Support small islands: Register now for 4th Annual SEYS (Strong Earth Youth Summit)


SUNx Malta Strong Earth Youth Summit SEYS 2024 promotion

Young people in tour­ism, and their ment­ors and sup­port­ers, are invited right now to register for the 2024 edi­tion of the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS). The Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) is an annu­al trib­ute to Maurice Strong, cli­mate act­iv­ist for over 50 years and Sec­ret­ary Gen­er­al of the first “Earth Sum­mit” in 1972 […]

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Prof Julio Aramberri on freedom, progress, and academia’s ‘scissors crisis’

February 20, 2024

Julio Aramberri. Picture (c) by Antonio Heredia for an 'El Mundo' article, May 22, 2020. https://www.elmundo.es/opinion/2020/05/22/5ec7cd5f21efa0e55b8b45b0.html

Julio Ara­m­berri reck­ons con­tem­por­ary tour­ism aca­demia tends to focus on either “point­less prag­mat­ism” or “shrill reproof”; the excesses of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’. But ‘pro­gress’ is nuanced and can be poin­ted to in amus­ing ways: “Little could Marx ima­gine that the wish­ful ‘work­ers of all lands, unite’ carved in his Highg­ate grave would come true … […]

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Believe in Bhutan: Book a meeting at ITB for sustainable, affordable, life-changing tours


Believe in Bhutan: Book a meeting at ITB for sustainable, affordable, life-changing tours. Bhutan Believe.

Believe it.  Bhutan, the land famed for its Gross Nation­al Hap­pi­ness, majest­ic land­scapes, and unique cul­tur­al exper­i­ences, is now more access­ible than ever for trav­el­lers.  This is thanks to sev­er­al key improve­ments in travel pro­ced­ures, includ­ing a sim­pli­fied visa pro­cess, reduced Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment Fee (now US$100 per day), and increased flight options.  Not only that, […]

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Discover >100 new carbon-neutral ways to experience Thailand at ITB Berlin 2024


Discover 100 new carbon-neutral ways to experience Thailand at ITB Berlin 2024

Are you attend­ing ITB Ber­lin 2024 and look­ing for fun and inspir­ing new car­­bon-neut­ral tours and activ­it­ies in Thai­l­and for your increas­ingly cli­mate-aware cus­tom­ers? You’re in luck because the Thai Eco­tour­ism and Adven­ture Travel Asso­ci­ation (TEATA), in part­ner­ship with lead­ing Thai research and edu­ca­tion insti­tutes, is rolling out more than 100 new, inspir­ing tours designed to reduce […]

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Prof Soile Veijola on tourism studies, overtourism, the present, and the future

February 13, 2024
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Professor Soile Veijola. Photo by Kaisa Sirén.

For all its diverse onto­lo­gies and epi­stem­o­lo­gies, tour­ism aca­demia and research have not influ­enced industry prac­tice as much as it could have, accord­ing to Soile Vei­jola. That puts her hopes of an ‘eth­ic­al turn’ in tour­ism at risk and has her wor­ried about the future of the phe­nomen­on. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.

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Don’t forget niches: Marketing to micro-communities for sustainable tourism growth


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“Instead of reach­ing a mass audi­ence, des­tin­a­tions can be a big fish in a small pond by focus­ing on niche mar­kets, where they can excel and provide the most value to both vis­it­ors and the tour­ism industry.” So says Jens Thraen­hart, glob­al tour­ism strategist and found­ing part­ner of UNWTO Affil­i­ate Mem­ber Chamele­on Strategies.  Accord­ing to […]

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