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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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New tours of Dublin, Ireland to be launched mid-March will be led by homeless people trained up as guides by a social enterprise. They will offer unique perspectives to some of the more than 6 million visitors expected in the Irish capital in 2019. Report by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Dublin’s Phoenix Park boasts the […]
Read More Homeless Dubliners to give tours with a difference as tourism booms
About 30 of the estimated 12,000 FARC members demobilised under a peace accord with Colombia’s government have chosen ecotourism as a path to reintegration. The travel & tourism industry would do well to support them. Full story by Anastasia Moloney writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. As a former rebel fighter, Ximena Cruz used to […]
Read More Former FARC rebels turn ecotourism guides, but peace remains fragile
Jason Paul Mika of Massey University shares five insights on the role of tourism in sustainable development: Tourism is New Zealand’s biggest export earner, contributing 21% of foreign exchange earnings. The latest data show tourists added NZ$39.1 billion to the economy and the industry has seen a 44% increase over the past five years. But […]
Read More Five insights that could move tourism closer to sustainability: Lecturer
The UK Aid-funded Business Innovation Facility (BIF) project has released a high-quality video about inclusive tourism in Myanmar. The project has been working with Myanmar’s private sector to introduce and encourage take-up of the concept of inclusive tourism. For the past four years long time Asia Pacific sustainable tourism advocate, Steve Noakes, has been senior […]
Read More UK Aid encourages inclusive tourism in Myanmar
The Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA) launched The COMESA Tourism & Wildlife Heritage Handbook; Single Market – Countless destinations at the 41st World Tourism Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda. The handbook is part of the COMESA Sustainable Tourism Development Strategic Framework, which has been recognised by member states as a model to […]
Read More COMESA tourism, wildlife, heritage handbook launched
The Philippines’ oldest and largest commercial conglomerate, Ayala Corporation, has revealed its interest in inclusive tourism to tap into a tax incentive offered by the Philippines government. On the sidelines of the ASEAN Inclusive Business Summit in Manila yesterday, Ayala Corp Managing Director Paolo Borromeo told Business Mirror that his company would look into inclusive […]
Read More Will a tax incentive boost inclusive tourism in the Philippines?