Considering a career in tourism? Important things you should know in 2024

March 5, 2024

So, you want a career in tourism? Map image by Harish Sharma (CC0) from Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/spread-of-education-world-map-3245801/

In 2024, what is the most import­ant thing that a young per­son should under­stand before embark­ing upon a career in tour­ism? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing emailed writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  Thanks to the nine human respondents […]

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Cambodian ecolodge commits to conservation and community for the long run


Cambodia’s multiple award-winning conservation lodge, Cardamom Tented Camp, has joined The Long Run, an international group of nature-based tourism businesses that help to protect around 9.3 million hectares (23 million acres) of biodiverse lands on six continents.

Cam­bod­i­a’s mul­tiple award-win­n­ing con­ser­va­tion lodge, Car­damom Ten­ted Camp, has joined The Long Run, an inter­na­tion­al group of nature-based tour­ism busi­nesses that help to pro­tect around 9.3 mil­lion hec­tares (23 mil­lion acres) of biod­i­verse lands on six con­tin­ents. Why join The Long Run? By join­ing The Long Run as a “fel­low mem­ber”, Car­damom Ten­ted Camp com­mits to […]

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Prof Dimitrios Buhalis on ‘overtourism’ and the ‘democratisation of tourism’

February 29, 2024
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Professor Dimitrios Buhalis on the ‘democratisation of tourism’ vs ‘overtourism’ ... “[T]here is no such thing as overtourism!”

There’s always a ten­sion between rights and respons­ib­il­it­ies; the prom­ise of free­dom for one­self and the poten­tial to infringe upon oth­ers.  This is play­ing out in debates about travel & tour­ism, and about what ‘pro­gress’ looks like.  For Dimitri­os Buhal­is, prag­mat­ic prob­lem-solv­ing is key to achiev­ing win-win out­comes … for the bil­lions who won’t be denied […]

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Lasting Laos: Meet 20 certifiably-sustainable hotels and tour companies at ITB


Lasting Laos: Meet Laos' five 'exemplary' certifiably-sustainable tourism companies at ITB Berlin 2024

Travel agents and tour oper­at­ors seek­ing cer­ti­fi­ably-sus­tain­able ground con­tent in the peace­ful and beau­ti­ful emer­ging des­tin­a­tion of Laos can find exactly what they are look­ing for at ITB Ber­lin 2024: Last­ing Laos

Five exem­plary Lao tour­ism com­pan­ies are set to show­case their Trav­elife cer­ti­fic­a­tion, innov­at­ive spir­it, and com­mit­ment to sus­tain­ab­il­ity and sus­tain­able prac­tices at ITB.

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CABI Tourism Cases: Tourism and communities


Tourism and communities. A Cyprus man and his goat. Image by Dimitris Vetsikas (CC0) via Pixabay. "GT" cropped the image and added the words. https://pixabay.com/photos/cyprus-fikardou-village-2568199/

CABI Tour­ism Cases, a “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner, pub­lishes peer-reviewed case stud­ies on travel & tourism’s inter­ac­tions with the world from just about every angle … includ­ing tour­ism and com­munit­ies. This is the second in a new series of posts in which CABI shares brief sum­mar­ies of its most recent tour­ism-related case stud­ies (and books) along vari­ous themes.

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Prolonging anticipatory happiness: How can destinations exceed expectations?

February 22, 2024

Prolonging anticipatory happiness: How can destinations exceed expectations? Packed and ready. Pic by Arnel Hasanovic (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/clothing-items-and-pair-of-shoes-in-luggage-Nl-SXO4FAHw "GT" added the words.

The abil­ity to deliv­er on or exceed expect­a­tions determ­ines wheth­er your des­tin­a­tion will cap­ture a repeat vis­it­or and/or their pos­it­ive word-of-mouth … or a much more vir­al neg­at­ive sen­ti­ment.  In his unique and inim­it­able style, K Michael Hay­wood explores the theme and advoc­ates for the twin approach of com­munit­ies-as-des­t­in­a­­tions and des­tin­a­tions-in-action.  “New friends and new […]

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