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“GT” retired its weekly “Good news in tourism” posts in April 2021. The weekly posts featured brief summaries of and links to positive industry news from off-piste sources. Before December 2019, “GT” would summarise under-reported news stories or thought-provoking feature articles by non-industry media. The sources were well-attributed and linked. Any content “GT” republished in full was available for that purpose from the likes of The Conversation and Thomson Reuters Foundation.
I jot down this irrelevant preamble on December 31, 2020 … Most of the past 364 days have been terribly tough for many, of course, especially travel & tourism folk. Can’t say much more about it than every person and their pet has already said — “Good riddance 2020 … Hope 2021 is better … blah blah […]
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“Good Tourism” Partner announcement: Youth Summit to create tomorrow’s Climate Friendly Travel leaders through a virtual program of fun and educational events, as well as create Climate Friendly Travel Champions. SUNx Malta will host the first ever climate friendly youth travel summit in April 2021. The ‘Strong Earth Youth Summit’ (SEYS) will include lectures, workshops […]
Read More SUNx Malta to stage first Strong Earth Youth Summit
Much has been written about including host communities in destination management and tourism development decision-making, but how would one go about measuring contentment, well-being, or even happiness, on an ongoing basis? In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Paul Rogers of “GT” Insight Partner Planet Happiness presents a solution. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 global […]
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Because we cannot be cancelled … Published most Sundays, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism … everyone’s business. This week’s good travel & tourism news menu: (Click / touch an item to go straight to it.) “Good Tourism” news (since the last “Good news”) incl. […]
Read More Good news in tourism “Good Tourism” catch-up Dec 13, 2020
Khiri Travel is introducing comprehensive offsetting program with ClimateCare. The DMC is also offering new low emissions ‘slow travel’ holiday options. Asian DMC Khiri Travel is on its way to becoming fully carbon neutral. As part of its approach to take responsibility for its impact on the environment, Khiri Travel has partnered with climate and […]
Read More Khiri Travel to go carbon-neutral from January 2021
“Asking questions is the best place to start,” Anna Pollock said during the afternoon of the third and final day of the 2020 Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference. And she’s right, of course, yet no-one got the opportunity to ask her any! Ms Pollock may be right about the benefit of questions, but she’s obviously not […]
Read More Regenerative ecotourism: Asking questions is the best place to start