“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places in Asia

“GT” des­tin­a­tions in Asia, includ­ing the Middle East, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

“Good Tourism” Destination Partnership

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Mission vision: Accessible, inclusive tourism for the visually impaired

July 12, 2017

Accessible and inclusive tourism for the visually impaired. Training.

A truly access­ible and inclus­ive tour­ism industry should view people with dis­ab­il­it­ies, such as visu­al impair­ment, the same as any­one else — as a poten­tially luc­rat­ive mar­ket seg­ment and a pro­duct­ive and innov­at­ive human resource — accord­ing to A Lajwanti Naidu in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Sens­ory organs play a vital role in life. Among them, eyes are probably […]

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Not so happy: Bhutan’s dysfunctional tourism strategy

July 6, 2017
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Bhutan tourism is not so happy

The real­ity of Bhutan tour­ism is more gross dys­func­tion than gross hap­pi­ness, accord­ing to Rieki Crins in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. UPDATE, May 2021: This “GT” Insight from July 2017 con­trasts with the April 2021 “GT” Insight by Dorji Dhradhul of the Tour­ism Coun­cil of Bhutan: “High value, low volume tour­ism: Is Bhutan’s old normal […]

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Elephant tourism: The harms of received wisdom

June 26, 2017
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john roberts elephant tourism

The “received wis­dom” about ele­phant tour­ism that keeps con­scien­tious trav­el­lers away from ele­phant-based attrac­tions is doing more harm than good, accord­ing to ele­phant expert John Roberts in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. UPDATE, May 2021: “GT” asked Mr Roberts wheth­er he would like to update this “GT” Insight from July 2017. In light of the circumstances […]

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How to make a hotel green & responsible: Get on with it!

June 5, 2017
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How to make a hotel green & responsible: Just do it!

Hos­pit­al­ity industry pro­fes­sion­al John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams shares a little of his long exper­i­ence ini­ti­at­ing and driv­ing com­­mon-sense meas­ures at hotels and in host com­munit­ies. Mr Wil­li­ams makes it clear that he favours real action over expens­ive cer­ti­fic­a­tion, believ­ing that dis­cern­ing sup­ply chain part­ners and guests are cap­able of per­ceiv­ing green-wash­ing and cyn­ic­al CSR. UPDATE, June 2021: […]

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