In praise of holiday Fordism & why it’s misanthropic to malign mass tourism

August 24, 2021
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Dr Butcher defends the much-maligned mass tourist. Image by Kindel Media (CC0) via Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-flight-sunny-beach-8185803/

Nearly every­one wants to escape their every­day and take a hol­i­day, includ­ing work­ing people with small budgets and lim­ited time. Does that mean they, and those who cater to them, are ter­rible people?  Jim Butcher does­n’t think so. In his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Dr Butcher paints mass tour­ism in a pro­gress­ive light and defends […]

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One tourism beach at a time: Local action can help turn the tide on marine plastic

August 17, 2021

One piece at a time, one beach at a time: Tourism can stem the tide and then turn the tide on marine plastic pollution. By Karuvadgraphy (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/sunrise-sunset-grass-morning-dusk-4807648/

Even the smal­lest steps taken by travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to counter the glob­al threat of ocean plastic pol­lu­tion are import­ant, accord­ing to PhD can­did­ate Kriszt­ina Elefther­­i­ou-Hoc­­sak. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, she dis­cusses the loc­al actions taken by a non­profit organ­isa­tion in Cyprus. [Thanks to Tazim Jamal for invit­ing Ms Elefther­­i­ou-Hoc­­sak to write a […]

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Good news in tourism July 2021

July 31, 2021

Summer in Tokyo. By Ryunosuke Kikuno (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/PUldfCtEoCk

“Good news in tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” news and con­tent. It’s “GT”. And go!(Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “GT” Travel “GT” Insights Good news from friends Friends indeed Keep up with “GT” If you like “GT” and you don’t want to miss a thing, sub­scribe to “GT’s” weekly e‑news: […]

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How can tourism protect & promote mangroves?

July 27, 2021
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Mida Creek mangroves, Malindi, Kenya. By Timothy K (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/1CiE1x4dHIY

Kev­in Phun passes a sus­tain­ab­il­ity lens over con­cerns about man­grove forests to determ­ine what it would take for our travel & tour­ism industry to be a respons­ible con­trib­ut­or to pro­tect­ing and restor­ing them. It’s his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  Man­groves are import­ant to coastal com­munit­ies. They shield them from the worst effects of strong winds, […]

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How community homestays contribute to experiential travel & tourism in Nepal

July 22, 2021

Travellers cooking with Host at Panauti Community Homestay in Nepal

Homestays encour­age vis­its to under-appre­­ci­ated parts of any des­tin­a­tion and longer stays over­all. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Aay­usha Pra­sain explains how com­munity-based homestays in Nepal offer a more authen­t­ic exper­i­ence, help spread the bene­fits of travel & tour­ism more widely, and may even pro­mote an appre­ci­ation of loc­al cul­ture and her­it­age among young people. […]

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And the most important colleagues in a community-based tourism project are …

July 20, 2021
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Have freedom, will trade. A Bangkok night market from above, January 2018. By Sam Beasley (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/cpbWNtkKoiU

… com­munity mem­bers, of course!  In his second “Good Tour­ism” Insight, com­munity-based and sus­tain­able tour­ism con­sult­ant Peter Richards reflects on the most import­ant thing he has learned dur­ing his career so far, and how to make it so. While work­ing at the cross­roads of tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment for more than 20 years, one gradu­ally accumulates […]

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