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A gorilla-sized opportunity to join Rwanda’s Red Rocks Cultural Festival

and April 4, 2022

Red Rocks Cultural Festival Rwanda red sarong man dancing

Cul­min­at­ing in Kwita Izina — the Gor­illa Nam­ing Cere­mony — and a night of music and dan­cing, the Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al is an annu­al event in Rwanda.  In 2022 the 10th instal­ment of the vibrant Fest­iv­al will take place August 26 to Septem­ber 2 at Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage in Rwanda’s Musan­ze dis­trict. I invite you to join and/or sponsor […]

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How to do tourism responsibly in the Faroe Islands

March 22, 2022

Faroe Islands sheep by Rav_ (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/foroyar-faroe-islands-sheep-1402519/

Any­one seek­ing new ter­rit­ory to explore, send guests to, or expand into should heed the com­munity’s atti­tudes to vis­it­ors and its expect­a­tions of inbound travel & tour­ism.  As part of his post­gradu­ate stud­ies, Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci under­took research in the remote Faroe Islands to find out what loc­als think about tour­ists and our industry.  It’s […]

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Tapping potential, preserving value: Rwanda’s cultural heritage tourism challenges

March 15, 2022
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Tapping potential, preserving value: Rwanda’s cultural heritage tourism challenge. Image by lynnx10 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/rwanda-africa-east-africa-tourism-1229760/

What chal­lenges face those who would tap Rwanda’s cul­tur­al her­it­age for tour­ism and devel­op­ment while pre­serving it for com­munity iden­tity now and in the future?  Tour oper­at­or Greg Bak­un­zi shares his thoughts in a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to “GT” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture and Her­it­age (WTACH) for invit­ing Greg.  You too […]

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War in Ukraine and the real ‘ethical tourism’

March 12, 2022

What does war in Ukraine mean (if anything) for the concept of ethical tourism?

The travel & tour­ism industry can do plenty to sup­port the people of Ukraine in their fight for free­dom, such as lever­age its com­mu­nic­a­tions and pay­ments chan­nels.  That would rep­res­ent a truly ‘eth­ic­al tour­ism’, accord­ing to Jim Butcher. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] I’ve nev­er been a fan of […]

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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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You can’t furlough an elephant: How Laos’ ECC is surviving the COVID crisis

February 8, 2022

One can't simply furlough a bull elephant and his mahout. Image supplied by the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury, Laos.

What would you do if rev­en­ues dried up but you had dozens of ele­phants to look after? The Ele­phant Con­ser­va­tion Cen­ter (ECC) in Say­a­boury, Laos faced this situ­ation as COVID-19 lock­downs and travel bans bit in March 2020. ECC found­ing part­ner Sébas­tien Duffil­lot shares what they did. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to “GT” Destination […]

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