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Invisible changemaker: A pioneer of community-based tourism in Ethiopia

August 23, 2022

Sunrise at Wajela community in Meket Woreda, North Wollo, Ethiopia. Photo © Elisa Spampinato.

In the first of her ‘Invis­ible Change­maker’ inter­views, Elisa Spamp­inato chats with Mark Chap­man, a pion­eer of com­munity-based tour­ism in Ethiopia.  The “Good Tour­ism” Blog is proud to pub­lish this inter­view series in col­lab­or­a­tion with Elisa’s Trav­el­ler Storyteller, a “GT” Part­ner. It’s a “GT” Insight Inter­view. [You can write a “GT” Insight.] To start this […]

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How to create a tourism trail: Understanding the benefits and the challenges

August 22, 2022

Extant roads and paths can, in whole or in part, be include in new tourism trails. Gailingen am Hochrhein, Germany. Photo by David Bayliss (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/btgKjWhg3rs

Ever wondered what goes into cre­at­ing a tour­ism trail?  Who are involved in cre­at­ing a tour­ism trail? Why start a tour­ism trail?  What is a tour­ism trail, any­way?  Answers to these ques­tion and more are offered in a new online short course cre­ated by the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS). Learn about the chal­lenges of cre­at­ing a […]

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Rwanda’s neighbours to learn conservation, sustainable development practices

August 17, 2022

Rwandan man sits against a mud or clay wall smoking a pipe, looking at the camera. He's earing a wide=brimmed hat and a tan jacket.

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment will launch the ‘Vir­unga Trans­bound­ary Ini­ti­at­ive’ in 2022. The Ini­ti­at­ive will share its con­ser­va­tion and sus­tain­able devel­op­ment con­cepts with neigh­bour­ing coun­tries fol­low­ing their suc­cess in Rwanda.  The Vir­unga Trans­bound­ary Ini­ti­at­ive will include com­munit­ies in Uganda and the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of the Congo that share the Vir­unga mas­sif with those […]

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

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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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10th annual Rwandan cultural festival to coincide with gorilla naming ceremony

August 15, 2022

Rwandan mountain gorilla

The 10th Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al comes to Musan­ze dis­trict, Rwanda, August 26-Septem­ber 2, 2022, coin­cid­ing with the Kwita Izina gor­illa nam­ing cere­mony on the slopes of Vir­unga Moun­tain. Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Cen­ter will host the event at its premises in Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage, Musan­ze dis­trict, Rwanda with addi­tion­al cel­eb­ra­tions in nearby Mukung­wa town and Kinigi, […]

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Buddhist travel & tourism trails offer post-pandemic potential in Mekong

August 2, 2022

Almsgiving in Luang Prabang, Laos. By Daniel Marchal (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/f2d6hc6gVco

Not­ing that themed travel & tour­ism niches have been a grow­ing trend for at least two dec­ades, vet­er­an pub­lish­er Jaf­fee Yee has iden­ti­fied the poten­tial for the Mekong-region nations of South­east Asia to tap their rich Buddhist her­it­age to attract and dis­perse a large region­al and glob­al mar­ket.  Twenty years ago, to explain why he […]

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