“Good Tourism” in the United States of America

“Good Tour­ism” des­tin­a­tions and places in the United States of Amer­ica (USA), and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the USA who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

On the fringes: When the City of Sedona’s tourism policy failed the urban outskirts

May 25, 2021

Loy Butte is to the northwest of Sedona, Arizona. (Oak Creek Canyon is to the north.) There are remarkable rocks and spectacular scenes all around Sedona. By Sunfellow (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/loy-butte-sedona-arizona-hiking-672889/

Ari­zon­a’s great out­doors is a draw for people escap­ing COVID lock­down. While the state’s cit­ies and tour­ist towns reap the eco­nom­ic rewards, some places only see the down­side as the masses pass through. How can tour­ism policy-makers account for the poten­tial neg­at­ive effects of inbound travel on those just out­side a des­tin­a­tion?  It’s a “Good […]

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Overtourism to no tourism and back again: What is Lake Tahoe’s ‘new normal’?

December 8, 2020
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Sunset over Lake Tahoe. Image by Rachid Dahnoun / Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority

Lake Tahoe, USA lived through the sud­den over­­­tour­ism-to-no-tour­ism with­draw­al exper­i­enced by many pop­u­lar des­tin­a­tions in 2020. The area also had to endure a wrench­ing return to over­tour­ism as city-slick­­ers rushed to get their nature fix after COVID lock­down. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Lake Tahoe Vis­it­ors Author­ity boss Car­ol Chap­lin out­lines the crazy jour­ney before […]

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Two tourism democratisation challenges to consider as we plan for recovery

October 6, 2020

Two tourism democratisation challenges to consider as we plan for recovery

Sus­tain­able tour­ism con­sult­ant Tim O’Donoghue leads the col­lab­or­at­ive efforts of Teton County, Wyom­ing, USA to become a sus­tain­able des­tin­a­tion. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Mr O’Donoghue iden­ti­fies two core chal­lenges to achiev­ing com­munity con­sensus around tour­ism devel­op­ment plan­ning and des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment. Most com­munit­ies that are travel des­tin­a­tions have seen their tour­ism eco­nom­ies grow organ­ic­ally and […]

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