Here you will find news about The “Good Tourism” Blog’s Partners and friends in Africa — especially their sustainable tourism and/or responsible travel activities — plus “Good news in tourism” and coverage of African travel & tourism industry events to which “GT” is invited or otherwise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.
Before December 2019, “GT” would summarise under-reported news stories or thought-provoking feature articles of relevance to Africa by non-industry media. The sources were well-attributed and linked. Any content republished in full was available rights-free for that purpose from the likes of The Conversation or the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
… because it’s everyone’s business! As the predictable platitudes populated news feeds on World Environment Day, “GT” found real news from real places in the real world and stayed positive … Published every Sunday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. This week […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 31 to Jun 6, 2020
… because it’s everyone’s business! Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. And go! Important “Good Tourism” (“GT”) stuff first: How does a special forces soldier become a proponent and awardee for sincerely responsible tourism? In a “GT” Insight […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 24 – 30, 2020
… because it’s everyone’s business! Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. And go! Important “Good Tourism” (“GT”) stuff first: For a truly sustainable tourism industry to have a chance, destinations and host communities must use the coronavirus crisis […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 17 – 23, 2020
… because it’s everyone’s business! Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. And go! Important “Good Tourism” (“GT”) stuff first: In a fresh “GT” Insight published on Tuesday, responsible tourism and economic development specialist Kevin Phun took a peek […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 10 – 16, 2020
Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. And go! Important “GT” stuff first: The expression “an elephant in the room” means an uncomfortable truth we cannot ignore. With tourism cash flows stemmed, many Asian elephants and their mahouts in […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 3 – 9, 2020
Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. And go! Your correspondent had a scare Monday night when news came through that his hero, his father, had been rushed to hospital in Perth with a cabinet of nasty symptoms. […]
Read More Good news in tourism Apr 26 to May 2, 2020