This ‘Good news in travel & tourism’ wraps up two months of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences. Share it as you would a Rwandan feast. It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tourism” doesn’t judge. “GT” publishes. Did you ever want to write a thoughtful […]
Read More Good news in travel & tourism August-September 2023
Write no more than 300 words on a travel & tourism topic that is important to you. This is an open invitation to travel & tourism stakeholders to contribute a “GT” Insight Bite. Simply contact “GT”. Unlike other “Good Tourism” Insight Bites that have deadlines and are based on specific questions or hypothetical scenarios, this invitation […]
Read More “GT” Insight Bites: On tourism technology, progress, and local benefit-sharing
Do your travel & tourism operations or academic pursuits contribute to a “continuation or reimposition of imperialist rule”? Are they part of your nation’s efforts to influence a less developed land and exploit its resources? As a travel & tourism stakeholder, are you, as some would say, a neocolonialist? Discuss. Your correspondent put these questions […]
Read More Hey, travel & tourism, are you ‘neocolonialist’?
This ‘Good news in travel & tourism’ wraps up two months of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences. Share it as you would a cake … or would you!? It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tourism” doesn’t judge. “GT” publishes. Did you ever want to write […]
Read More Good news in travel & tourism June-July 2023
Richard Butler wonders why sustainability awards are given to stakeholders in destinations that rely upon long-haul air travel. In direct reply to “Good Tourism” newsletter #185, Prof Butler wrote: I wonder why so many organisations supporting ‘sustainable tourism’ offer awards to enterprises in countries where the majority of non-domestic tourists travel long distances by plane to reach such […]
Read More Do sustainability awards in long-haul destinations make sense?
A long-established Asia Pacific regional travel & tourism industry association comprising public and private sector members is seeking a new executive leader. What specific priorities and competencies should the ideal candidate have? Your correspondent put this (hypothetical?) scenario and question to “GT’s” diverse network of travel & tourism stakeholders — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Partners, and their invitees — and […]
Read More Who’s the new boss? Asia Pacific tourism industry association seeks leader