“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places

“GT” Des­tin­a­tions & Places is all about con­fid­ent des­tin­a­tions, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

“Good Tourism” Destination Partnership

For “GT” Des­tin­a­tion Part­ner­ship or sponsored con­tent about your spe­cial place, please click here for more inform­a­tion.

Why are travel & tourism workers growing mushrooms in rural Sri Lanka?

December 10, 2020
3 Comments

Oyster mushroom abstraction. Image (CC0) via Pikrepo.

Susan Eardly and Dinesh Pathir­ana are empower­ing rur­al Sri Lankan fam­il­ies pre­vi­ously reli­ant on tour­ism income to devel­op sus­tain­able busi­nesses. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Ms Eardly dis­cusses funguses and answers the ques­tion: “Why fungi?”  (Thanks to “GT” Friend Richard Shep­ard for the intro­duc­tion.) Sri Lanka, the trop­ic­al island set like a pearl in the Indian […]

Read More Why are travel & tourism workers growing mushrooms in rural Sri Lanka?
Posted in Insights & Best Practices, "Good Tourism" in Asia, "Good Tourism" in Sri Lanka, "GT" Destinations & Places
Tags: , , , ,

Overtourism to no tourism and back again: What is Lake Tahoe’s ‘new normal’?

December 8, 2020
One Comment

Sunset over Lake Tahoe. Image by Rachid Dahnoun / Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority

Lake Tahoe, USA lived through the sud­den over­­­tour­ism-to-no-tour­ism with­draw­al exper­i­enced by many pop­u­lar des­tin­a­tions in 2020. The area also had to endure a wrench­ing return to over­tour­ism as city-slick­­ers rushed to get their nature fix after COVID lock­down. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Lake Tahoe Vis­it­ors Author­ity boss Car­ol Chap­lin out­lines the crazy jour­ney before […]

Read More Overtourism to no tourism and back again: What is Lake Tahoe’s ‘new normal’?
Posted in Insights & Best Practices, "Good Tourism" in the Americas, "GT" Destinations & Places, “Good Tourism” in the United States of America
Tags: , , , ,

Mahouts matter: The Elephant Conservation Center’s essential workers

and November 26, 2020

ECC's male elephant mahout team. Image by Anabel Lopez-Perez.

Intro­duct­ory note by Hol­lis Bur­b­ank-Ham­­marlund, Work for Wild Life Inter­na­tion­al: The concept of ‘essen­tial work­ers’ has been front and centre since the COVID-19 vir­us struck our world earli­er this year. Doc­tors, nurses, para­med­ics, as well as teach­ers, gro­cery store work­ers, trans­port­a­tion staff and so many oth­ers have been work­ing tire­lessly to sup­port essen­tial human needs […]

Read More Mahouts matter: The Elephant Conservation Center’s essential workers
Posted in "GT" Destinations & Places, "Good Tourism" in Asia, "Good Tourism" in Laos, "GT" news & events, "GT" news from Asia, Sponsored posts
Tags: , , , ,

Wake UP! to the transformative power of partnership & enterprise in Uganda

and November 19, 2020

Wake up to the transformative power of enterprise in Uganda

Tan­ner C Knorr of Second Look World­wide talks with Iain Pat­ton of Uganda Part­ner­ship (UP!) about trans­form­a­tion­al tours. Tan­ner: Tell us about Uganda Part­ner­ship.  Iain: Uganda Part­ner­ship is a win-win approach to trav­el­ling off the beaten track in Africa and fund­ing busi­ness solu­tions to the poverty in the com­munit­ies we meet. At Uganda Part­ner­ship, or UP! for […]

Read More Wake UP! to the transformative power of partnership & enterprise in Uganda
Posted in "GT" Destinations & Places, "Good Tourism" in Africa, "Good Tourism" in Uganda, "GT" news & events, "GT" news from Africa, Sponsored posts
Tags: , , , ,

How will rural tourism in India survive the COVID crisis?

November 17, 2020
One Comment

India tea plantation. By 12019 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/tea-plantation-landscape-scenic-2220475/

Social entre­pren­eur Kumar Anubhav writes about the exist­en­tial prob­lems facing rur­al tour­ism stake­hold­ers in India, and the sur­viv­al and sus­tain­ab­il­ity solu­tion he and his friends are rolling out as Pro­ject TraViv­al; the sub­ject of this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. COVID-19 has not only changed the way we work, live, and think, but it has also changed […]

Read More How will rural tourism in India survive the COVID crisis?
Posted in Insights & Best Practices, "Good Tourism" in Asia, "Good Tourism" in India, "GT" Destinations & Places
Tags: , , ,

A community-based tourism dilemma: COVID’s ‘new normal’ vs ‘back to normal’

November 10, 2020

Community-based tourism Myanmar. "CBT. Visit Myanmar. Visit Dawei."

Skål recently recog­nised the Inter­na­tion­al Trade Centre’s Myan­mar Inclus­ive Tour­ism Pro­ject with a sus­tain­able tour­ism award. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Pro­ject con­sult­ant Peter Richards describes the pre-pan­­dem­ic prom­ise of new com­munity-based tour­ism products, their chal­lenges now, and how com­munit­ies are hand­ling COVID safety con­cerns as they con­sider reopen­ing.  At the start of 2020, the […]

Read More A community-based tourism dilemma: COVID’s ‘new normal’ vs ‘back to normal’
Posted in Insights & Best Practices, "Good Tourism" in Asia, "Good Tourism" in Myanmar, "GT" Destinations & Places, Downloads
Tags: , , ,