A force for good: What can global travel & tourism learn from social enterprises?

March 26, 2025
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Can the loc­al com­munity-based busi­ness mod­els of tour­ism social enter­prises be rep­lic­ated at glob­al scale? Anishka Narula-Nielsen thinks so. It’s her first “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You too can write a “GT” Insight.) The search for ‘good tour­ism’ Tour­ism is one of the most power­ful forces in the world. It drives eco­nom­ies, cre­ates jobs, and intro­duces us to […]

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The problem with critical tourism studies

March 25, 2025

The problem with critical tourism studies (CTS). Is CTS losing its edge? Starfish image by Dulcey Lima (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/a-starfish-on-a-sandy-beach-next-to-a-shell-q05M_2xqZUI

Is crit­ic­al tour­ism stud­ies los­ing its edge? Are CTS schol­ars shy­ing away from the polit­ics that are at the heart of crit­ic­al the­ory? Prof Mary Mosta­fanezhad writes this “Good Tour­ism” Insight about crit­ic­al tour­ism stud­ies at the invit­a­tion of Tour­is­m’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions, a “GT” Insight Part­ner. Not what you expect Crit­ic­al tour­ism studies […]

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To advance Climate Friendly Travel, sign up for the Strong Earth Youth Summit 2025

and March 24, 2025

Strong Earth Youth Summit 2025

We would like to invite you to join us at the Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit (SEYS) 2025. The free online event will take place April 29 at 1400 – 1530 CEST (1300 – 1430 GMT/UTC). » Please Register Here « SEYS will high­light the need for a clean and green future for tour­ism. It will pro­file Cli­mate Friendly Travel: […]

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Tourism and solidarity with Ghana & the developing world: Can they go hand in hand?

March 18, 2025

Whose future is it anyway? Tourism and solidarity with Ghana & the developing world: Can they go hand in hand? Photo by Ransford Quaye (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-in-black-tank-top-and-blue-and-white-floral-skirt-standing-on-beach-during-daytime-b6KGlgCxH4o

Is tour­ism from the developed world com­pat­ible with the devel­op­ing world? Ceri Dingle believes so, and argues that if people could vis­it devel­op­ing places without pater­nal­ist­ic pity and pre­ju­dice they would help sup­port the sort of devel­op­ment and pro­gress loc­als want. Ms Dingle writes this “Good Tour­ism” Insight about her edu­ca­tion char­ity WORLD­write and its experiences […]

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Apply now for EXO Foundation’s 2025 Sustainability Awards

March 16, 2025

EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards empowering sustainable tourism in Asia

The EXO Found­a­tion is proud to announce the 2025 Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Awards. Our goal is to recog­nise and cel­eb­rate organ­isa­tions and busi­nesses that are lead­ing the way in sus­tain­able tour­ism and envir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion in Asia. Every pro­ject, no mat­ter its size, can con­trib­ute to a more sus­tain­able future for tour­ism. If you believe that your organ­isa­tion has […]

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Wishwashing tourism

March 3, 2025
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'Wishwashing' tourism. Image by Michaela, at home in Germany • Thank you very much for a like (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/dandelion-heart-wish-wishes-blow-4163657/

With ‘gre­en­wash­ing’ and oth­er forms of empty rhet­or­ic and inef­fect­ive poli­cy­mak­ing allegedly rampant, is the travel & tour­ism industry, its stu­dents and con­sult­ants, engaged in ‘wish­wash­ing’: hop­ing motiv­a­tions and incent­ive struc­tures are bet­ter aligned to our wishes than what they are in the real world? Yes? No? Some­times? Maybe? Offer examples. And that is your “GT” […]

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