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 […]
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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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This ‘Good news in travel & tourism’ wraps up three months of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences: April, May, and June 2024. Share ‘Good news’ as you would a meal in Seoul, South Korea … It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch an item on the sharing menu to go straight to it. And don’t forget to share.) “Good Tourism” […]
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There’s a lot of good going on behind the leafy green exterior of one of the world’s best hotels. And much of it is “rather easy”. Talk is cheap. Christian de Boer is tired of the hypocrisy that runs rampant in the travel & tourism industry, such as “the B Corps that can’t wait to give […]
Read More Inclusions: How a little place near Angkor became one of the world’s best hotels