“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.

‘Tourism is built on the backbone of white supremacy’. What do you think?

October 11, 2022
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Is tourism built on white supremacy?

Without offer­ing any des­t­in­a­­tion- or mar­ket-spe­­ci­f­ic con­text, one com­ment­at­or recently asser­ted that tour­ism is “built on the back­bone of white suprem­acy”.  What do you think? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and invited emailed writ­ten responses of no […]

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Really, what’s the difference? ‘Sustainable tourism’ vs ‘regenerative tourism’

September 20, 2022

Sustainable tourism vs regenerative tourism. What's the difference? Terraces by Zetong Li (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/soRA0cugtHI

In des­tin­a­tion and industry prac­tice, what is (are) the difference(s) between ‘sus­tain­able tour­ism’ and ‘regen­er­at­ive tour­ism’? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and invited emailed writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  My thanks to […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Want a career in tourism? Important things you should know

September 6, 2022

what you should know before you start a career in tourism. Image by Harish Sharma (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/spread-of-education-world-map-3245801/

In 2022, what is the most import­ant thing that a young per­son should under­stand before embark­ing upon a career in tour­ism? For this “GT” Insight Bites, your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion above to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Part­ners, guest authors, and their invit­ees — and invited writ­ten responses of up to 300 words.  My thanks […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on travel & tourism and a fairer world

August 9, 2022

Fair fun for some. There are diverse perspectives on how travel & tourism can contribute to a fairer world. Photo by sebastien cordat via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/ZGOlXxJz1dM

How can travel & tour­ism con­trib­ute to a fairer world? For this “GT” Insight Bites, your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion above to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers, and invited writ­ten responses of up to 300 words.  My thanks to all 15 respond­ents.  Their answers appear in the order in which I received them … […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on economic degrowth and tourism

June 21, 2022

Tourism and economic degrowth. Is the only sustainable growth degrowth? Stencil wall by kamiel79 (CC0) and question mark overlay by kropekk_pl (CC0) both via Pixabay.

Tour­ism in the post-pan­­dem­ic ‘new nor­mal’ should be informed by eco­nom­ic degrowth, say some tour­ism aca­dem­ics and industry com­ment­at­ors who believe we can and should con­sume — and travel — less. If you are an aca­dem­ic or com­ment­at­or, how would you sum­mar­ise your views on degrowth for a gen­er­al industry audi­ence? If you are a travel & tour­ism practitioner, […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on visitor dispersion

May 31, 2022

Visitor dispersion. Can it be managed? Or will visitors simply go where the winds blows, like dandelion seeds? Image by akirEVarga (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/dandelion-seeds-flower-nature-5302188/

An oft-cited anti­dote to over­tour­ism, and a means to spread the bene­fits of tour­ism more widely, is ‘vis­it­or dis­per­sion’. What are the biggest chal­lenges to encour­aging and incentiv­ising tour­ists to explore more of a des­tin­a­tion? Who or what do you think could con­trib­ute most to effect­ive vis­it­or dis­per­sion? What can an organ­isa­tion like yours do […]

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