Do fun and politics mix? Can we ‘leave our cares behind’ when we go on holiday?

November 5, 2025

Fun and politics image by Google Gemini. Do fun and politics mix? Can we or should we ‘leave our cares behind’ on holiday? It's a "Good Tourism" Insight Bites compilation.

Do fun and polit­ics mix? Can we or should we ‘leave our cares behind’ on holiday?

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

Thanks to Jim Butcher, K Michael Hay­wood, Chris Kit­tish­in­nak­uppe, and Vil­helmi­ina Vain­ikka for tak­ing the time to con­sider the ques­tion. Their responses appear in the order received.

And thanks to Willem Niemeijer and John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams for shar­ing unre­lated ideas in the form of “Good Tour­ism” Insight BiteXes.

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel September-October 2025

October 31, 2025

What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap September-October 2025. Share good tourism as you would a plate of hummus. Pic by Christopher Alvarenga (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/white-ceramic-plate-with-pasta-dish-5uYH4yTDp34

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

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Overtourism and overimmigration are the same?

October 15, 2025

A Gemini-generated image from the prompt: "Create an abstract image representing overtourism and overimmigration". "GT" added "Over it".

Over­tour­ism’ and ‘over­im­mig­ra­tion’ are sub­ject­ive terms that mean essen­tially the same thing. 

Dis­cuss.

Thanks to Chris Kit­tish­in­nak­uppe, Nic­olaus Sulistyo, and John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams for tak­ing the time to con­sider the question. 

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What is ‘authenticity’ in travel & tourism?

September 29, 2025

What is ‘authenticity’ in travel & tourism?

‘Authen­ti­city’ is the ideal for many trav­el­lers, influ­en­cers, and com­ment­at­ors. But what is it? Can des­tin­a­tion mar­keters and tour­ism pro­fes­sion­als pack­age it and sell it … authentically? 

Thanks to Prof Valer­ia Minghetti and Dr Sham­iso Nyajeka for tak­ing the time to share their thoughts on the ques­tion. Their responses appear in the order received. 

And thanks to Dr Seye­deh Fate­meh Mosta­favi Shirazi for an insight into the chal­lenges of domest­ic over­tour­ism in north­ern Iran.

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap July-August 2025

August 29, 2025

What is good tourism? Share the “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap July-August 2025 as you would a green salad. Image by Nadine Primeau (CC0) via Unsplash. "GT" added the word "Share ..." https://unsplash.com/photos/sliced-broccoli-and-cucumber-on-plate-with-gray-stainless-steel-fork-near-green-bell-pepper-snowpea-and-avocado-fruit-l5Mjl9qH8VU

Wel­come to the July-August 2025 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 “Good Tour­ism” Blog nev­er defines ‘good tour­ism’. Your cor­res­pond­ent would nev­er be so bold. The fact is that what’s good for […]

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Undertourism: Who’s suffering, and why?

August 26, 2025

Gemini AI-generated image prompted by the headline of this post: Undertourism: "Who's suffering, and why?" Per Gemini: "This image uses the well-known 'tip of the iceberg' metaphor. The beautiful, stable tip above the water represents the visible, successful luxury end of the tourism industry. Below the surface, however, the massive, unseen foundation is fracturing and breaking apart, symbolising the hidden suffering of the smaller, foundational players who support the entire structure." “GT” cropped it and added the words.

Under­tour­ism: Who’s suf­fer­ing, and why?

Many thanks to Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci, Jim Butcher, Dorji Dhradhul, K Michael Hay­wood, and Chris Kit­tish­in­nak­uppe for shar­ing their thoughts on ‘under­tour­ism’; the flip side of ‘over­tour­ism’.

Their responses appear in the order received. 

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