Visitor value, values, volume: What’s good where you are?

When con­sid­er­ing inbound tour­ism where you live, work, or oper­ate, how do you feel about the value vis­it­ors bring, the val­ues they hold, and their numbers?

That is your “GT” Insight Bites chal­lenge. Respond in the com­ments at any time. 

For free copy edit­ing, lay­out, and pre­view in time for the offi­cial “GT” Insight Bites com­pil­a­tion, the dead­line is: June 15, 2025. Send no more than (</=) 300 words (you can link to ref­er­ences and sources) to [email protected] along with a pic­ture of you and what you do for work or study.

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This is an open invit­a­tion to travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers from any back­ground to share their thoughts in plain Eng­lish with a glob­al industry audience.

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