What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel January-February 2026

February 24, 2026

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Wel­come to the Janu­ary-Feb­ru­ary 2026 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog. [You too can share.]

What is good tourism?

The travel industry is com­plex, so it is a good idea to open one’s mind to per­spect­ives one may nev­er oth­er­wise encounter.

This is the “Good Tour­ism” mis­sion. It’s “GT”. And go!

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“GT” Insight Bites: Is a tourism career a ticket or a trap?

February 23, 2026
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Travel & tourism career: Ticket or trap? A Gemini-generated image.

Is a career in travel & tour­ism a tick­et to the world or a trap? What is your hon­est advice to a young per­son enter­ing the industry?

That’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question. 

Thanks to the four respond­ents writ­ing in from Canada and South­east Asia for their con­sidered thoughts. And thanks to Dav­id Beir­man from Aus­tralia for his “GT” Insight BiteX on academia’s rela­tion­ship with sustainability.

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“GT” Insight Bites: What’s AI doing for you?

February 9, 2026

In what way is artificial intelligence (AI) changing the way you work, hire, learn, or teach? A Gemini-generated image

In what way is arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) chan­ging the way you work, hire, learn, or teach?

With per­spect­ives from seni­or people in travel & tourism’s busi­ness, aca­dem­ic, act­iv­ist, air­line, and NGO worlds — and even from Iran — there is more depth in this com­pil­a­tion of “GT” Insight Bites than you might ini­tially pre­sume; des­pite AI being “the hot­test (and maybe the most bor­ing) sub­ject of the moment”, as one respond­ent described it.

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What’s the point of UN Tourism?

January 20, 2026

What's the point of UN Tourism?

What’s the point of UN Tourism?

Thanks to the four good people who respon­ded to this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

* Geof­frey Lip­man, Cre­at­ive Dis­rup­tion Archi­tect, Malta
* Dav­id Beir­man, Adjunct Fel­low, Australia
* Richard Shep­ard, Trustee/CEO, England
* Richard But­ler, Emer­it­us Pro­fess­or, Scotland

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025

December 18, 2025

What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025. Share a Christmas pudding in Australia. A Gemini-generated image.

Wel­come to the Novem­ber-Decem­ber 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of ‘The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’.

Tour­ism is a com­plex industry, so it is a good idea to open one’s mind to per­spect­ives one may nev­er oth­er­wise encounter. 

This is the “Good Tour­ism” mis­sion. It’s “GT”. And go!

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Tourism’s biggest threats, opportunities: five years to 2030

December 1, 2025

Tourism’s biggest threats, opportunities: five years to 2030. A Gemini-generated image. "GT" added the words.

What is tourism’s biggest oppor­tun­ity and/or threat, either in your spe­cif­ic loc­a­tion or glob­ally, over the next five years (2026 – 2030)?

Thanks to the 17 good people who respon­ded to this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

Find with­in, for your con­sid­er­a­tion and enjoy­ment, place-based per­spect­ives from Eng­land to Iran, Bar­celona to Bend; mul­tiple glob­al issues from cost-cut­ting arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to out-of-whack aca­demia; women’s empower­ment to ocean plastic.

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