All-inclusive tourism

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All-inclus­ive tour­ism (all-inclus­ive tours, all-inclus­ive hol­i­days, all-inclus­ive cruises, etc) offers pack­ages in which everything a trav­el­ler will need, such as trans­port, accom­mod­a­tion, food, entrance fees, guides, etc is included in the one price. This prac­tice may (or may not) be good for the cus­tom­er but it is often of very little value to a host community.

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Cruise industry must help solve over-tourism

June 8, 2017

When this ship comes to call it dominates the landscape. Source: KarinKarin / Pixabay

Author­it­ies in uber-pop­u­lar des­tin­a­tions, such as Venice and Bar­celona, often assert that the eco­nom­ic con­tri­bu­tion of mass tour­ism dwarfs the dis­rup­tion caused to pub­lic ser­vices and res­id­ents. How­ever, res­id­ents with no ves­ted interest in the travel & tour­ism industry reg­u­larly and vehe­mently dis­agree. What these places are exper­i­en­cing is “over-tour­ism”, a term an art­icle by […]

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Do all-inclusive holidays promote gluttony, obesity?

June 8, 2017
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Do all-you-can-eat all-inclusive holidays promote gluttony, obesity?

The propensity for all-inclus­ive tour­ism pack­ages to lay on all-you-can-eat feasts at every meal may be con­trib­ut­ing to obesity among pop­u­la­tions who can afford such trips, accord­ing to Pro­fess­or Erdogan Koc of Bandirma Onyedi Eylul Uni­ver­sity in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight con­tri­bu­tion.  If Prof Koc’s sus­pi­cions are true, what can the industry real­ist­ic­ally do to […]

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Are “all-inclusive” tourism packages to blame for locals missing out?

June 1, 2017

Geo Routes Cultural Institute President Giannis Balakakis criticises all-inclusive packages. Source BBSF

Geo Routes Cul­tur­al Insti­tute (GRCI) Pres­id­ent Gian­nis Bal­aka­kis cri­ti­cised what he called “tra­di­tion­al” mass tour­ism mod­els, which for dec­ades were the main­stay of the industry in Greece and oth­er Balkans and Black Sea coun­tries. In many cases these mod­els led to the “all-inclus­ive” phe­nomen­on, which meant loc­al com­munit­ies reaped little or no tour­ism rev­en­ue yet […]

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