“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places

“GT” Des­tin­a­tions & Places is all about con­fid­ent des­tin­a­tions, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

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Wasn’t me! Defining tourism sub-sector responsibilities for EU ESG reporting

December 20, 2024

Tourism ESG reporting. Prison bars image by Craig Clark (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/icon-human-rights-2071965/ Jungle path image by Sasin Tipchai (CC0) from Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/jungle-pathway-steps-way-sunlight-1807476/

How can the European Uni­on’s (EU) travel and hos­pit­al­ity sec­tors estab­lish clear respons­ib­il­ity bound­ar­ies while ensur­ing envir­on­ment­al, social, and gov­ernance (ESG) account­ab­il­ity across the entire tour­ism value chain? Robin Boustead shares his first “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  Loom­ing dead­lines, fines, (pris­on?) We are rap­idly approach­ing the end of the first year of data gath­er­ing for companies […]

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For real: Barcelona’s housing crisis caused by anti-hospitality policy, not tourism

November 17, 2024
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What caused Barcelona's housing crisis? Tourism? Or anti-tourism policy? El Pórtico de la Lavandera, Park Güell, Barcelona, Spain. Image by LoggaWiggler (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/park-g%C3%BCell-gaud%C3%AD-5238/

Prop­erty man­age­ment pro­fes­sion­al Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci shares his views on Bar­celon­a’s hous­ing crisis and the anti-tour­ism polit­ics at play in his adop­ted home city.  Pub­lished in col­lab­or­a­tion with Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions, a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner, it’s Mr Ber­to­lu­c­ci’s sev­enth “GT” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] On the anti-tour­ism radar The most […]

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Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia adds three premium river view tents

November 8, 2024

New river view tent at Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia

Car­damom Ten­ted Camp’s new accom­mod­a­tions offer serene river views and an intim­ate wild­life exper­i­ence in Cambodia’s largest nation­al park, where “your stay keeps the forest stand­ing”. ‘Unpar­alleled con­nec­tion to nature’ Car­damom Ten­ted Camp, set with­in the pristine wil­der­ness of Cambodia’s Botum Sakor Nation­al Park, has enhanced its eco-con­­s­cious accom­mod­a­tion offer­ing with the addi­tion of three […]

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Anurak Community Lodge wins Amazing Thailand responsible tourism award

November 6, 2024
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Anurak Community Lodge in southern Thailand has won the Tourism Authority of Thailand 2024 Responsible Tourism Award in the “Responsible Tourism Accommodation” category. Willem Niemeijer, Anurak co-founder and CEO of Anurak owner-operator YAANA Ventures, received the award from Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Sorawong Thienthong, at World Travel Market in London, November 5.

Anurak Com­munity Lodge in south­ern Thai­l­and has won the Tour­ism Author­ity of Thai­l­and 2024 Respons­ible Tour­ism Award in the “Respons­ible Tour­ism Accom­mod­a­tion” cat­egory. Willem Niemeijer, Anurak co-founder and CEO of Anurak own­er-oper­­at­or YAANA Ven­tures, received the award from Thail­and’s Min­is­ter of Tour­ism and Sports, Sor­a­wong Thi­enthong, at World Travel Mar­ket in Lon­don, Novem­ber 5. ‘Hol­ist­ic approach’ […]

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The human touch: Why Scotland should keep its visitor information centres open

October 16, 2024

VisitScotland's plan to close its visitor information centres (‘iCentres’) is a catastrophic move, according to Alastair Naughton who pens his fourth “Good Tourism” Insight. Mysterious stone circles by pexels (CC0) via Pixabay. Flag of Scotland by jorono (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/stone-circles-mystery-cult-1853340/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/international-banner-flag-scotland-2423877/

Vis­itScot­land’s plan to close its vis­it­or inform­a­tion centres (‘iCentres’) misses the mark, accord­ing to Alastair Naughton who pens his fourth “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Vis­itScot­land’s pro­pos­al to close all its iCentres by 2026 is a mis­guided strategy that fails to recog­nise the diverse needs of tour­ists.  While it is true […]

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Preserving Nigeria’s cultural heritage through authenticity in tourism, education, technology

October 1, 2024

Calabar Carnival, ‘Africa’s Biggest Street Party, part of Nigeria's cultural heritage Akintomiwaao, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Today, ‘Octo­ber First’, is Nigeria’s Nation­al Inde­pend­ence Day. To mark the occa­sion, UK-based Nigeri­an aca­dem­ic Shola Osinaike makes a case for con­nect­ing Nigeria’s cul­tur­al her­it­age to its prom­ising future through authen­t­ic exper­i­ences in tour­ism, edu­ca­tion, and tech­no­logy. Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions for invit­ing Dr Osinaike to write […]

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