“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.

Africa must put communities, conservation at the centre of travel & tourism recovery

October 5, 2021

Generations. In "Kargi, a remote nomadic settlement in Kenya". Image by Ian Macharia (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/7k91OUDYAQ0

Pick­ing up on the reports, find­ings, declar­a­tions, and state­ments of organ­isa­tions and opin­ion lead­ers in Africa and around the world, tour­ism schol­ar Edwin Magio calls upon Afric­an travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to put words into action. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  As the Afric­an tour­ism sec­tor pre­pares to recov­er from the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, tour­ism experts […]

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Atrocity, curiosity, tragedy, travel: Battlefield tourism in the Solomon Islands

September 28, 2021

Kinugawa Maru, Japanese supply vessel wrecked at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Top image by Gilly Tanbose (CC0) via Unsplash. Bottom image by author.

Dark peri­ods of his­tory evoke strong emo­tions, par­tic­u­larly among those with close con­nec­tions to par­ti­cipants. As doc­u­mented by Steph­en Pratt and his col­leagues, cruise tour­ists who chose to join a shore tour of World War II bat­tle­field sites, museums, and memori­als on Guadal­canal did so for a vari­ety of reas­ons and felt a range of […]

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Delicious, nutritious, precious: Nigeria’s ‘Slow Food’ travel & tourism potential

September 21, 2021
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Ofuda rice from southwestern Nigeria is usually produced on a small scale. Image by Stephen Olatunde (CC0) via unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/gB5qrP0eY50

Slow Food has found sup­port in Niger­ia. With its poten­tial to con­trib­ute to a cul­ture of sus­tain­ab­il­ity, as well as to vis­it­ors’ exper­i­ences, might Slow Food be a wel­come addi­tion to tour itin­er­ar­ies there?  Adenike Ade­bayo thinks so.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Dr Ade­bayo to write a “GT” Insight.] Gast­ro­nomy and good […]

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Mass tourism Corfu: With or without you?

September 14, 2021

Mass tourism on Corfu: With or without you? By CALIN STAN (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/CiXkT47l6co

How many tour­ism aca­dem­ics observe the industry as tour­ists? Melanie Kay Smith does. Dr Smith enjoys reg­u­lar trips to the Greek islands. Her exper­i­ences and con­ver­sa­tions over the past two COV­­ID-affected sum­mers have high­lighted to her some of the prob­lems caused by imposed lim­its on tour­ism. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting […]

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Data analytics, financial acumen are keys to a great career in travel & tourism

September 9, 2021

Data analytics, financial acumen are keys to a bright future in travel & tourism. Image by Pete Linforth (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/earth-internet-globalization-2254769/

It is under­stand­able why many who have worked in the travel & tour­ism industry are look­ing else­where, or are already gain­fully employed in oth­er sec­tors. What then must stu­dents and train­ees be think­ing?  For­tu­nately, say­ings like ‘every cloud has a sil­ver lin­ing’ and ‘it’s always darkest before the dawn’ have meta­phor­ic­al truth. In this “Good […]

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Tourism, capitalism, & the coronavirus crisis: What is to be (un)done?

September 7, 2021
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Coronavirus crisis. Image by geralt (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/coronavirus-virus-pandemic-crisis-6557675/

Does the travel & tour­ism indus­tri­al crisis induced by gov­ern­ment responses to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic war­rant a “full-spec­trum inter­ven­tion” to ‘demo­crat­ise’ tour­ism for a ‘post-cap­it­al­ist’ future?  Raoul V Bian­chi thinks so. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Dr Bian­chi to write a “GT” Insight.] The glob­al COVID-19 pan­dem­ic has triggered an unpre­ced­en­ted crisis. […]

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