“Good Tourism” in Australia

“Good Tour­ism” des­tin­a­tions and places in Aus­tralia, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in Ocean­i­a’s largest coun­try who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

Lessons in resilience: Binna Burra’s rise from the ashes

February 15, 2022

Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia is easily accessible from BInna Burra Mountain Lodge

Des­pite a dev­ast­at­ing wild­fire in Septem­ber 2019 and the glob­al pan­dem­ic that fol­lowed, Aus­trali­a’s Binna Burra Lodge is open for busi­ness. Draw­ing from that recov­ery story, Jona­thon Day shares five les­sons in resi­li­ence that any tour­ism busi­ness can apply. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] On Septem­ber 8, 2019, a bushfire […]

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From the ashes: The role of solidarity in Binna Burra’s tourism recovery

May 13, 2021
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Binna Burra terrace sunset. Image supplied by author.

After a dev­ast­at­ing fire fol­lowed by glob­al pan­dem­ic, the ongo­ing recov­ery of Binna Burra Lodge in Queens­land, Aus­tralia was­n’t pos­sible without the sup­port of people near and far who feel a con­nec­tion to the place, its his­tory, and its land­scape. The story illus­trates the power and value of good­will, an intan­gible asset that mani­fes­ted at […]

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Losing Lutruwita: Tourism troubles in Tasmania’s World Heritage wilderness

March 9, 2021

At the centre of a controversy is Halls Island on Lake Malbena in the middle of Walls of Jerusalem National Park, which is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmania, Australia. Image by Rob Blakers (c) supplied by Tom Allen of the Wilderness Society Tasmania.At the centre of a controversy is Halls Island on Lake Malbena in the middle of Walls of Jerusalem National Park, which is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmania, Australia. Image by Rob Blakers (c) supplied by Tom Allen of the Wilderness Society Tasmania.

The World Her­it­age wil­der­ness of Lut­ruwita (the palawa kani name for the island of Tas­mania) is under threat from col­lu­sion between state gov­ern­ment and private tour­ism interests, accord­ing to Tom Allen. The Wil­der­ness Soci­ety cam­paign man­ager reck­ons tour­ism does best when it com­ple­ments not com­prom­ises nat­ur­al val­ues. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Upon sign­ing the […]

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What to keep, change, do in a crisis (and why we should give a sh*t)

February 23, 2021

A Live Ningaloo tour group encounters humpback whales. Photo: Ningaloo Aviation & Jacob Hill supplied by Live Ningaloo.

Sonia Beck­with’s tiny Aus­trali­an eco­tour­ism oper­a­tion Live Nin­ga­loo faced an exist­en­tial crisis in 2020, like so many travel & tour­ism busi­nesses glob­ally did (and still do). In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, her second, Ms Beck­with shares the value of caring — a lot! — and how she har­nesses and sus­tains it. When my part­ner and I foun­ded our micro tourism […]

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When the odds are against you: How a small tour operator survived 2020

January 14, 2021
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Turtle, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia. Image by Chris Jansen supplied by Live Ningaloo.

From the excit­ing pro­spect of a break­out sea­son to the exist­en­tial threat of bank­ruptcy, 2020 was a tur­bu­lent year for small Aus­trali­an eco-tour oper­at­or Live Nin­ga­loo. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Sonia Beck­with shares how she and her part­ner fought to keep their eco­tour­ism dreams alive. In Decem­ber 2019 we pre­dicted that 2020 would be […]

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The effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on wildlife and wildlife tourism

January 12, 2021
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A bold and curious kookaburra at a picnic area in Brisbane, Australia. Image by Ronda J Green.

COVID-19 lock­downs have not only impacted travel & tour­ism, includ­ing wild­life tour­ism, but also wild­life itself. As a research eco­lo­gist, con­ser­va­tion­ist, eco-tour pro­pri­et­or, and chair of Wild­life Tour­ism Aus­tralia, Ronda J Green is inter­ested in all aspects of that. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Dr Green sum­mar­ises the effects coronavir­us lock­downs have had on wildlife […]

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