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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The “received wisdom” about elephant tourism that keeps conscientious travellers away from elephant-based attractions is doing more harm than good, according to elephant expert John Roberts in this “Good Tourism” Insight. UPDATE, May 2021: “GT” asked Mr Roberts whether he would like to update this “GT” Insight from July 2017. In light of the circumstances […]
Read More Elephant tourism: The harms of received wisdom
The propensity for all-inclusive tourism packages to lay on all-you-can-eat feasts at every meal may be contributing to obesity among populations who can afford such trips, according to Professor Erdogan Koc of Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University in this “Good Tourism” Insight contribution. If Prof Koc’s suspicions are true, what can the industry realistically do to […]
Read More Do all-inclusive holidays promote gluttony, obesity?
Hospitality industry professional John Morris Williams shares a little of his long experience initiating and driving common-sense measures at hotels and in host communities. Mr Williams makes it clear that he favours real action over expensive certification, believing that discerning supply chain partners and guests are capable of perceiving green-washing and cynical CSR. Update: June 2021 Prompted […]
Read More How to make a hotel green & responsible: Get on with it!
The “Good Tourism” Blog’s first guest contributor, Dr Susanne Becken, is, among other things, Professor of Sustainable Tourism at Griffith University and Director of the Griffith Institute for Tourism, as well as one of the initiators of the Global Sustainable Tourism Dashboard. In this post, Dr Becken explains the raison d’être of the Dashboard. Tourism […]
Read More “Tourism contributes to sustainable development.” Are you sure?