Good news in tourism Jun 28 to Jul 4, 2020

July 5, 2020

Map, car key, compass, and camera ... And go! Image (CC0) via libreshot. https://libreshot.com/travel-map-car-key-compass-and-camera/

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: To sup­port tourism’s recov­ery … Wild­life & eco­tour­ism Cul­tur­al her­it­age Towards car­­bon-neut­ral travel Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! “GT” news first (scroll […]

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Good news in tourism June 21 – 27, 2020

June 28, 2020

On the road to Mt Cook, New Zealand. By Bernard Spragg (CC0 1.0) via Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_to_Mount_Cook._NZ_(15143746653).jpg

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: Car­­bon-neut­ral avi­ation Car­­bon-neut­ral ship­ping Com­munity focus Wild­life & eco­tour­ism Arts, crafts, & cul­tur­al her­it­age Tour­ism infra­struc­ture Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! […]

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Good news in tourism June 14 – 20, 2020

June 21, 2020

Mother and baby mountain gorillas, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Source: Wikimedia / Carine06

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: Com­munity Parks Wild­life Avi­ation Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Import­ant “GT” news first: On Thursday your cor­res­pond­ent ques­tioned wheth­er or not the […]

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Has ‘Future of Tourism’ failed host communities?

June 18, 2020
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Are host communities being ground down by the tourism industrial complex? Caption by "GT". Image by Andrius Petrucenia (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia. "GT" cropped it and applied a rouge filter. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mincer_(3075035).jpeg

The Future of Tour­ism Coali­tion is rather like a pub­lic rela­tions pyr­am­id scheme. The earli­er one signs up to it, the great­er the PR bene­fit. After every­one rushes in it will no longer be news­worthy. So if you’re going to sign up for it, do so after you read this hot take. Or wait until […]

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Good news in tourism June 7 – 13, 2020

June 14, 2020

Just hanging around at Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Malaysia. By Rob and Stephanie Levy (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. "GT" cropped it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/59773274@N00/2214312234

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: Reopen­ings Mar­kets & mes­sages Eco­tour­ism & the great out­doors Avi­ation Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Reopen­ings Jamaica will reopen its bor­ders to international […]

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Good news in tourism May 31 to Jun 6, 2020

June 7, 2020

Travel planning! By Rawpixel Ltd (CC0) via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/byrawpixel/32191464373/in/photostream/

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  As the pre­dict­able plat­it­udes pop­u­lated news feeds on World Envir­on­ment Day, “GT” found real news from real places in the real world and stayed pos­it­ive … Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week […]

Read More Good news in tourism May 31 to Jun 6, 2020