With ‘greenwashing’ and other forms of empty rhetoric and ineffective policymaking allegedly rampant, is the travel & tourism industry, its students and consultants, engaged in ‘wishwashing’: hoping motivations and incentive structures are better aligned to our wishes than what they are in the real world? Yes? No? Sometimes? Maybe? Offer examples. And that is your “GT” […]
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Welcome to the January-February 2025 wrap of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences shared by friends and Partners of The “Good Tourism” Blog. [You too can share.] “Good Tourism” never defines ‘good tourism’. Your correspondent would never be so bold. The fact is that what’s good for one stakeholder may not be […]
Read More What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” wrap January-February 2025
“Interesting range of views”, Richard Butler (of Tourism Area Life Cycle model fame) writes in the comments section of the “GT” Insight Bites on opportunities and threats to tourism in 2025. “How do we square the first response re air travel and the second and fourth positive responses about tourism in [Southeast] Asia where many of the […]
Read More Butler asks: How do we solve one of the great conundrums of ‘sustainable’ tourism?
What is tourism’s biggest opportunity and/or threat where you are in 2025? 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 to the nine good people — professors, professionals, and practitioners — who took the time […]
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‘Nostalgia. It ain’t what it used to be!’ Our travel tastes are often shaped by the memories of childhood holiday experiences, or of stories passed down through the generations. Marketers often play to this. What is the role of nostalgia in holidaymaking, from an individual or commercial perspective? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question. Your correspondent put […]
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This ‘Good news in travel & tourism’ wraps up three months of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences: October, November, and December 2024. Share ‘Good news’ as you would a watermelon on a hot summer’s day … It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch an item on the sharing menu to go straight to it. And don’t forget to share.) […]
Read More Good news in travel & tourism October-December 2024