With ‘greenwashing’ and other forms of empty rhetoric and ineffective policymaking allegedly rampant, is the travel & tourism industry, its students and consultants, engaged in ‘wishwashing’: hoping motivations and incentive structures are better aligned to our wishes than what they are in the real world? Yes? No? Sometimes? Maybe? Offer examples. And that, my friend, is […]
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Welcome to the January-February 2025 wrap of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences shared by friends and Partners of The “Good Tourism” Blog. [You too can share.] “Good Tourism” never defines ‘good tourism’. Your correspondent would never be so bold. The fact is that what’s good for one stakeholder may not be […]
Read More What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” wrap January-February 2025
Khiri Travel has launched two major series of tour products ahead of ITB Berlin. The first is Asian city day tours that indulge all five senses. The second is a series of multi-day travel experiences where guests visit or stay in charming colonial mansions and hotels from the era of 19th century European explorers in Asia. […]
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“Interesting range of views”, Richard Butler (of Tourism Area Life Cycle model fame) writes in the comments section of the “GT” Insight Bites on opportunities and threats to tourism in 2025. “How do we square the first response re air travel and the second and fourth positive responses about tourism in [Southeast] Asia where many of the […]
Read More Butler asks: How do we solve one of the great conundrums of ‘sustainable’ tourism?
Khiri Travel has joined The Long Run, a global community of purpose-driven tourism businesses which aims to implement positive change around the world. Fast-growing global network The Long Run is a fast-growing global network that believes in regenerative travel, and in leading by example to make tourism a force for good around the world With 73 members — mostly […]
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Think Playgrounds (TPG) is protecting the unique biodiversity of the Red River through the creation of inclusive meeting places on the edge of deprived neighbourhoods in Hanoi, Vietnam. TPG is an EXO Foundation Sustainability Award winner. This post is based on a longer article (PDF) written by former TPG intern Lucija Wićaz. A growing need […]
Read More Reclaim the riverside! EXO award winner creates family-friendly green spaces in Hanoi
