Zambia’s untapped tourism potential & its prospects for a green economy

November 23, 2021
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Sunset over the Luangwa River, a tributary of the Zambezi. Photo by Ian McGrory (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/62CtkV44DuY Zambia wordmark by syafrani_jambe (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/state-international-flag-zambia-2732088/

Zim­b­ab­wean schol­ar Sham­iso Nyajeka makes a strong pitch for the devel­op­ment of a respons­ible, sus­tain­able, and eco­­nom­ic­ally-inclus­ive travel & tour­ism industry in Zam­bia, where deep poverty per­sists des­pite a luc­rat­ive min­ing tra­di­tion.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Ms Nyajeka to write a “GT” Insight.] Nestled at the inter­sec­tion of cent­ral, east­ern, and […]

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Science, mahout traditions may help save Asian elephants from extinction in Laos

and November 16, 2021

Elephant family crossing a river. Captive breeding technology and mahout knowledge may help save Asian elephants in Laos. Image supplied by Anabel Lopez Perez.

Asi­an ele­phants are at risk of extinc­tion in the wild and in cap­tiv­ity. That they are not repla­cing their num­bers in cap­tiv­ity may come as a sur­prise to many. This is why con­­ser­­va­­tion-ori­en­ted cap­tive breed­ing pro­grams are import­ant to the spe­cies. Wild­life bio­lo­gist Ana­bel Lopez Perez of Laos’ Ele­phant Con­ser­va­tion Cen­ter and Hol­lis Bur­b­ank-Ham­­marlund of […]

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Smart clusters: How tourism destinations can organise for a better future

November 9, 2021

Our Milky Way is a cluster of stars that includes ours. Image by Greg Rakozy (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/oMpAz-DN-9I

How can travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers work and play bet­ter togeth­er with­in des­tin­a­tions to ensure optim­al out­comes?  K Michael Hay­wood sug­gests clus­ter­ing. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] There is strong evid­ence link­ing pos­it­ive busi­ness per­form­ance and out­comes with soci­et­al out­comes and life-affirm­­ing val­ues. Nev­er­the­less, many tour­ism enter­prises remain […]

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Good news in travel & tourism October 2021

October 30, 2021

Indian rojak. A diversity of tasty tidbits with a rich chilli dip. Image by Jason Goh (CC0) from Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/indian-rojak-food-flour-sauce-2870575/

“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, tips, and advice. Share it like you would an Indi­an rojak. It’s “GT”. And go!(Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “GT” Exper­i­ences “GT” Insights Good news from friends (includ­ing jobs) Prac­tise what you preach, Pro­fess­or Imposter outed […]

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STREETS International: ‘Sustainable tourism at its best’

October 27, 2021

STREETS Trainees in Hoi An, Vietnam

STREETS Inter­na­tion­al is a social enter­prise with a mis­sion to cre­ate a bet­ter future for dis­ad­vant­aged youth in Viet­nam via hos­pit­al­ity train­ing. If you travel to the lovely UNESCO World Her­it­age town of Hoi An, Viet­nam be sure to stroll by Le Loi Street to vis­it STREETS Res­taur­ant Café, and take part in its Oodles […]

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Three steps travel companies can take to contend with climate change

October 26, 2021
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Contrails. How can the travel & tourism industry contend with climate change? (Image by Free-Photos (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/contrails-trail-airplane-plane-1210064/

How does one take mean­ing­ful action to back up a poten­tially hypo­crit­ic­al declar­a­tion about cli­mate? This is a ques­tion that travel & tour­ism com­pan­ies must con­tend with right now, par­tic­u­larly those that rely on air travel for their products and cus­tom­ers. Tour­ism schol­ar Francesca Gal­lone sug­gests three steps that com­pan­ies can take to walk their […]

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