Butler asks: How do we solve one of the great conundrums of ‘sustainable’ tourism?

February 24, 2025

Richard Butler asks: How do we solve one of the great conundrums of ‘sustainable’ tourism? Pic by Michael Schwarzenberger (CC0) via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/turbine-aircraft-motor-rotor-590354/

“Inter­est­ing range of views”, Richard But­ler (of Tour­ism Area Life Cycle mod­el fame) writes in the com­ments sec­tion of the “GT” Insight Bites on oppor­tun­it­ies and threats to tour­ism in 2025.  “How do we square the first response re air travel and the second and fourth pos­it­ive responses about tour­ism in [South­east] Asia where many of the […]

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What is tourism’s biggest opportunity and/or threat where you are in 2025?

January 13, 2025
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What is tourism's biggest opportunity and tourism's biggest threat where you are in 2025?

What is tour­is­m’s biggest oppor­tun­ity and/or threat where you are in 2025? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join the “GT” net­work. Register.) Thanks to the nine good people — pro­fess­ors, pro­fes­sion­als, and prac­ti­tion­ers — who took the time […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Nostalgia

January 7, 2025

Nostalgia and tourism. Filmstrip negatives. Image by Pexels (CC0) va Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/filmstrip-negatives-photography-1850277/

‘Nos­tal­gia. It ain’t what it used to be!’  Our travel tastes are often shaped by the memor­ies of child­hood hol­i­day exper­i­ences, or of stor­ies passed down through the gen­er­a­tions. Mar­keters often play to this. What is the role of nos­tal­gia in hol­i­day­mak­ing, from an indi­vidu­al or com­mer­cial per­spect­ive? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put […]

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Good news in travel & tourism October-December 2024

December 31, 2024

Share ‘Good news’ in travel & tourism Oct-Dec 2024 as you would a watermelon. Image by Kenta Kikuchi (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/sliced-watermelon-on-white-paper-1C55VIfJSuQ

This ‘Good news in travel & tour­ism’ wraps up three months of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences: Octo­ber, Novem­ber, and Decem­ber 2024. Share ‘Good news’ as you would a water­mel­on on a hot sum­mer­’s day … It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch an item on the shar­ing menu to go straight to it. And don’t for­get to share.) […]

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Top five most visited “GT” posts of 2024 (& top 10 all-time “GT” & “GT” Travel posts)

December 12, 2024

Top five most visited "Good Tourism" Blog posts of 2024. Image by yohoprashant (CC0) via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/colorful-five-fingers-kid-fingers-4043742/

The last time I put togeth­er lists such as these was in Decem­ber 2021 when many were des­per­ately hop­ing for a bet­ter new year after a tough two.  We saw a bounce in 2022. Now, in Decem­ber 2024, as much of the tour­ism world has fully recovered, many are wor­ried about over­tour­ism again!  In this moment, let’s […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Geopolitics and tourism

December 10, 2024

Geopolitics and tourism. Image by StarFlames (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/chess-camera-world-map-2258804/ "GT" cropped it and added the words "Geopolitics & tourism".

Like it or not, geo­pol­it­ics affects travel pat­terns. How can the tour­ism industry where you are bet­ter bal­ance the polit­ic­al sens­it­iv­it­ies of loc­al and inter­na­tion­al stake­hold­ers? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join […]

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