Tanner C Knorr

Tanner C Knorr

Tan­ner C Knorr

Tan­ner C Knorr is own­er & founder of the sus­tain­able tour oper­at­or Off Sea­son Adven­tures and pres­id­ent of Second Look World­wide.

Second Look World­wide is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organ­isa­tion that ensures the bene­fits of tour­ism are real­ised in loc­al com­munit­ies by spon­sor­ing infra­struc­ture improve­ments. Off Sea­son Adven­tures keeps more than 90% of tour costs with­in host eco­nom­ies and con­trib­utes sig­ni­fic­antly to con­ser­va­tion with­in destinations.

With a Bach­el­ors in Archae­ology and a Mas­ters in Admin­is­trat­ive Stud­ies (Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment & Tour­ism Man­age­ment) from Boston Uni­ver­sity, Tan­ner has assisted in teach­ing tour­ism-related sub­jects at Har­vard Exten­sion School and Ari­zona State Uni­ver­sity. He is now a PhD Stu­dent at Ari­zona State Uni­ver­sity (Com­munity Resources & Devel­op­ment, con­cen­trat­ing in Sus­tain­able Tourism).

On the fringes: When the City of Sedona’s tourism policy failed the urban outskirts

May 25, 2021

Loy Butte is to the northwest of Sedona, Arizona. (Oak Creek Canyon is to the north.) There are remarkable rocks and spectacular scenes all around Sedona. By Sunfellow (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/loy-butte-sedona-arizona-hiking-672889/

Ari­zon­a’s great out­doors is a draw for people escap­ing COVID lock­down. While the state’s cit­ies and tour­ist towns reap the eco­nom­ic rewards, some places only see the down­side as the masses pass through. How can tour­ism policy-makers account for the poten­tial neg­at­ive effects of inbound travel on those just out­side a des­tin­a­tion?  It’s a “Good […]

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Climate change, COVID-19, and the need for global systemic change

March 2, 2021

Working women protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh. By MARUF_RAHMAN (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/women-crowd-protest-protesters-5963960/

Tan­ner C Knorr picks up themes dis­cussed in a webin­ar by the US-based Cen­ter for Respons­ible Travel and maps them onto five core ten­ets of the Future of Tour­ism Coali­tion. Mr Knorr is the founder of two “Good Tour­ism” Part­ners: Second Look World­wide and Off Sea­son Adven­tures. This is his fourth “Good Tour­ism” Insight. “Crisis […]

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Tourism infrastructure, well-being, & how to ‘build back better’ for all

January 26, 2021

A construction. By EliasSch (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/zen-garden-meditation-monk-stones-2040340/

To “build back bet­ter” for real rather than for rhet­or­ic, the travel & tour­ism industry can­not ignore the built envir­on­ment and its sig­ni­fic­ant influ­ence on sus­tain­ab­il­ity and well-being. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Tan­ner C Knorr of “GT” part­ners Off Sea­son Adven­tures and Second Look World­wide explores why it’s import­ant to get land use policy and infra­struc­ture invest­ments right. […]

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Wake UP! to the transformative power of partnership & enterprise in Uganda

and November 19, 2020

Wake up to the transformative power of enterprise in Uganda

Tan­ner C Knorr of Second Look World­wide talks with Iain Pat­ton of Uganda Part­ner­ship (UP!) about trans­form­a­tion­al tours. Tan­ner: Tell us about Uganda Part­ner­ship.  Iain: Uganda Part­ner­ship is a win-win approach to trav­el­ling off the beaten track in Africa and fund­ing busi­ness solu­tions to the poverty in the com­munit­ies we meet. At Uganda Part­ner­ship, or UP! for […]

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How tourism averts disaster: By thinking, acting globally

August 11, 2020
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"Danger cliff edge" sign on a windswept grassy landscape. How does tourism avert disaster?

Tan­ner C Knorr is wor­ried. He’s wor­ried for travel & tour­ism-reli­ant parts of the world he thinks may be headed for a cliff’s edge, includ­ing places he knows very well. In this “GT” Insight, the founder of two “GT” part­ners sug­gests how the whole world might pull togeth­er to avert dis­aster. When COVID-19 hit I […]

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How running water changes lives: Tourism takes a second look in Tanzania

December 9, 2019

Fresh water runs from a newly-installed tap into the cupped hands of a Tanzanian man

Tan­ner C Knorr, Pres­id­ent of “GT” Insight Part­ner Second Look World­wide, takes us to Kakoi vil­lage in Tan­zania — the first bene­fi­ciary of a prag­mat­ic approach to sup­port­ing com­munit­ies that are dir­ectly affected by, or live adja­cent to, tour­ism activ­ity.  When trav­el­ling to devel­op­ing coun­tries, noti­cing dis­crep­an­cies between the areas of tour­ism and those imme­di­ately out­side is […]

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