Good news in tourism Jan 26 to Feb 1, 2020

February 2, 2020

St Michaels Mount, Marazion in Cornwall, England by Fuzzypiggy (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Michael%27s_Mount_II5302_x_2982.jpg ("GT" cropped it)

Wel­come to a new week of buzzword salads smeared with fear … No way!  Fill your­self up without weigh­ing your­self down. Tuck into some­thing packed full of good­ness. Get your weekly feed of what’s really going on in the world of travel & tour­ism right here at The “Good Tour­ism” Blog. Tossed togeth­er on Sunday to […]

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Good news in tourism January 19 – 25, 2020

January 26, 2020

Myanmar smiles Tony Deary

Happy new year of the rat! Don’t pan­ic. “Good news in tour­ism” is here. Pub­lished on Sunday to be ready on Monday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a work­ing week. And go! Import­ant “GT” stuff first in case you missed it dur­ing the week: A fresh “GT” Insight on how […]

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Good news in tourism January 12 – 18, 2020

January 19, 2020

Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales by Richardjo53 (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/richardjo53/7515932720/in/photostream/

The travel & tour­ism industry is not to blame for all the world’s prob­lems, but it can and should and does assume some respons­ib­il­ity for them. And often helps solves them. That is why you should read “Good news in tour­ism” and share it with your col­leagues and friends. Pub­lished on Sunday to be ready […]

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Why ‘The “Good Tourism” Blog’ won’t be declaring a climate emergency

January 16, 2020
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Illustration of woman on suitcase in stormy sea being attacked by gulls. By unknown (CC0) via pxfuel https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-qgjsy

The short answer is: It’s not “GT’s” role! At writ­ing, 26 tour­ism organ­isa­tions and five indi­vidu­als had declared a glob­al cli­mate emer­gency on behalf of the multi-tril­lion dol­lar travel & tour­ism industry. Among the sig­nat­or­ies is “GT” Friend Susanne Beck­en who, in her declar­a­tion and plan, quotes Greta Thun­berg: “I don’t want your hope, I […]

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Her beauty and her terror … The wide brown land, Australia, is open for business

January 14, 2020

Epicormic regrowth from the base of a Eucalyptus tree, four months after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Strathewen, Victoria. Pic by Robert Kerton, CSIRO (CC BY 3.0) via Wikimedia. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/CSIRO_ScienceImage_10408_Eucalypt_regrowth_after_Black_Saturday_bushfires.jpg

“The best way to sup­port Aus­tralia, Aus­trali­an com­munit­ies, and the tour­ism sec­tor is to keep vis­it­ing,” says Tour­ism Aus­tralia on its bush­fire inform­a­tion resources web page. “If you can­not travel to an affected area due to bush­fires, one of the many ways to help includes res­chedul­ing instead of can­celing …”  If you didn’t already know, your […]

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Good news in tourism January 5 – 11, 2020

January 12, 2020

Community-based tourism entrepreneurship training near Kibale National Park in Uganda. Image supplied by James Nadiope.

Wel­come to The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s weekly remind­er — if you need it — that as a tour­ism stake­hold­er YOU are NOT bad! You are prob­ably pretty good, actu­ally; one of the many tour­ism industry people or trav­el­lers doing what you know to be good while know­ing there is more to know to be bet­ter. Pub­lished on Sunday to […]

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