“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.

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Wellness pilgrimage: A post-COVID tourism business opportunity for sacred sites

August 31, 2021
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Is there wellness, perhaps even enlightenment, at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel? By Warren Wong via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/P1fZRtz7-VE

Many people will be keen to travel for well­ness, per­haps even enlight­en­ment, when they arrive at the end of their COVID-19 tun­nels. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, uni­ver­sity lec­turer Ricardo Nic­olas Progano points to the poten­tial for rur­al des­tin­a­tions with sac­red, spir­itu­al, or reli­gious her­it­age to tap into pent-up well­ness tour­ism demand. [Thanks to Jim […]

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In praise of holiday Fordism & why it’s misanthropic to malign mass tourism

August 24, 2021
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Dr Butcher defends the much-maligned mass tourist. Image by Kindel Media (CC0) via Pexels. https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-flight-sunny-beach-8185803/

Nearly every­one wants to escape their every­day and take a hol­i­day, includ­ing work­ing people with small budgets and lim­ited time. Does that mean they, and those who cater to them, are ter­rible people?  Jim Butcher does­n’t think so. In his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Dr Butcher paints mass tour­ism in a pro­gress­ive light and defends […]

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One tourism beach at a time: Local action can help turn the tide on marine plastic

August 17, 2021

One piece at a time, one beach at a time: Tourism can stem the tide and then turn the tide on marine plastic pollution. By Karuvadgraphy (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/sunrise-sunset-grass-morning-dusk-4807648/

Even the smal­lest steps taken by travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to counter the glob­al threat of ocean plastic pol­lu­tion are import­ant, accord­ing to PhD can­did­ate Kriszt­ina Elefther­­i­ou-Hoc­­sak. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, she dis­cusses the loc­al actions taken by a non­profit organ­isa­tion in Cyprus. [Thanks to Tazim Jamal for invit­ing Ms Elefther­­i­ou-Hoc­­sak to write a […]

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How can tourism protect & promote mangroves?

July 27, 2021
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Mida Creek mangroves, Malindi, Kenya. By Timothy K (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/1CiE1x4dHIY

Kev­in Phun passes a sus­tain­ab­il­ity lens over con­cerns about man­grove forests to determ­ine what it would take for our travel & tour­ism industry to be a respons­ible con­trib­ut­or to pro­tect­ing and restor­ing them. It’s his third “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  Man­groves are import­ant to coastal com­munit­ies. They shield them from the worst effects of strong winds, […]

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How community homestays contribute to experiential travel & tourism in Nepal

July 22, 2021

Travellers cooking with Host at Panauti Community Homestay in Nepal

Homestays encour­age vis­its to under-appre­­ci­ated parts of any des­tin­a­tion and longer stays over­all. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Aay­usha Pra­sain explains how com­munity-based homestays in Nepal offer a more authen­t­ic exper­i­ence, help spread the bene­fits of travel & tour­ism more widely, and may even pro­mote an appre­ci­ation of loc­al cul­ture and her­it­age among young people. […]

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And the most important colleagues in a community-based tourism project are …

July 20, 2021
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Have freedom, will trade. A Bangkok night market from above, January 2018. By Sam Beasley (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/cpbWNtkKoiU

… com­munity mem­bers, of course!  In his second “Good Tour­ism” Insight, com­munity-based and sus­tain­able tour­ism con­sult­ant Peter Richards reflects on the most import­ant thing he has learned dur­ing his career so far, and how to make it so. While work­ing at the cross­roads of tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment for more than 20 years, one gradu­ally accumulates […]

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