Pablo Torres on revenue, volume, value, and the keys to success in tourism

January 11, 2024

Pablo Torres. "Learn. Travel. Dare!"

Can travel & tour­ism des­tin­a­tions learn some­thing from rev­en­ue man­agers about max­im­ising value out of any giv­en volume? Pablo Torres par­ti­cip­ated in a Tourism’s Hori­zon Inter­view. For this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, the inter­view­er Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci sum­mar­ises the high­lights. [The full tran­scripts of the Tourism’s Hori­zon Inter­views are avail­able on Substack.] Who is Pablo Torres? Pablo Torres is a […]

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Enhancing equitable climate adaptation strategies through responsible tourism

and January 10, 2024

Enhancing equitable climate adaptation strategies through responsible tourism ... Base image by staboslaw via Pixabay

Kev­in Phun of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore hosts the Respons­ible Tour­ism pod­cast, which explores the many dimen­sions of respons­ible tour­ism. Mr Phun sum­mar­ises his thoughts about the chal­lenges and oppor­tun­it­ies around equit­able cli­mate adaptation.

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Oh, Canada: Reconciliation via Indigenous storytelling, dignity, and ‘dark tourism’

and January 8, 2024
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Can 'dark tourism' help Canada reconcile its past and present? Photo by Taylor Burke: Cedar Lake Ranch, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) Manitoba.

Can tour­ism — ‘dark tour­ism’ — and the storytelling that it facil­it­ates help Canada and Cana­dians recon­cile their past and look for­ward to a bright­er, more united future? Kel­ley A McClinchey and Frédéric Dimanche explore these themes in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] A rev­el­a­tion of truth For more than 150 years, Canada’s Indigenous […]

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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028?

December 19, 2023
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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028? Cobra image by P Schreiner (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/line-cobra-dangerous-reptile-1974382/

Over the next five years, what is the single biggest chal­lenge or threat facing tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study?  And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to over­come it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the […]

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Revealed for COP 28: Global tourism’s first climate change stocktake report

December 13, 2023

TPCC 'Tourism and Climate Change Stocktake 2023'

The first Tour­ism and Cli­mate Change Stock­take report has been released by the Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) con­cur­rent with the UN COP 28 Cli­mate Con­fer­ence. [Down­load the Stock­take.] Its 24 key find­ings aim to sup­port policy makers and the tour­ism industry to accel­er­ate plan­ning and invest­ment toward low car­bon and cli­mate resi­li­ent glob­al tourism. […]

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Prof Richard Butler on tourism’s challenges and academia’s inadequacies

December 12, 2023

Professor Richard Butler on tourism’s challenges and academia’s inadequacies ... "[Don't] let wishful thinking take precedence over logic"

As most travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers rush towards an uncer­tain future filled with very real chal­lenges, Richard But­ler wor­ries that aca­demia is los­ing itself down ideo­lo­gic­al alley­ways and crit­ic­al cul-de-sacs. The cre­at­or of But­ler­’s Tour­ism Area Life Cycle (TALC) mod­el thinks it is import­ant for tour­ism research­ers and edu­cat­ors to check in with real­ity. Prof […]

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