What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2027?

November 22, 2022

Tourism's challenges and threats. Cobra image by P Schreiner (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/line-cobra-dangerous-reptile-1974382/

Over the next five years, what is the single biggest chal­lenge or threat facing tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study?  And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to over­come it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the […]

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Good news in travel & tourism October 2022

October 28, 2022

Share good news in travel and tourism October 2022 as you would hot chips. Fries and ketchup image by Pixzolo Photography (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/8YBHgP0WrEo

“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would hot chips / fries. It’s “GT”. And go!  (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites “Good Tour­ism” Travel Exper­i­ences Good news from friendsGlob­al | Africa | Asia […]

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‘Tourism is built on the backbone of white supremacy’. What do you think?

October 11, 2022
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Is tourism built on white supremacy?

Without offer­ing any des­t­in­a­­tion- or mar­ket-spe­­ci­f­ic con­text, one com­ment­at­or recently asser­ted that tour­ism is “built on the back­bone of white suprem­acy”.  What do you think? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and invited emailed writ­ten responses of no […]

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Good news in travel & tourism September 2022

September 30, 2022

Share good news as you would a bottle of something nice. Image by Elle Hughes (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/rYEUdOG2ves

“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a bottle of wine. It’s “GT”. And go!  (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites “Good Tour­ism” Travel Exper­i­ences Good news from friendsGlob­al | Africa | Asia […]

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Really, what’s the difference? ‘Sustainable tourism’ vs ‘regenerative tourism’

September 20, 2022

Sustainable tourism vs regenerative tourism. What's the difference? Terraces by Zetong Li (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/soRA0cugtHI

In des­tin­a­tion and industry prac­tice, what is (are) the difference(s) between ‘sus­tain­able tour­ism’ and ‘regen­er­at­ive tour­ism’? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and invited emailed writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  My thanks to […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Want a career in tourism? Important things you should know

September 6, 2022

what you should know before you start a career in tourism. Image by Harish Sharma (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/spread-of-education-world-map-3245801/

In 2022, what is the most import­ant thing that a young per­son should under­stand before embark­ing upon a career in tour­ism? For this “GT” Insight Bites, your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion above to a range of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Part­ners, guest authors, and their invit­ees — and invited writ­ten responses of up to 300 words.  My thanks […]

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