“Good Tourism” Insights

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.

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.

“Good Tour­ism” Insights are ori­gin­al posts by aca­dem­ics, experts, and prac­ti­tion­ers who are keen to share their sus­tain­able tour­ism and respons­ible tour­ism insights, expert­ise, and exper­i­ences, in plain Eng­lish, for the bene­fit of all travel & tour­ism stakeholders.

Each “GT” Insight rep­res­ents the opin­ion of its author, NOT neces­sar­ily the opin­ion of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog, its Part­ners, or its pub­lish­er. The “Good Tour­ism” Blog neither pays nor is paid for any “GT” Insight. 

Any­one with an informed and sin­cerely-held opin­ion about travel & tour­ism is wel­come to sub­mit a “GT” Insight for pub­lic­a­tion. The “GT” Insight guidelines are very simple.

Souvenirs: Can three pieces of coral inspire tourism towards ocean regeneration?

July 4, 2023

Can travel & tourism contribute to ocean regeneration? Image by Vlad Tchompalov (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/ZEpxoNzKfcc

Three pieces of cor­al, and the memor­ies they evoke, inspire K Michael Hay­wood to con­sider how travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers might con­trib­ute to ocean regen­er­a­tion.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Every souven­ir deserves a val­ued space in our homes. As gathered from the beach in Sao Mar­tinho do Porto, […]

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‘parkrun tourism’: A tonic for our times

June 27, 2023

parkrun tourism Image by Pintera Studio (CC0) via Pixabay

It is gen­er­ally con­sidered healthy to social­ise with oth­ers and to exer­cise out­doors; activ­it­ies that some jur­is­dic­tions deemed prob­lem­at­ic dur­ing pan­dem­ic lock­downs.  Com­bin­ing those activ­it­ies is park­run­ning.  Han­nah Dalton invest­ig­ates the poten­tial of park­run and park­run tour­ism to (re)build social cap­it­al both at home and away. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a […]

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Who’s the new boss? Asia Pacific tourism industry association seeks leader

June 13, 2023

Who's the new boss of an Asia Pacific travel & tourism industry association? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34011100/plot-pacific-ocean-and-continents-with-ggplot2borders

A long-estab­l­ished Asia Pacific region­al travel & tour­ism industry asso­ci­ation com­pris­ing pub­lic and private sec­tor mem­bers is seek­ing a new exec­ut­ive lead­er.  What spe­cif­ic pri­or­it­ies and com­pet­en­cies should the ideal can­did­ate have? Your cor­res­pond­ent put this (hypo­thet­ic­al?) scen­ario and ques­tion to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and […]

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Ecotourism for the masses, not the elite classes!

June 6, 2023
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Ecotourism for the masses. Is Central Park, New York, an example? Image by Harry Gillen (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/vMLfRVkWItI

‘Eco­tour­ism for the masses, not the elite classes!’ is a slo­gan you’re unlikely to hear at a protest any time soon.  Sudip­ta Sarkar argues for an urb­an eco­tour­ism for the masses that looks far bey­ond West­ern debates for inspir­a­tion. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You too can write […]

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‘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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Why sustainability certification is a process or journey, not a destination

May 23, 2023

Is sustainability certification a journey rather than a destination? Singapore garden image by Paula Prekopova (CCO) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/Mt9DbRm2KmA

Organ­isa­tions can reap bene­fits while pur­su­ing sus­tain­ab­il­ity cer­ti­fic­a­tion, which can extend far bey­ond the acquis­i­tion of the cer­ti­fic­ate itself, accord­ing to Kev­in Phun. We have often heard that: “Suc­cess is a jour­ney, not a des­tin­a­tion”.  The second part of the quote is: “The doing is often more import­ant than the out­come.” BrainyQuote attrib­utes these words […]

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