“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.

What do non-fungible tokens, natural habitats, & tourism experiences have in common?

and May 10, 2022

What do non-fungible tokens, natural habitats, & tourism experiences have in common? Image by Ifatahmad (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/fantasy-lake-sunset-sky-7022197/

A rel­at­ively new form of digit­al own­er­ship, non-fun­­­gible tokens (NFTs) have not only been attract­ing head­lines, but also the ima­gin­a­tions of those who would advance envir­on­ment­al causes that are close to their hearts. There are oppor­tun­it­ies for travel & tour­ism too, accord­ing to Lauren Uğur and Richard Powazyn­ski. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too […]

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To revitalise destinations, awaken the senses

May 3, 2022

Awaken the senses. Image by geralt (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/light-circles-points-abstract-face-2935944/

In a glob­al­ised world in which if sub­urb­an shop­ping centres on oppos­ite sides of the plan­et were to switch places overnight there would be very few dif­fer­ences for loc­als to get used to, what does it take to rebuild unique­ness in des­tin­a­tions?  Michael Hay­wood appeals to the senses. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too […]

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Balancing tourism development with care for cultural heritage in Ras Al Khaimah

April 12, 2022

Ras Al Khaimah arab guide with camel. Source: Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority.

What are tour­ism offi­cials in the United Arab Emir­ates’ north­ern-most mem­ber doing to lever­age and pro­tect the cul­tur­al her­it­age of 7,000 years of his­tory?  Raki Phil­lips, CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Tour­ism Devel­op­ment Author­ity, lets us know. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to “GT” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture and Her­it­age (WTACH) for invit­ing Raki […]

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How to do tourism responsibly in the Faroe Islands


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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