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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Is there a link between tourism’s resilience and adaptability to climate change?

July 14, 2023

Is there a link between tourism's resilience and adaptability to climate change? Photo by Karim MANJRA (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/Jwk88nuBMr4

Tour­ism des­tin­a­tions and attrac­tions should think about how to increase resi­li­ence so that cli­mate adapt­a­tion has a high­er chance of suc­ceed­ing, accord­ing to Kev­in Phun, founder of the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS), a “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner.  “The call to increase resi­li­ence in tour­ism to enable adapt­a­tion in more places is surely get­ting louder,” […]

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Mountain biking in Scotland? Not if you’re dependent on public transport

July 11, 2023
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Mountain biking in Scotland? Not if you’re dependent on public transport ... Linn Of Dee waterfall image supplied by Alastair Naughton

Scot­land’s tour­ism author­it­ies have been keep­ing glob­al stake­hold­ers happy by declar­ing ‘cli­mate emer­gency’ and plan­ning ‘trans­form­a­tion­al tour­ism’, but have they lost touch with Scots? In his first “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Alastair Naughton ques­tioned the poor access­ib­il­ity of Scot­tish ski resorts. In this “GT” Insight he won­ders why pub­lic trans­port is mak­ing it more dif­fi­cult to go […]

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