Dancers, singers, and drummers from a local women’s cooperative welcome visitors to the Red Rocks Cultural Center in Nyakinama village, Rwanda. Pic by David Gillbanks.
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When considering inbound tourism where you live, work, or operate, how do you feel about the value visitors bring, the values they hold, and their numbers? That is your “GT” Insight Bites challenge. Respond in the comments at any time. For free copy editing, layout, and preview in time for the official “GT” Insight Bites compilation, the […]
Read More Visitor value, values, volume: What’s good where you are?
Has ‘sustainability’ in travel & tourism become too narrowly focussed on a single ‘P’, Planet, sidelining the well-being of people? Beth Allgood thinks it may have, especially in the nature-based and ecotourism niches. Ms Allgood proposes how we might measure well-being in order to manage it. It’s her second “Good Tourism” Insight. Sustainability must include […]
Read More Can we measure well-being? Rethinking ‘sustainability’ in nature-based tourism
If the United States under Donald Trump threatens freedom of movement and freedom of thought — and the businesses and livelihoods that facilitate both — what should travel, tourism, and hospitality stakeholders do? K Michael Haywood reckons industry and the academy should put aside long-standing differences. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [You too can share.] Democracies in decline … Democracies […]
Read More How should travel & tourism respond to threats to free movement, thought?
Is a travel & tourism career still attractive in 2025? What is the most important thing that a young person should understand before embarking upon a career in tourism? That is your “GT” Insight Bites challenge. Write up to 300 words about the question in the comments at any time. [The deadline for free copy editing, […]
Read More Is a travel & tourism career still attractive? Important things to understand in 2025
It’s not news, but it will be news to many. The remote island of St Helena and its tiny population got a USD 380 million airport. That was shortly before the global COVID shutdowns. While St Helena Airport (HLE) has yet to deliver on its tourism and economic development potential, Marcella Mittens and many other […]
Read More St Helena got an airport: Where to now for one of Earth’s remotest places?
Sometimes the first step is the hardest. This applies as much to the daunting task of obtaining sustainable tourism certification as anything else; especially for micro and small businesses that cannot afford to throw resources at a new department or employee to manage it. Kevin Phun offers his advice in this “Good Tourism” Insight. [You too […]
Read More Considering sustainable tourism certification? What to do first and what to look for