“Good Tourism” Events

Inform­a­tion about, and cov­er­age of, travel & tour­ism industry events that The “Good Tour­ism” Blog attends in per­son or oth­er­wise sup­ports. Sponsored posts are very welcome.

10th Rwandan cultural festival opens new community tourism body, promotes gorilla pledge

September 9, 2022

Red Rocks Cultural Festival 2022 Rwanda

The Red Rocks 10th Anniversary Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al, August 26-Septem­ber 2, brought organ­isa­tions and com­munit­ies togeth­er to cel­eb­rate and pro­mote Rwandan cul­ture, con­ser­va­tion, and sus­tain­able tour­ism.  As an advoc­ate for cul­ture and com­munity, Red Rocks hos­ted per­formers of all ages from the loc­al area.  Vis­it­ors from near and far enjoyed many tra­di­tion­al dances and music, keep­ing Rwandan […]

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10th annual Rwandan cultural festival to coincide with gorilla naming ceremony

August 15, 2022

Rwandan mountain gorilla

The 10th Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al comes to Musan­ze dis­trict, Rwanda, August 26-Septem­ber 2, 2022, coin­cid­ing with the Kwita Izina gor­illa nam­ing cere­mony on the slopes of Vir­unga Moun­tain. Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Cen­ter will host the event at its premises in Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage, Musan­ze dis­trict, Rwanda with addi­tion­al cel­eb­ra­tions in nearby Mukung­wa town and Kinigi, […]

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A gorilla-sized opportunity to join Rwanda’s Red Rocks Cultural Festival

and April 4, 2022

Red Rocks Cultural Festival Rwanda red sarong man dancing

Cul­min­at­ing in Kwita Izina — the Gor­illa Nam­ing Cere­mony — and a night of music and dan­cing, the Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Fest­iv­al is an annu­al event in Rwanda.  In 2022 the 10th instal­ment of the vibrant Fest­iv­al will take place August 26 to Septem­ber 2 at Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage in Rwanda’s Musan­ze dis­trict. I invite you to join and/or sponsor […]

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SUNx Malta to stage first Strong Earth Youth Summit

December 23, 2020

The ‘Strong Earth Youth Summit’ (SEYS), April 29, 2021

“Good Tour­ism” Part­ner announce­ment: Youth Sum­mit to cre­ate tomorrow’s Cli­mate Friendly Travel lead­ers through a vir­tu­al pro­gram of fun and edu­ca­tion­al events, as well as cre­ate Cli­mate Friendly Travel Cham­pi­ons. SUNx Malta will host the first ever cli­mate friendly youth travel sum­mit in April 2021. The ‘Strong Earth Youth Sum­mit’ (SEYS) will include lec­tures, workshops […]

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Regenerative ecotourism: Asking questions is the best place to start

December 3, 2020
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Overland track, Tasmania Wilderness. Image by pen_ash (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/overland-track-tasmania-wilderness-4111331/

“Ask­ing ques­tions is the best place to start,” Anna Pol­lock said dur­ing the after­noon of the third and final day of the 2020 Glob­al Eco Asia-Pacific Tour­ism Con­fer­ence. And she’s right, of course, yet no-one got the oppor­tun­ity to ask her any! Ms Pol­lock may be right about the bene­fit of ques­tions, but she’s obvi­ously not […]

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Re: Ecotourism

December 2, 2020

Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk, Walpole, Western Australia. Image by Komkick (CC0) via pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/tree-top-walk-west-australia-forest-3847669/

Sev­er­al speak­ers con­sidered what eco­tour­ism might look like post-COV­­ID and explored “revolu­tion­ary” ideas dur­ing the second day of the 2020 Glob­al Eco Asia-Pacific Tour­ism Con­fer­ence. And, pre­dict­ably, there were lots of oth­er “re-” words ban­died about — Reset. Rethink. Redesign. Reflect. Reboot. Regen­er­ate. … — words bet­ter applied to the travel industry at large rather than the “eco-” niche; […]

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