“Good Tourism” Insight Bites

A “GT” Insight Bites post is a col­lec­tion of short writ­ten responses to an identic­al set of pro­pos­i­tions and/or ques­tions that The “Good Tour­ism” Blog puts to a diverse range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers. “GT” pub­lishes all the replies after only very light copy-edit­ing, ensur­ing that the respond­ents’ con­sidered thoughts on the mat­ter are faith­fully represented.

“GT” Insight Bites: Geopolitics and tourism

December 10, 2024

Geopolitics and tourism. Image by StarFlames (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/chess-camera-world-map-2258804/ "GT" cropped it and added the words "Geopolitics & tourism".

Like it or not, geo­pol­it­ics affects travel pat­terns. How can the tour­ism industry where you are bet­ter bal­ance the polit­ic­al sens­it­iv­it­ies of loc­al and inter­na­tion­al stake­hold­ers? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join […]

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Tourism stakeholders: Who has an outsized voice? Who has no voice? Who cares?

November 7, 2024

Tourism stakeholders: Who has an outsized voice? Who has no voice? Who speaks for you? Who cares? AI-generated speech bubbles by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-feedback-speech-bubbles-8862444/

Among tour­ism stake­hold­ers, who has an out­sized voice, and who has no voice? Why is this import­ant where you live and work? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join the “GT” net­work. Register.) Thanks […]

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Would you abolish taxes on tips?

October 3, 2024

Abolishing taxes on tips is a promise made by both US presidential candidates. Based on where you are, and your experience of tourism and hospitality, what do you think of the policy? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question. Pic by Sam Dan Truong (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/clear-glass-jar--rF4kuvgHhU

Abol­ish­ing taxes on tips is a prom­ise made by both US pres­id­en­tial can­did­ates. Based on where you are, and your exper­i­ence of tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity, what do you think of the policy? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no […]

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Three critics walk into a bar …

September 10, 2024

Three critics walk into a bar … "Good Tourism" Insight Bites. Sign photos by Steve Allison via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/bar-led-signage-LRx-y4bRdMA

Three crit­ics — a set­tler colo­ni­al­ism crit­ic, an illeg­al immig­ra­tion crit­ic, and a mass tour­ism crit­ic — walk into a bar …  Is this the set-up for a joke or a real pos­sib­il­ity? What shared con­cerns might they dis­cuss, and where might their per­spect­ives diverge? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in […]

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How are emerging technologies transforming the travel & tourism industry?

August 8, 2024

How are emerging technologies transforming the travel & tourism industry? Image generated by AI

How are emer­ging tech­no­lo­gies trans­form­ing the travel & tour­ism industry? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join the “GT” net­work. Register.) Thanks to the four respond­ents — pro­fess­ors, pro­fes­sion­als, prac­ti­tion­ers — who took the time to share their […]

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What does it mean to be critical of tourism?

June 4, 2024

What does it mean to be critical of tourism? Airport image by Jan Vašek (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/airport-woman-flight-boarding-2373727/ Pointing fingers by Gordon Johnson (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/vectors/pointing-fingers-arms-frame-border-6028818/

Some “GT” read­ers are crit­ic­al of tour­ism, par­tic­u­larly ‘mass tour­ism’. Some in the uni­ver­sit­ies see them­selves as part of a ‘Crit­ic­al Tour­ism Stud­ies’ move­ment. But what does it mean to be ‘crit­ic­al’ in rela­tion to mod­ern tour­ism?  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” […]

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