“Good Tourism” Events

Inform­a­tion about, and cov­er­age of, travel & tour­ism industry events that The “Good Tour­ism” Blog attends in per­son or oth­er­wise sup­ports. Sponsored posts are very welcome.

Thailand Tourism Minister Weerasak props up GSTC conference opening

February 28, 2019

Thailand Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat

HE Weer­a­sak Kowsur­at, Thail­and’s Min­is­ter of Tour­ism and Sport brought props to his open­ing speech for the 2019 Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC) Asia-Pacific Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Con­fer­ence today in Chi­ang Mai. Des­pite micro­phone issues break­ing his flow, Mr Weer­a­sak used the props to make his point. He brought to the podi­um a bag made from fishing […]

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“Good Tourism” supports the second World Heritage mini-conference

February 25, 2019

Lamington blue spiny crayfish encountered on the Coomera circuit walking track in the Binna Burra section Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia. Photo by Tatters (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr. "GT" cropped and enhanced the image. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/12250342224/in/photostream/

UPDATE (May 16, 2019). The organ­isers have decided to post­pone the planned two-day mini-con­­fer­­ence at Binna Burra Lodge in Octo­ber 2019 and make it a three-day event in 2020 — from Tues­day, Octo­ber 13 to Thursday, Octo­ber 15. The first World Her­­it­age-themed mini-con­­fer­­ence took place over three days at the Binna Burra Lodge in Octo­ber 2018.  The top­ic was ‘Man­aging the growth of […]

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