Here you will find globally-relevant news about The “Good Tourism” Blog’s Partners and friends — especially their sustainable tourism and/or responsible travel activities — plus “Good news in tourism” and coverage of international 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 international importance 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.
Partner Message by Paul Rogers of “GT” Insight Partner Planet Happiness: As tourism stakeholders, if we truly value and believe in this life-changing industry, if we want to advocate its merits and ability to deliver the UN SDGs, we need to recognise the imperative to value and measure travel and tourism’s contribution to destination well-being. Travel and […]
Read More Prioritising well-being in travel & tourism
Ecotourism is in high demand right now in places where physically-distanced outdoor activity is possible. And when the world finally breaks its COVID shackles, those who have been locked down for months in urban environments will likely be desperate for a taste of nature. To help prepare stakeholders for that surge, The Centre for Responsible […]
Read More Prepare now for a surge in ecotourism demand with a CRTS workshop
The parties behind the auction — global initiative for Climate Friendly Travel SUNx — Strong Universal Network and cybersecurity company WISeKey — have created the first ever non-fungible token (NFT) related to climate change and sustainability. The first-off-the-line “Earth Swatch” watch, designed by climate activist and sustainable development pioneer Maurice Strong for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, is going up for […]
Read More Time to be ‘Strong’: Unprecedented NFT Earth Swatch auction to benefit tourism’s post-pandemic recovery, climate resilience, and environmental causes
President of “Good Tourism” Partner SUNx Malta, Geoffrey Lipman, reports: “UN Climate Chief Patricia Espinosa has formally confirmed to our SDG 17 partner Gloria Guevara at the WTTC top level support for the SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Registry, and urged travel & tourism organisations to file their carbon reduction plans.” Here is Professor Lipman’s […]
Read More Back to the future: Time for more ambitious climate action from travel & tourism
The travel & tourism industry is urged to help save the planet. Geoffrey Lipman, President of SUNx Malta, has welcomed the start of Joe Biden’s Presidency with a challenge for us all to use the moment to act now to help redress the devastating impact of climate change. “As a kid we had a silly joke […]
Read More ‘Freeze or Fry Challenge’ highlights need to ACT NOW on climate crisis: SUNx
New European sales & marketing group targets travel & tourism entities worldwide ahead of post-COVID vaccine travel boom. The Worldwide Travel Alliance (WTA) has been launched to provide sales, marketing, representation and PR services to global travel brands seeking European customers. The Alliance consists of six leading sales and marketing experts based in the UK, […]
Read More Worldwide Travel Alliance announced