, 2024

Geopolitics and tourism. Image by StarFlames (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/chess-camera-world-map-2258804/ "GT" cropped it and added the words "Geopolitics & tourism".

Like it or not, geo­pol­it­ics affects travel pat­terns. How can the tour­ism industry where you are bet­ter bal­ance the polit­ic­al sens­it­iv­it­ies of loc­al and inter­na­tion­al stake­hold­ers? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join […]

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Tourism stakeholders: Who has an outsized voice? Who has no voice? Who cares?

November 7, 2024

Tourism stakeholders: Who has an outsized voice? Who has no voice? Who speaks for you? Who cares? AI-generated speech bubbles by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-feedback-speech-bubbles-8862444/

Among tour­ism stake­hold­ers, who has an out­sized voice, and who has no voice? Why is this import­ant where you live and work? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join the “GT” net­work. Register.) Thanks […]

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Would you abolish taxes on tips?

October 3, 2024

Abolishing taxes on tips is a promise made by both US presidential candidates. Based on where you are, and your experience of tourism and hospitality, what do you think of the policy? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question. Pic by Sam Dan Truong (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/clear-glass-jar--rF4kuvgHhU

Abol­ish­ing taxes on tips is a prom­ise made by both US pres­id­en­tial can­did­ates. Based on where you are, and your exper­i­ence of tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity, what do you think of the policy? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no […]

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Good news in travel & tourism July-September 2024

September 28, 2024
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Share ‘Good news in travel & tourism July-September 2024’ as you would an afternoon tea in Bangkok … 'Thailand serves up journeys of ‘local co-creation’

This ‘Good news in travel & tour­ism’ wraps up three months of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences: July, August, and Septem­ber 2024. Share ‘Good news’ as you would an after­noon tea in Bangkok, Thai­l­and … It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch an item on the shar­ing menu to go straight to it. And don’t for­get to share.) […]

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Thailand serves up journeys of ‘local co-creation’

September 20, 2024

Thailand serves up community-based journeys of ‘local co-creation’

Cheffy takes on loc­al del­ic­acies were the focus of a com­munity-based tour­ism product launch in Thai­l­and: ‘The Jour­ney of Loc­al Co-Cre­a­tion’, Septem­ber 19, 2024, Siv­a­tel Bangkok. What is loc­al co-cre­ation? The Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and (TAT) and its ‘Loc­al Co-Cre­a­tion’ pro­ject part­ner, Loc­al Alike, presen­ted ‘co-cre­ated’ con­sum­ables from two com­munit­ies: Ban Sawa­tee in Khon Kaen […]

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