Who’s the new boss? Asia Pacific tourism industry association seeks leader

June 13, 2023

Who's the new boss of an Asia Pacific travel & tourism industry association? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34011100/plot-pacific-ocean-and-continents-with-ggplot2borders

A long-estab­l­ished Asia Pacific region­al travel & tour­ism industry asso­ci­ation com­pris­ing pub­lic and private sec­tor mem­bers is seek­ing a new exec­ut­ive lead­er.  What spe­cif­ic pri­or­it­ies and com­pet­en­cies should the ideal can­did­ate have? Your cor­res­pond­ent put this (hypo­thet­ic­al?) scen­ario and ques­tion to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and […]

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Ecotourism for the masses, not the elite classes!

June 6, 2023
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Ecotourism for the masses. Is Central Park, New York, an example? Image by Harry Gillen (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/vMLfRVkWItI

‘Eco­tour­ism for the masses, not the elite classes!’ is a slo­gan you’re unlikely to hear at a protest any time soon.  Sudip­ta Sarkar argues for an urb­an eco­tour­ism for the masses that looks far bey­ond West­ern debates for inspir­a­tion. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You too can write […]

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No apologies: ‘eXistential’ climate change and peak GHG emissions 2025 are not advocacy issues. Travel & tourism must act now!

and June 5, 2023

No apologies: ‘Existential’ climate change and peak GHG emissions 2025 are not advocacy issues. Travel & tourism must act now!

We at SUNx Malta make no apo­lo­gies for push­ing the exist­en­tial imper­at­ive of achiev­ing peak GHG emis­sions by 2025. We are reach­ing out to the lead­er­ship of the travel & tour­ism sec­tor to act on the latest IPCC report call­ing for three clear tar­gets to sta­bil­ise glob­al tem­per­at­ures at Par­is 1.5°C by mid-century …

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Good news in travel & tourism April-May 2023

May 31, 2023

Share good news in travel and tourism as would a bucket of popcorn image by Hung Diesel (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/popcorn-snack-food-buttered-pop-888003/

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 buck­et of pop­corn … 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 […]

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‘The hospitality industry offers a great career.’ Really?

May 30, 2023

A career in hospitality might involve serving cocktails in Wengen, Switzerland. Image by Alev Takil (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/3syTDiVAc7w

A fam­ily mem­ber in the last year of high school is ask­ing you for advice on careers. Would you sug­gest a career in hos­pit­al­ity?  Why? Why not? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these simple ques­tions about a career in hos­pit­al­ity to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and reques­ted written […]

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What is ‘Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions’?

and May 24, 2023

What is Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions? Image by Pierre-Laurent Durantin (CC0) via Pixabay.

I star­ted Tour­is­m’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions very recently. But what is it? Per­haps a bet­ter ques­tion is: “Who are Tour­is­m’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions?” We are a diverse range of people, from aca­demia, journ­al­ism, and industry who share a love of hol­i­days and a desire to optim­ist­ic­ally explore the eco­nom­ic and cul­tur­al advantages […]

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