Here you will find globally-relevant news about The “Good Tourism” Blog’s Partners and friends — especially their sustainable tourism and/or responsible travel activities — plus “Good news in tourism” and coverage of international 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 of international importance 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.
Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tourism. And go! “Good Tourism” Insight Partner SUNx — Strong Universal Network says tourism “can walk and chew gum at the same time” when it comes to dealing with COVID-19 and aspiring to SUNx’s […]
Read More Good news in tourism March 15 – 21, 2020
Published Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new work week in travel & tourism. And go! The World Economic Forum (WEF) describes itself as “a platform for the world’s 1,000 leading companies”. Mainstream media and politicians hang on to WEF’s every utterance, presumably because […]
Read More Good news in tourism March 8 – 14, 2020
Published Sunday to be ready on Monday, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new work week. Let’s get stuck in … And go! Important “GT” stuff first: “GT” asked a sample of Tourism Declares Climate Change signatories what they meant by “system change” and “urgent regulatory action” and on Tuesday […]
Read More Good news in tourism March 1 – 7, 2020
After a week of rising fears and a big cancellation, “Good news in tourism” is the perfect pick-me-up for the start of a new work week. And go! “GT” published a fresh “GT” Insight on Friday about a backpackers in a rural community at the edge of Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It’s a small tourism […]
Read More Good news in tourism February 23 – 29, 2020
The key calls to action from the inaugural SUNx — Strong Universal Network Climate Friendly Travel Think Tank that concluded in Malta were (according to the official press release): The Climate Crisis is eXistential. All stakeholders including Transport, Hospitality, Travel Services, and Infrastructure Providers must urgently start the transformation in 2020 to get onto the Paris 1.5o […]
Read More First SUNx climate-friendly travel think tank releases calls to act & act now
Joint statement from WHO & UNWTO: Madrid, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland, 26 February 2020 – As the current outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) continues to develop, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) are committed to working together in guiding the travel and tourism sectors’ response to COVID-19. On 30 January […]
Read More Joint statement on tourism & COVID-19: UNWTO, WHO call for responsibility, coordination