Ecotourism experiences refreshed for 2023 at Anurak Community Lodge, Thailand

January 5, 2023

Anurak Trail - Ecotourism experiences refreshed for 2023 at Anurak Community Lodge in Thailand. Image supplied by Anurak.

Lever­aging its stun­ning loc­a­tion at the edge of the biod­iversity hot­spot of Khao Sok Nation­al Park in Thai­l­and, Anurak Com­munity Lodge is offer­ing its nature-lov­ing guests refreshed eco­tour­ism activ­it­ies.  Gen­er­al Man­ager Trav­is Clark reveals what vis­it­ors can look for­ward to in the new year.  As 2022 slips into 2023, down in the south of Thai­l­and, Anurak […]

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Apply now: Unprecedented ‘gender equality’ award to be bestowed at ITB 2023

December 20, 2022

Unprecedented ‘gender equality’ award to be bestowed at ITB 2023. Image supplied by Equality in Tourism

Equal­ity in Tour­ism is launch­ing its Award for Com­mit­ment to Gender Equal­ity.  Dr Stroma Cole and Dr Yas­min Begum dis­cuss the ori­gins and object­ives of the Award in this “GT” ‘sponsored post’, which was offered free-of-charge by “GT’s” pub­lish­er. This inter­na­tion­al award will be the first of its kind and seeks to recog­nise tour­ism organisations […]

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Tourism’s thriveability requires performative change: The changemakers

December 13, 2022

Tourism’s thriveability requires performative change The changemakers Base image by by Paul Diaconu (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/hard-hats-working-tools-builder-5028084/

If we were to boost tour­ism des­tin­a­tions’ capa­city to thrive, who are the likely change­makers? And what actions might they take? K Michael Hay­wood offers answers in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] In the first part of this art­icle, “Tour­is­m’s thrive­ab­il­ity requires per­form­at­ive change: The found­a­tions”, I laid out some […]

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Tourism’s thriveability requires performative change: Foundations

December 13, 2022

Tourism’s thriveability requires performative change The foundations Base image by Tom (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/steel-mesh-frame-building-shell-6504537/

What are the basic require­ments for tour­ism des­tin­a­tions to thrive? K Michael Hay­wood lays them out in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] These days, anxi­et­ies are run­ning high. Our abil­ity to thrive is under threat.  Per­mac­rises are wreak­ing hav­oc:  No won­der so many com­pan­ies, com­munit­ies, and coun­tries are adrift; oth­ers lost […]

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Business travel recovery under way in Asia Pacific … but it’s complicated 

December 9, 2022

Business travel: It's complicated. Photo by Rob Wilson (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/WuD-H9IQnfg

Busi­ness travel in Asia Pacific — and glob­ally — is recov­er­ing strongly post-COV­­ID, along with the tour­ism industry more gen­er­ally.  How­ever, the rebound is com­plic­ated by linger­ing con­cerns about health and safety (the duty of care employ­ers and travel man­agers should have to busi­ness trav­el­lers), as well as ESG (envir­on­ment­al, social, and gov­ernance) wor­ries. Del­eg­ates heard about this on […]

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How can travel & tourism help save heritage sites from climate change?

December 6, 2022

How can travel & tourism help save heritage sites from climate change? Venice image by Albrecht Fietz (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/venice-italy-island-historic-center-7572877/

Travel & tour­ism and nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al her­it­age are often inter­de­pend­ent. So how should tour­ism respond to wor­ries that cli­mate change threatens her­it­age sites? It’s a ques­tion posed by Kev­in Phun in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Can tour­ism enable and enhance cli­mate change mit­ig­a­tion and adapt­a­tion meas­ures? Can tour­ist activ­it­ies help increase loc­al com­munit­ies’ resi­li­ence?  Global […]

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