“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on travel & tourism and a fairer world

August 9, 2022

Fair fun for some. There are diverse perspectives on how travel & tourism can contribute to a fairer world. Photo by sebastien cordat via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/ZGOlXxJz1dM

How can travel & tour­ism con­trib­ute to a fairer world? For this “GT” Insight Bites, your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion above to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers, and invited writ­ten responses of up to 300 words.  My thanks to all 15 respond­ents.  Their answers appear in the order in which I received them … […]

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Buddhist travel & tourism trails offer post-pandemic potential in Mekong

August 2, 2022

Almsgiving in Luang Prabang, Laos. By Daniel Marchal (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/f2d6hc6gVco

Not­ing that themed travel & tour­ism niches have been a grow­ing trend for at least two dec­ades, vet­er­an pub­lish­er Jaf­fee Yee has iden­ti­fied the poten­tial for the Mekong-region nations of South­east Asia to tap their rich Buddhist her­it­age to attract and dis­perse a large region­al and glob­al mar­ket.  Twenty years ago, to explain why he […]

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Travel & tourism degrowth to what end? Relationships that matter

July 26, 2022

Degrowth is about relationships that matter. Image by Sasin Tipchai (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/grandmother-kids-laptop-myanmar-1822560/

‘Tour­ism degrowth’ is viewed sus­pi­ciously by some as a con­spir­acy to tear down cap­it­al­ism and vastly reduce travel.  Accord­ing to Tazim Jamal, how­ever, tour­ism degrowth is much more about fos­ter­ing heal­ing and nur­tur­ing rela­tion­ships with people and our plan­et. And she thinks that we should tran­scend labels and divi­sions. Between 2009 and 2019, real growth […]

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Award-winning Anurak ecotourism experience reopens in southern Thailand

July 26, 2022

Bamboo rafting is an activity available at Anurak Community Lodge in southern Thailand

Anurak Com­munity Lodge, an award-win­n­ing eco­tour­ism exper­i­ence in south­ern Thai­l­and, has fully reopened fol­low­ing two years of COV­­ID-related uncer­tainty.  The 19-unit nature retreat, which won the PATA Grand Award for Sus­tain­ab­il­ity in 2020, and is Trav­elife Gold cer­ti­fied, offi­cially reopens 1 August with room enhance­ments, a refreshed food and bever­age menu – includ­ing south­ern ‘jungle’ […]

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To grow, or not to grow? A modern hero’s soliloquy

July 19, 2022

To grow or not to grow? Image by Lothar Dieterich (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/boy-batman-superhero-photomontage-4397427/

To pur­sue a strategy of tour­ism industry growth or degrowth is a des­t­in­a­­tion-by-des­t­in­a­­tion ques­tion, argues Ivana Dam­njan­ović in her second “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] We live on a finite plan­et. We only have one. We use up all that it provides us much faster than it can replen­ish itself.  Travel, […]

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Good news in travel & tourism June 2022

June 29, 2022

Share 'Good news in travel & tourism June 2022' as you would a shabu hotpot. By Cera (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/muV_8wy4mzw

“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a shabu shabu. It’s “GT”. And go!  (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights “Good Tour­ism” Insight BitesDis­per­sion | Degrowth Good news from friendsGlob­al | Africa | Asia Friends indeed “GT” […]

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