“Good Tourism” Insights

Dancers, singers, and drummers from a local women’s cooperative welcome visitors to the Red Rocks Cultural Center in Nyakinama village, Rwanda. Pic by David Gillbanks.

Dan­cers, sing­ers, and drum­mers from a loc­al women’s cooper­at­ive wel­come vis­it­ors to the Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Cen­ter in Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage, Rwanda. Pic by Dav­id Gillbanks.

“Good Tour­ism” Insights are ori­gin­al posts by aca­dem­ics, experts, and prac­ti­tion­ers who are keen to share their sus­tain­able tour­ism and respons­ible tour­ism insights, expert­ise, and exper­i­ences, in plain Eng­lish, for the bene­fit of all travel & tour­ism stakeholders.

Each “GT” Insight rep­res­ents the opin­ion of its author, NOT neces­sar­ily the opin­ion of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog, its Part­ners, or its pub­lish­er. The “Good Tour­ism” Blog neither pays nor is paid for any “GT” Insight. 

Any­one with an informed and sin­cerely-held opin­ion about travel & tour­ism is wel­come to sub­mit a “GT” Insight for pub­lic­a­tion. The “GT” Insight guidelines are very simple.

Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing

, and December 9, 2025

Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing. Image by Gemini.

Glob­al tourism’s centre of grav­ity has shif­ted to Asia. But how do Asi­an des­tin­a­tions main­tain their spec­tac­u­lar growth amidst nat­ur­al dis­asters, pan­dem­ics, and geo­pol­it­ic­al instability? 

Dr Dav­id Beir­man and Dr Jeff Wilks reveal the strategies behind the region’s resi­li­ence in their upcom­ing book, ‘Risk and Tour­ism Mar­ket­ing in Asia’. And Bernie Rosen­bloom shares key find­ings from his chapter on Laos.

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Posted in "GT" Destinations & Places, "Good Tourism" in Asia, "Good Tourism" in Laos, Insights & Best Practices
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Tourism’s biggest threats, opportunities: five years to 2030

December 1, 2025

Tourism’s biggest threats, opportunities: five years to 2030. A Gemini-generated image. "GT" added the words.

What is tourism’s biggest oppor­tun­ity and/or threat, either in your spe­cif­ic loc­a­tion or glob­ally, over the next five years (2026 – 2030)?

Thanks to the 17 good people who respon­ded to this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

Find with­in, for your con­sid­er­a­tion and enjoy­ment, place-based per­spect­ives from Eng­land to Iran, Bar­celona to Bend; mul­tiple glob­al issues from cost-cut­ting arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to out-of-whack aca­demia; women’s empower­ment to ocean plastic.

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Re-awakening: How can vibrant tales connect us all through folklore tourism?

November 30, 2025

Isle of Skye, Scotland, is a landscape of folklore. Photo by Vivian Sakko (c). "GT" added the words: "Do you believe?" Re-awakening: How can vibrant tales connect us all through folklore tourism?

In what ways might super­nat­ur­al folk­tales — and their anim­ist char­ac­ter­ist­ics — influ­ence res­id­ents’ and tour­ists’ per­cep­tions of and beha­viours with­in landscapes? 

Vivi­an Sakko invest­ig­ated this ques­tion on the Isle of Skye, Scot­land, for an award-win­ning master’s thes­is about folk­lore tourism …

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Posted in "GT" Destinations & Places, "Good Tourism" in Europe, "Good Tourism" in Scotland, "Good Tourism" in the United Kingdom, Insights & Best Practices
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Do fun and politics mix? Can we ‘leave our cares behind’ when we go on holiday?

November 5, 2025

Fun and politics image by Google Gemini. Do fun and politics mix? Can we or should we ‘leave our cares behind’ on holiday? It's a "Good Tourism" Insight Bites compilation.

Do fun and polit­ics mix? Can we or should we ‘leave our cares behind’ on holiday?

It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites question.

Thanks to Jim Butcher, K Michael Hay­wood, Chris Kit­tish­in­nak­uppe, and Vil­helmi­ina Vain­ikka for tak­ing the time to con­sider the ques­tion. Their responses appear in the order received.

And thanks to Willem Niemeijer and John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams for shar­ing unre­lated ideas in the form of “Good Tour­ism” Insight BiteXes.

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Overtourism and overimmigration are the same?

October 15, 2025

A Gemini-generated image from the prompt: "Create an abstract image representing overtourism and overimmigration". "GT" added "Over it".

Over­tour­ism’ and ‘over­im­mig­ra­tion’ are sub­ject­ive terms that mean essen­tially the same thing. 

Dis­cuss.

Thanks to Chris Kit­tish­in­nak­uppe, Nic­olaus Sulistyo, and John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams for tak­ing the time to con­sider the question. 

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Can social media content creators promote peace through tourism in Israel and Palestine?

October 12, 2025

Can social media content creators promote peace through tourism in Israel and Palestine? Image generated by Gemini prompted by the headline of this post. "GT" added the words.

As the fra­gile first phase of a new peace deal com­mences in Gaza, Ahmed Abdel Fat­tah pon­ders the poten­tial for social media con­tent cre­at­ors to con­sol­id­ate con­nec­tions and pro­mote peace through tour­ism in Israel and Palestine.

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