“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.

‘The hospitality industry offers a great career.’ Really?

May 30, 2023

A career in hospitality might involve serving cocktails in Wengen, Switzerland. Image by Alev Takil (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/3syTDiVAc7w

A fam­ily mem­ber in the last year of high school is ask­ing you for advice on careers. Would you sug­gest a career in hos­pit­al­ity?  Why? Why not? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these simple ques­tions about a career in hos­pit­al­ity to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and reques­ted written […]

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Cruise ships: Blessing or blight?

May 2, 2023

Cruise ships: Blessing or blight? A DALL‑E-generated "watercolour of small islands and a cruise ship"

Are cruise ships a bless­ing or a blight? Why? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these simple ques­tions about cruise ships to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and reques­ted writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  Thanks to those who chose to par­ti­cip­ate. Their answers appear in the order […]

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Tourist vs traveller: What’s the difference?

March 22, 2023

Tourist vs traveller: What's the difference? Image (CC0) by Jan Vašek via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/users/jeshoots-com-264599/

What is the dif­fer­ence between a tour­ist and a trav­el­ler?  How do the beha­viours and atti­tudes of tour­ists dif­fer from those of trav­el­lers when inter­act­ing with people and places? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these tour­ist vs trav­el­ler ques­tions to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and invited emailed […]

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The heads of finance, operations, and public relations walk into their boss’s office … 

February 21, 2023

An impressionist painting of a business meeting in a boss office by DALL-E

The heads of fin­ance, oper­a­tions, and pub­lic rela­tions walk into their boss’s office …  It might be the setup for a joke — feel free to sug­gest a punch­line — but it could per­tain to a very ser­i­ous mat­ter.  What is the most import­ant issue that they could talk about? And how might they come to an agree­ment? Your correspondent […]

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Yes, Tourism Minister

January 10, 2023
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Yes, Tourism Minister ... Houses of Parliament clock tower image by Justin Vogt (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/london-bigben-clock-2640268/

You learn that you will be appoin­ted Tour­ism Min­is­ter of your coun­try in Janu­ary 2023.  To help pre­pare your­self for media inter­views, draft a brief sum­mary of your vis­ion for the future of tour­ism in your nation. Your cor­res­pond­ent put this hypo­thet­ic­al to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their […]

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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2027?

November 22, 2022

Tourism's challenges and threats. Cobra image by P Schreiner (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/line-cobra-dangerous-reptile-1974382/

Over the next five years, what is the single biggest chal­lenge or threat facing tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study?  And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to over­come it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the […]

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