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For the better: Racial diversity, equity, & inclusion in USA tourism

July 1, 2021

By Capri23auto (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/migration-integration-migrants-3130767/

Is the United States’ travel & tour­ism industry based on white priv­ilege and Black exclu­sion? Stephanie M Jones thinks so. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Ms Jones explains why she reck­ons a per­man­ent budget item for racial diversity, equity, and inclu­sion would make for bet­ter tour­ism. What’s good about tour­ism?  The people who make it […]

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Overs & unders: Contrasting destination outcomes during COVID-19

June 29, 2021

The Winnipesaukee River in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA ((CC0) Pixabay) and Stari Most over the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina ((c) Jada Lindblom)

Places that rely on travel & tour­ism are loc­ated all over the world, in nations at dif­fer­ent stages of eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment and often vastly dif­fer­ent pop­u­la­tion sizes. When inter­na­tion­al travel shuts down it is no won­der then that they have dif­fer­ent exper­i­ences. Devel­op­ment spe­cial­ist Jada Lind­blom com­pares two des­tin­a­tions close to her heart in this […]

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Outrigger goes big on World Oceans Month this June

June 8, 2021

Outrigger collage

Bare­foot lux­ury and cor­al reef con­ser­va­tion meet at Out­rig­ger Resorts. WAIKIKI – In hon­our of World Oceans Month this June, Out­rig­ger Hotels and Resorts is eager to con­tin­ue its sup­port in pro­tect­ing and sus­tain­ing the oceans and the spe­cies that inhab­it them. Mak­ing Big Waves for Glob­al Change Through its OZONE pro­gramme, Out­rig­ger has cham­pioned ocean and cor­al health […]

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Ethically yours: Silver Naga, Vang Vieng, Laos

and June 2, 2021

Silver Naga Vang Vieng Laos staff at the pool with a view

Rachel Dechaineux uses ‘eth­ic­al’ a lot, both in word and in deed, because she feels that tour­ism is all about people. This is the fourth Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Laos Show­case by Bernie Rosen­bloom of “Good Tour­ism” Des­tin­a­tion Part­ner WeAre­Lao. Ms Dechaineux is the own­er of the river­side Sil­ver Naga hotel in Vang Vieng, Laos. “We aim to […]

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Thailand’s tourism elephants lose when pragmatism gives way to politics, ideology

June 1, 2021
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Fundraising livestreams are the best hope for unemployed elephants in Thailand. Pic supplied by John Roberts.

The best hope for Thail­and’s unem­ployed tour­ism ele­phants now are livestreams and the gen­er­os­ity of donors. As travel resumes, ele­phant expert John Roberts fears that loc­al polit­ics and act­iv­ist ideo­logy will con­tin­ue to be a bar­ri­er to optim­al out­comes.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  It is always fool­ish to gaze into a crys­tal ball and […]

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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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