Here you will find news about The “Good Tourism” Blog’s Partners and friends in Asia (including the Middle East) — especially their sustainable tourism and/or responsible travel activities — plus “Good news in tourism” and coverage of Asian 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 about or of importance to Asia 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! 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
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 Thailand and elsewhere are in deep trouble. Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund of Work for Wild Life International tells us why that’s the case and how we can help. COVID-19 has suddenly […]
Read More Elephant health experts seek emergency funds for unemployed tourism elephants
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
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! “GT” stuff first: Rachel Sherwood, a travel blogger from Oxfordshire in England, is organising well-deserved holidays for healthcare workers at the front lines of the coronavirus COVID-19 fight. Operation Recuperation […]
Read More Good news in tourism April 19 – 25, 2020
Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the almost-famous pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. “This “Good news” stuff is sooo cool … better than their early stuff. It’s only a matter of time before “Good Tourism” goes mainstream, though …” “Bro! Relaaaaax … “GT” […]
Read More Good news in tourism April 12 – 18, 2020