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Most elephant tourism activities are “not bad” in moderation: Experts

February 28, 2019

ACEWG appears to be tackling the valid concerns around elephant tourism head-on. Image: ACEWG

If there was a defin­it­ive point to come out of the ses­sion on ele­phant tour­ism at the 2019 Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC) Asia-Pacific Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Con­fer­ence today in Chi­ang Mai, it would be that there are no defin­it­ive points. Exactly what con­sti­tutes appro­pri­ate, prag­mat­ic stand­ards for ele­phant wel­fare is yet to be determ­ined. Given […]

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More shades of grey in elephant tourism

June 30, 2017
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More shades of grey in elephant tourism

Soon after The “Good Tour­ism” Blog shared a link to a “GT” Insight about ele­phant tour­ism to an eco­tour­ism industry Face­book group, the motiv­a­tion of con­trib­ut­or John Roberts was ques­tioned by an angry com­ment­at­or: “The fact that someone employed in the ele­phant rid­ing industry is writ­ing crit­ic­ally about the neg­at­ive impacts of Respons­ible Tour­ism on […]

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Elephant tourism: The harms of received wisdom

June 26, 2017
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The “received wis­dom” about ele­phant tour­ism that keeps con­scien­tious trav­el­lers away from ele­phant-based attrac­tions is doing more harm than good, accord­ing to ele­phant expert John Roberts in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. UPDATE, May 2021: “GT” asked Mr Roberts wheth­er he would like to update this “GT” Insight from July 2017. In light of the circumstances […]

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