If one can put romantic notions of ‘the good old days’ aside, then one must acknowledge that travel was then, and is now, an elitist pursuit for those with the luxuries of cash, time, and/or freedom. Tourism is expensive. Our industry has to change, according to Duncan M Simpson. But how?
Read More Cash, time, or freedom: Travel & tourism is expensive
At Red Rocks Initiative for Sustainable Development in Rwanda we are always open to new partnerships. We recognise that good partners helped us take our very first steps. And good partners have helped us get to where we are now. They, and new partners, will be valued stakeholders in our ongoing journey. More than stakeholders, […]
Read More Partnerships: Good partners are like family at Red Rocks Initiatives Rwanda
Michele Sambaldi stresses the need to keep one’s promises in order to succeed in hospitality and tourism. He also notes the contradictions inherent in discussions around overtourism, sustainability, infrastructure, and development. Mr Sambaldi 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 […]
Read More Michele Sambaldi on technology, overtourism, sustainability, & connectivity
Greg Richards thinks more of us should lift our gaze from our narrow academic, business, and local concerns. We should scan the horizons of what we (think we) know, and try harder to understand the primordial instinct we have to travel and the human incentives that drive the tourism industry. Professor Richards is the subject […]
Read More Prof Greg Richards on academic silos, localism, overtourism, and modernity
What do souvenirs mean to you? What do they say about the people who collect them and the places souvenirs purport to represent; then, now, and in the future? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight by K Michael Haywood. (You too can write a “GT” Insight.) Souvenirs Having returned from a month in Portugal my head, while […]
Read More Souvenirs: Our sensorial selves, memories of the future
Are you attending World Travel Market 2023 and looking for fun and inspiring new carbon-neutral tours for your increasingly conscientious and climate-aware customers? You’re in luck because the Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA) is rolling out 20 new, inspiring tours designed to reduce carbon emissions and fully offset the rest, in local, Thai […]
Read More Discover new carbon-neutral tours in destinations across Thailand at WTM 2023
