Inclusive tourism

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The Ogan­isa­tion for Eco­nom­ic Co-oper­a­tion and Devel­op­ment (OECD) defines inclus­ive growth as “eco­nom­ic growth that cre­ates oppor­tun­ity for all seg­ments of the pop­u­la­tion and dis­trib­utes the dividends of increased prosper­ity, both in mon­et­ary and non-mon­et­ary terms, fairly across society”.

When referred to by The “Good Tour­ism” Blog, inclus­ive tour­ism means the same as OECD’s defin­i­tion of “inclus­ive growth” as it per­tains to the tour­ism sector.

Else­where the term is often used inter­change­ably with “access­ible tour­ism”, which is con­fus­ing. The term should also not be con­fused with “all-inclus­ive tour­ism”, which relates to the prac­tice of bund­ling all (or most) of what a tour­ist might need for their hol­i­day — their trans­port, accom­mod­a­tion, meals, tick­ets, passes, et cet­era — into a single package.

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Towards ‘magnificence’: The aspirational trajectory of value-creating journeys

March 8, 2022

Towards ‘magnificence’: The aspirational trajectory of value-creating journeys. Image by Jill Wellington (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/woman-girl-freedom-happy-sun-591576/

‘Mag­ni­fi­cent’, the adject­ive, should prop­erly be applied to human actions and vir­tues rather than tan­gible things, derived as it is from the Lat­in ‘mag­num facere’, which means to do some­thing great.  Why is ‘Mag­ni­fi­cence’ K Michael Hay­wood’s “North Star”? And how does he think tour­ism should nav­ig­ate towards it? Cre­at­ing ‘Com­munity Shared Value’ demands that DMOs […]

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Tourism’s common challenge: How do we create ‘community shared value’?

February 1, 2022

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Are there needs, wants, and desires com­mon to all (or most) indi­vidu­als with­in your com­munity? How might travel & tour­ism serve them? K Michael Hay­wood explores the chal­lenge all des­tin­a­tions face if they wish to cre­ate ‘com­munity shared value’. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Des­tin­a­tions Inter­na­tion­al, the pro­fes­sion­al asso­ci­ation for […]

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Can tourism destinations-as-communities be better & smarter by design?

October 12, 2021

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What does it mean to col­lab­or­at­ively design tour­ism at the com­munity level? And to what end? If it is to strive towards a ‘good’, ‘bet­ter’, ‘smarter’ tour­ism, what does that look like? Retired uni­ver­sity pro­fess­or K Michael Hay­wood shares his vis­ion.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Prof Hay­wood to write a “GT” […]

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Save to sustain: Frugal innovation & traditional knowledge in circular tourism

July 13, 2021

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Angelo Sciacca was the first guest author to intro­duce the concept of the cir­cu­lar eco­nomy to this web­site when he argued for its poten­tial to make small island des­tin­a­tions more resi­li­ent and less depend­ent on travel & tour­ism. In this, his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Mr Sciacca adds frugal innov­a­tion and tra­di­tion­al know­ledge to his […]

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Is agritourism a more eco-friendly & gender-equitable form of tourism?

July 8, 2021
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Would you pay more for cher­ries you picked your­self? Respond­ents in an agri­t­our­ism study by Erdogan Koc said they would. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, his second, Prof Koc sum­mar­ises the case for agri­t­our­ism and its poten­tial bene­fits for the envir­on­ment and women … and cherry grow­ers. In par­al­lel with its fast growth over the […]

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For the better: Racial diversity, equity, & inclusion in USA tourism

July 1, 2021

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Is the United States’ travel & tour­ism industry based on white priv­ilege and Black exclu­sion? Stephanie M Jones thinks so. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Ms Jones explains why she reck­ons a per­man­ent budget item for racial diversity, equity, and inclu­sion would make for bet­ter tour­ism. What’s good about tour­ism?  The people who make it […]

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