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.
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What if the ‘mass’ travel & tourism activities of cities and citizens were ‘sustainable’? Could any of it be counted as ‘ecotourism’? Sudipta K Sarkar explores these questions in this “Good Tourism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting Dr Sarkar to write a “GT” Insight.] After more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Read More Wild urban spaces: Rethinking ecotourism as a mass tourism product
Angelo Sciacca was the first guest author to introduce the concept of the circular economy to this website when he argued for its potential to make small island destinations more resilient and less dependent on travel & tourism. In this, his third “Good Tourism” Insight, Mr Sciacca adds frugal innovation and traditional knowledge to his […]
Read More Save to sustain: Frugal innovation & traditional knowledge in circular tourism
Would you pay more for cherries you picked yourself? Respondents in an agritourism study by Erdogan Koc said they would. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, his second, Prof Koc summarises the case for agritourism and its potential benefits for the environment and women … and cherry growers. In parallel with its fast growth over the […]
Read More Is agritourism a more eco-friendly & gender-equitable form of tourism?
In many places, improved relationships between tourism operations, wildlife, and habitats were starting to deliver more sustainable outcomes, including the participation of local people. Then COVID-19 … “Good Tourism” Insight Partner Planet Happiness invited conservation and community development expert Beth Allgood to share her thoughts in this exclusive “GT” Insight. Seeing wildlife in their native habitat […]
Read More Where next for wildlife conservation, ecotourism, & community well-being?
Is the United States’ travel & tourism industry based on white privilege and Black exclusion? Stephanie M Jones thinks so. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Ms Jones explains why she reckons a permanent budget item for racial diversity, equity, and inclusion would make for better tourism. What’s good about tourism? The people who make it […]
Read More For the better: Racial diversity, equity, & inclusion in USA tourism
Places that rely on travel & tourism are located all over the world, in nations at different stages of economic development and often vastly different population sizes. When international travel shuts down it is no wonder then that they have different experiences. Development specialist Jada Lindblom compares two destinations close to her heart in this […]
Read More Overs & unders: Contrasting destination outcomes during COVID-19