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Travel & tourism’s social impact and how to build back better for animals

December 17, 2020
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Toucan. By ractapopulous (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/toucan-bird-animal-art-nature-2411792/

As the “build back bet­ter” buzz con­tin­ues, social impact and com­mu­nic­a­tions spe­cial­ist Helen Ush­er wants travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to factor anim­al wel­fare into their plans. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Ms Ush­er sug­gests how we might do just that. This is a time of unpre­ced­en­ted glob­al crisis for the tour­ism sec­tor; a time we switch […]

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Wake UP! to the transformative power of partnership & enterprise in Uganda

and November 19, 2020

Wake up to the transformative power of enterprise in Uganda

Tan­ner C Knorr of Second Look World­wide talks with Iain Pat­ton of Uganda Part­ner­ship (UP!) about trans­form­a­tion­al tours. Tan­ner: Tell us about Uganda Part­ner­ship.  Iain: Uganda Part­ner­ship is a win-win approach to trav­el­ling off the beaten track in Africa and fund­ing busi­ness solu­tions to the poverty in the com­munit­ies we meet. At Uganda Part­ner­ship, or UP! for […]

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Footprints: What does it mean for travel & tourism to be carbon neutral?

September 1, 2020

Kids leave footprints in the sand as they walk along the beach. https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-oecjf

Car­bon neut­ral travel & tour­ism. Net-zero travel. Zero-car­­bon tour­ism. Car­bon footprint(s). Foot­print size. Foot­print depth.  Be care­ful where you step for the whole land­scape is a poten­tial mine­field … loc­ally, nation­ally, and glob­ally … as we nav­ig­ate cli­mate and cli­mate change. Kev­in Phun of “GT” Part­ner the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore care­fully touches on all […]

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How tourism averts disaster: By thinking, acting globally

August 11, 2020
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"Danger cliff edge" sign on a windswept grassy landscape. How does tourism avert disaster?

Tan­ner C Knorr is wor­ried. He’s wor­ried for travel & tour­ism-reli­ant parts of the world he thinks may be headed for a cliff’s edge, includ­ing places he knows very well. In this “GT” Insight, the founder of two “GT” part­ners sug­gests how the whole world might pull togeth­er to avert dis­aster. When COVID-19 hit I […]

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Why tourism degrowth just won’t do after COVID-19

July 14, 2020
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"The Only Sustainable Growth is Degrowth", according to this stencil graffito. Paul Sableman (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. "GT" ran a filter. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/14486751845

Among tour­ism aca­dem­ics and thinkers today — the out­spoken ones at least — Jim Butcher is one of the few who would chal­lenge the notion that post-pan­­dem­ic tour­ism must — for the sake of the plan­et — be much dimin­ished from what it was. He does just that in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  In light of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, much has been said […]

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Pivots to make a difference: What ITA is doing to educate, inspire, satiate

July 10, 2020

As we navigate our way through a tunnel of trouble, how can we pivot and position ourselves with grace and with style to make a difference at the other end? Image (c) Kelley Louise.

A travel entre­pren­eur pas­sion­ate about storytelling and social good, Kel­ley Louise is the exec­ut­ive dir­ect­or and founder of Impact Travel Alli­ance, a com­munity for eco- and socially-con­­s­cious trav­el­lers. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Kel­ley tells us how the not-for-profit is mak­ing the best of chal­len­ging times to edu­cate trav­el­lers. Thanks to “GT” Insight Part­ner Second […]

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