Who can be a successful leader of a highly effective tourism association in 2023?

August 8, 2023

What makes a successful leader of a highly effective tourism association in 2023? Smiley and frownies by Magic Creative (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/smiley-emoji-emote-symbol-emoticon-1041796/

Lead­er­ship has nev­er been more chal­len­ging, accord­ing to K Michael Hay­wood.  Who can respond to mul­tiple (real and ima­gined) crises, bal­ance com­pet­ing stake­hold­er demands with­in a coher­ent vis­ion, and main­tain one’s own men­tal health while attend­ing to the feel­ings of oth­ers?  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You too can write a “GT” Insight.) In the […]

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TPCC engages travel & tourism research community in open discussion on climate change, in preparation for first ‘Stocktake’


TPCC tourism and climate change surrey 2023 feat

The inde­pend­ent, sci­ence-based Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) had its first pub­lic open dis­cus­sion with more than 350 travel & tour­ism aca­dem­ic research­ers on July 6, the second day of the Sur­rey 2023 Con­fer­ence, “Back For Good”. Pro­fess­or Daniel Scott, who chaired the ses­sion, described the audi­ence engage­ment at the event as “very encour­aging and […]

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Hey, travel & tourism, are you ‘neocolonialist’?

August 2, 2023
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Tourism and neocolonialism. A surrealist representation of tourism as a neocolonialist enterprise by DALL-E-2

Do your travel & tour­ism oper­a­tions or aca­dem­ic pur­suits con­trib­ute to a “con­tinu­ation or reim­pos­i­tion of imper­i­al­ist rule”? Are they part of your nation’s efforts to influ­ence a less developed land and exploit its resources? As a travel & tour­ism stake­hold­er, are you, as some would say, a neo­co­lo­ni­al­ist?  Dis­cuss. Your cor­res­pond­ent put these questions […]

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Good news in travel & tourism June-July 2023

July 27, 2023

Share 'Good news in travel & tourism June-July 2023' as you would a cake ... or would you!? Image by SwapnIl Dwivedi (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/Nl8Oa6ZuNcA

This ‘Good news in travel & tour­ism’ wraps up two months of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a cake … or would you!? It’s “GT”. And go!  (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” doesn’t judge. “GT” pub­lishes. Did you ever want to write […]

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You are invited to Rwanda for the 11th Red Rocks Cultural Festival 2023

July 25, 2023
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You are invited to the Red Rocks Cultural Festival 2023

As the Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al 2023 approaches, all eyes turn to Rwanda, the land of a thou­sand hills, cul­tur­al won­ders, and warm hos­pit­al­ity.  Now in its 11th year, this extraordin­ary fest­iv­al offers a glimpse into the soul of the coun­try; pro­mot­ing cul­tur­al her­it­age, com­munity con­ser­va­tion, and empower­ment.  Wheth­er you are a seasoned trav­el­ler or […]

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From subsistence to something special: The rise of luxury agritourism

July 18, 2023
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Luxury agritourism with free-range chickens at Margi Farm, Greece

The oppor­tun­ity to earn a sup­ple­ment­al income from agri­t­our­ism is very appeal­ing to many farm­ers who have tra­di­tion­ally struggled to sur­vive let alone thrive. So while the concept of ‘lux­ury’ is evolving, could the world’s tra­di­tion­al agri­cul­tur­ists be sit­ting on a lux­ury agri­t­our­ism gold mine? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight by Stefania Fren.

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