International “Good Tourism” news

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.

Good news in tourism December 15 – 20, 2019

December 21, 2019

Harbour Air electric seaplane, a six-passenger DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver magnified by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, takes its first flight

Wel­come to The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s sum­mary of six days of good news in the world of travel & tour­ism. Pub­lished on Sat­urday this time — because “GT” is trav­el­ling on Sunday — to be ready on Monday, it’s the per­fect start to a work­ing week — or week off if that’s what you are doing. Whatever your cir­cum­stances, share the joy! […]

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Good news in tourism December 8 – 14, 2019

December 15, 2019
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Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie, Moray, Scotland. By Markus Trienke (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia. "GT" cropped it. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74415331

Wel­come to The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s almost fam­ous sum­mary of a week of good news and quirk­i­ness — from vil­lages to nations — in the world of travel & tour­ism. Pub­lished on Sunday to be ready on Monday, it’s the per­fect pos­it­ively-spun start to a work­ing week wherever you are! Share it with your col­leagues. In no par­tic­u­lar order:  Be […]

Read More Good news in tourism December 8 – 14, 2019

Climate change focus for “GT” Insight Partnership


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SUNx — Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work is the latest “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner. As a “GT” Insight Part­ner, SUNx will inspire industry-wide con­ver­sa­tions and debate around tour­ism and cli­mate change.  As with all “GT” Insight Part­ners, SUNx will reg­u­larly identi­fy and invite an opin­ion or prac­tice lead­er work­ing in the area of cli­mate change & tour­ism to write […]

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How will 100,000 climate champions achieve a climate-neutral future for tourism?


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Olly Wheatcroft, Pro­gram Man­ager for “GT” Insight Part­ner SUNx — Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work, writes about the organ­isa­tion’s Cli­mate Cham­pi­ons Pro­gram, an edu­ca­tion and train­ing ini­ti­at­ive to sup­port 100,000 next-gen­er­­a­­tion lead­ers in all UN regions by 2030. The SUNx — Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work (with the x being “exist­en­tial”) is a new sys­tem for tour­ism des­tin­a­tions and industry stake­hold­ers to build climate […]

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Infrastructure in focus for new “Good Tourism” Insight Partnership

December 9, 2019

Testing the new water pump at Kakoi village

Second Look World­wide is the latest “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner.  As a “GT” Insight Part­ner, Second Look World­wide will inspire deep­er, broad­er, and more impact­ful industry-wide con­ver­sa­tions around com­munity infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment in emer­ging and estab­lished des­tin­a­tions.  To that end, the not-for-profit will reg­u­larly identi­fy and invite an opin­ion or prac­tice lead­er work­ing in host community […]

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Good news in tourism December 1 – 7, 2019

December 8, 2019

Inuksuk Point (Inuksugalait, “where there are many Inuksuit“), Foxe Peninsula (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada. By Ansgar Walk - photo taken by Ansgar Walk (CC BY-SA 2.5) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=602815

Wel­come to The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’s first sum­mary of and links to a week of good news and quirk­i­ness in the world of travel & tour­ism. Pub­lished on Sunday to be ready on Monday morn­ing, it’s the per­fect pos­it­ive start to a work­ing week in travel & tour­ism! Share it with your col­leagues. In no […]

Read More Good news in tourism December 1 – 7, 2019