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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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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Three critics — a settler colonialism critic, an illegal immigration critic, and a mass tourism critic — walk into a bar … Is this the set-up for a joke or a real possibility? What shared concerns might they discuss, and where might their perspectives diverge? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question. Your correspondent put the question to the travel & tourism stakeholders in […]
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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2024 gets underway this morning with some 266 sellers representing 168 organisations from 24 destinations hoping to establish and strengthen relationships with 191 buyers from 173 organisations from 21 source markets. Connection Attendance at B2B travel trade events like PATA Travel Mart continues to be essential. At […]
Read More PATA Travel Mart 2024 underway with Asia Pacific arrivals forecasts positive
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Chair Peter Semone identified five key challenges for the travel & tourism industry during a media briefing on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2024: Crises of all sorts “There will be more crises,’ Mr Semone said. “Health crises, natural disasters, and political unrest. They all affect tourism. “Remember, tourism is […]
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How are emerging technologies transforming the travel & tourism industry? 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 four respondents — professors, professionals, practitioners — who took the time to share their […]
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