What did tourism learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?

February 8, 2024

What was the main lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has the travel & tourism industry learned it? Base image generated by DALL-E, which was prompted for a surrealist image of a viral particle in front of a classroom. "GT" added 'Lessons'.

What was the main les­son of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, and has the travel & tour­ism industry learned it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing emailed writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  Thanks to the 10 respond­ents who shared their thoughts […]

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Good news in travel & tourism December 2023 to January 2024

January 31, 2024

Share ‘Good news in travel & tourism December 2023 to January 2024’ as a family might share a feast with you in Mabalacat, Philippines. Photo by Avel Chuklanov (CC0) via Unsplash.

This ‘Good news in travel & tour­ism’ wraps up two months of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as a fam­ily might share a feast with you near Mabala­cat, Phil­ip­pines … 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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In 2024, what are the best opportunities for tourism over the next five years?

January 16, 2024

Travel & tourism's best opportunities over the next five years to 2029. Rainbow image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/rainbow-painted-fortune-cartoon-307622/

Over the next five years, what is the best oppor­tun­ity for travel & tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study? And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to take advant­age of that oppor­tun­ity? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your correspondent […]

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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028?

December 19, 2023
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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028? Cobra image by P Schreiner (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/line-cobra-dangerous-reptile-1974382/

Over the next five years, what is the single biggest chal­lenge or threat facing tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study?  And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to over­come it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the […]

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Good news in travel & tourism October-November 2023

November 30, 2023

Share 'Good news in travel & tourism October-November 2023' as you would a plate of hummus. Image by Andrea (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/hummus-meal-chickpeas-pasta-seeds-1058000/

This ‘Good news in travel & tour­ism’ wraps up two months of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would hum­mus … 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” doesn’t judge. “GT” pub­lishes. Did you ever want […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: On empowerment, promotion, and the power of expression

October 26, 2023

Nyungura ‘Leonard’ Bapfakwita expresses himself in real time at the 2023 Red Rocks Cultural Festival in Rwanda. Picture by David Gillbanks.

Thanks to these two Rwandan tal­ents for con­trib­ut­ing to this instal­ment of “GT” Insight Bites: Leonard, who demon­strated his art in real time at the Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al; Roger, who shared with me his love of birds as we walked through his beau­ti­ful vil­lage. You too can contribute.

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