“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places in Europe

“GT” des­tin­a­tions in Europe and the United King­dom, 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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Off-piste: Lack of public access to Scottish ski resorts reinforces divides

May 9, 2023
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Cannae go 'off-piste' to a Scottish ski resort

Scot­land’s ski resorts offer breath­tak­ing scenery and exhil­ar­at­ing out­door exper­i­ences. How­ever, they are dif­fi­cult to access for many Scots. Alastair Naughton, a con­cerned cit­izen and avid ski­er, believes that Vis­itScot­land should advoc­ate for invest­ment in access­ible, afford­able, and low-emis­­sion pub­lic trans­port infra­struc­ture.  I love ski­ing, although I have not been able to get up to […]

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Mass tourism in Venice: Are city officials overreacting?

April 11, 2023

Mass tourism in Venice. Overtourism overreaction? Image by Alex B (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/users/mcsmandalas-1918387/

Tour­ists should be wel­comed and cel­eb­rated but in Venice they are facing rejec­tion and even crim­in­al­isa­tion, accord­ing to long-time Ven­eto res­id­ent Domin­ic Standish. Are city offi­cials over­re­act­ing to legit­im­ate con­cerns about mass tour­ism in Venice? And how might they man­age tour­ism bet­ter? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You […]

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Language skills in tourism: Why the Anglosphere needs to appreciate them

and April 5, 2023

Language skills in tourism Why the Anglosphere needs to value them higher Image by Towfiqu barbhuiya (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@towfiqu999999

The import­ance of lan­guages is uni­ver­sal.  How­ever, in nat­ive Eng­l­ish-speak­­ing coun­tries such as the United King­dom, lan­guage edu­ca­tion has been neg­lected.  This has implic­a­tions for the inbound travel, tour­ism, and hos­pit­al­ity indus­tries and their work­ers, accord­ing to Kar­en Thomas and Jim Butcher. Dr Thomas was the lead research­er for a study on the top­ic. Drs Thomas […]

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‘Where seagulls don’t land anymore’: Are British seaside resorts trending again?

March 7, 2023
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British seaside resorts: St Leonard’s-on-Sea

Many Brit­ish sea­side resorts are mak­ing a comeback after dec­ades of sniffy cri­ti­cism led by the media, and des­pite a per­sist­ent nar­rat­ive of decay and decline. Dav­id Jar­ratt shares this “Good Tour­ism” Insight; the second in a series ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner.  [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Tra­di­tion­al Brit­ish sea­side resorts […]

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‘No man is an island’: Let’s talk tourism and transportation infrastructure

February 28, 2023

Let's talk transport, specifically tourism and transportation infrastructure. Image from the Faroe Islands by Annie Spratt (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/-1978llE0FE

Travel & tour­ism and trans­port­a­tion infra­struc­ture are inex­tric­ably linked. The former is almost wholly depend­ent on the lat­ter.  As stake­hold­ers in travel, tour­ism, leis­ure, and hos­pit­al­ity, do we take for gran­ted how we move from place to place? Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci shares his thoughts in the first in a series of “Good Tour­ism” Insights ini­ti­ated by […]

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Belgian B&B implements sustainable circular solutions: A case study

, and August 16, 2022
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Lighthouse at Nieuwpoort, Belgium. By Wouter Martens (CC0) via Unsplash. Arrows by GDJ (CC0) via Pixabay.

A bed & break­fast in Nieuw­poort, Bel­gi­um has lever­aged the sup­port of a European Uni­on-fun­­ded pro­ject to imple­ment viable ‘cir­cu­lar’ solu­tions. Accord­ing to authors Angelo Sciacca, Lucien von Schomberg, and Eline Brutyn, the B&B’s own­ers have set a good example for oth­er travel & tour­ism entre­pren­eurs to fol­low.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too […]

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