“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places in Africa

“GT” des­tin­a­tions in Africa, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

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Why aren’t Kenya tourism authorities taking a responsible approach to growth?

March 19, 2024

Are Kenya tourism authorities as responsible as they could be? Mt Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Pic by Sergey Pesterev (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/green-leaf-tree-near-mountain-covered-by-snow-at-daytime-DWXR-nAbxCk

Tour­ism officer Doreen Nyam­weya wor­ries about the stra­tegic dir­ec­tion of Kenya tour­ism. Ms Nyam­weya won­ders wheth­er nation­al tour­ism author­it­ies are ‘imprisoned’ by out­dated think­ing, con­fused about Kenya’s pos­i­tion in the world, and dis­con­nec­ted from host com­munit­ies. With Kenya’s tour­ism sec­tor boom­ing again, calls for respons­ible approaches to tour­ism mar­ket­ing and man­age­ment are gain­ing momentum.  Different […]

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Partnerships: Good partners are like family at Red Rocks Initiatives Rwanda


Featured image for Partnerships: Why we cherish good partners at Red Rocks Initiatives Rwanda

At Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment in Rwanda we are always open to new part­ner­ships.  We recog­nise that good part­ners helped us take our very first steps. And good part­ners have helped us get to where we are now. They, and new part­ners, will be val­ued stake­hold­ers in our ongo­ing jour­ney. More than stakeholders, […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: On empowerment, promotion, and the power of expression

October 26, 2023

Nyungura ‘Leonard’ Bapfakwita expresses himself in real time at the 2023 Red Rocks Cultural Festival in Rwanda. Picture by David Gillbanks.

Thanks to these two Rwandan tal­ents for con­trib­ut­ing to this instal­ment of “GT” Insight Bites: Leonard, who demon­strated his art in real time at the Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al; Roger, who shared with me his love of birds as we walked through his beau­ti­ful vil­lage. You too can contribute.

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From creative child to professional artist: How travel & tourism changed my life

September 28, 2023
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From creative child to professional artist: How travel & tourism changed my life. Credo Boris Harera pic by David Gillbanks

Travel in his nat­ive Rwanda is a source of artist­ic inspir­a­tion. Encoun­ters with tour­ists, and teach­ing chil­dren, is fuel for motiv­a­tion. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight by pas­sion­ate paint­er Credo Bor­is Harera who says: “Tour­ism changed my life.”

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Is gorilla-friendly conservation compatible with local communities and tourism?

September 21, 2023

Gorilla-friendly policy and practice played a part in the arrival of 'Jijuka' ('enlightenment'), who was named during Rwanda's 19th Kwita Izina in 2023 by Sol Campbell.

It can be dif­fi­cult to find a bal­ance between spe­cies con­ser­va­tion and the needs and aspir­a­tions of our own spe­cies.  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Sheil­lah Mun­sabe of the Wild­life Friendly Enter­prise Net­work describes a gor­illa-friendly mod­el for con­ser­va­tion, respons­ible tour­ism, and improved com­munity live­li­hoods. As we become more glob­al­ised, the respons­ib­il­ity for pro­tect­ing Earth’s […]

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Heart, energy, force for good: Tourism and sustainable development in Rwanda

September 13, 2023

Heart, energy, force for good: Tourism and sustainable development in Rwanda. Pic by David Gillbanks

Emma Raissa Isheja is not only pas­sion­ate about her Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage com­munity but is also keen to har­ness the heart and energy of its women and young people to advance sus­tain­able devel­op­ment in Rwanda. The volun­teer, tour guide, and elec­tric­al engin­eer­ing gradu­ate is a believ­er in tour­is­m’s poten­tial to be a force for good. In the […]

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