“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on economic degrowth and tourism

June 21, 2022

Tourism and economic degrowth. Is the only sustainable growth degrowth? Stencil wall by kamiel79 (CC0) and question mark overlay by kropekk_pl (CC0) both via Pixabay.

Tour­ism in the post-pan­­dem­ic ‘new nor­mal’ should be informed by eco­nom­ic degrowth, say some tour­ism aca­dem­ics and industry com­ment­at­ors who believe we can and should con­sume — and travel — less. If you are an aca­dem­ic or com­ment­at­or, how would you sum­mar­ise your views on degrowth for a gen­er­al industry audi­ence? If you are a travel & tour­ism practitioner, […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on visitor dispersion

May 31, 2022

Visitor dispersion. Can it be managed? Or will visitors simply go where the winds blows, like dandelion seeds? Image by akirEVarga (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/dandelion-seeds-flower-nature-5302188/

An oft-cited anti­dote to over­tour­ism, and a means to spread the bene­fits of tour­ism more widely, is ‘vis­it­or dis­per­sion’. What are the biggest chal­lenges to encour­aging and incentiv­ising tour­ists to explore more of a des­tin­a­tion? Who or what do you think could con­trib­ute most to effect­ive vis­it­or dis­per­sion? What can an organ­isa­tion like yours do […]

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Good news in travel & tourism May 2022

May 28, 2022

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

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Good news in travel & tourism April 2022

April 29, 2022

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“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a bar of chocol­ate. It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “GT” Insights: Informed per­spect­ives on the industry The “Good Tour­ism” Blog pub­lishes informed opin­ions on the […]

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Good news in travel & tourism March 2022

March 30, 2022

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“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a cream tea. It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights Good news from friends How “GT” enables diversity of thought Friends indeed “GT” […]

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Good news in travel & tourism February 2022

February 28, 2022

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“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a spicy somtam bpu. It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights “GT” Travel Exper­i­ences Good news from friends *Shock!* A civ­il­ised cli­mate debate […]

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