Here you will find news about The “Good Tourism” Blog’s Partners and friends in Asia (including the Middle East) — especially their sustainable tourism and/or responsible travel activities — plus “Good news in tourism” and coverage of Asian travel & tourism industry events to which “GT” is invited or otherwise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.
Before December 2019, “GT” would summarise under-reported news stories or thought-provoking feature articles about or of importance to Asia by non-industry media. The sources were well-attributed and linked. Any content republished in full was available rights-free for that purpose from the likes of The Conversation or the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Soon after The “Good Tourism” Blog shared a link to a “GT” Insight about elephant tourism to an ecotourism industry Facebook group, the motivation of contributor John Roberts was questioned by an angry commentator: “The fact that someone employed in the elephant riding industry is writing critically about the negative impacts of Responsible Tourism on […]
Read More More shades of grey in elephant tourism
An alliance of local conservationists have condemned not only the proposed Coral World Park in Coron, Palawan but also Philippines Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo for her public declaration of support for it. A statement from the Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources and PAMANA Ka Sa Pilipinas, a network of community-based marine protected area […]
Read More Conservationists “condemn” Philippines Tourism Sec’y for Coral World Park
Tourism in the Darjeeling Hills and Dooars has the potential to thrive under a “Gorkhaland” state administration, according to an article by Jaideep Mazumdar for Swarajya. These Indian territories, which are currently under West Bengal state administration, are “richly endowed” with natural beauty and biological diversity. With some control over tourism development planning and market […]
Read More Would Gorkhaland tourism be better for the Gorkhas?
The second of four priority areas outlined in a statement adopted by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) tourism ministers, June 19, is: “Ensure sustainable and inclusive growth in the travel and tourism sector by encouraging socially and culturally responsible tourism”. Adopted at the APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Tourism held in Quang Ninh province, […]
Read More APEC tourism ministers to “ensure sustainable and inclusive growth”![By Christopher Michel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/8273723151) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.goodtourismblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Myanmar_farmer_in_longyi.jpg "Ownership, inclusion key to community-based tourism 5")
The most important factors influencing the success of community-based tourism (CBT) projects in Myanmar are “community organisation and management support” followed by “tourism product development according to market needs”. The main reasons for failure are “top-down approach by development partner and/or private sector partner in which the needs and ideas of the community are not taken […]
Read More Ownership, inclusion key to community-based tourism
A pioneer of responsible tourism in Kerala, India, Gopinath Parayil thinks the act of being responsible is applicable to all forms of tourism and that it is the only sustainable way forward. Parayil’s responsible tourism journey began in 2003 while submerging the ashes of his father in the Bharatapuzha River. He realised that the river […]
Read More Parayil: Kerala’s chief responsible tourism storyteller?