“Good Tourism” news & events

Enjoy “GT’s” monthly “Good news in tour­ism” posts, which sum­mar­ise a month’s worth of “GT” Insights, “GT” Travel, “GT” Part­ner news, and your comments.

Also find here Partner/Sponsor mes­sages from The “Good Tour­ism” Blo­g’s Part­ners and friends plus cov­er­age of travel & tour­ism industry events to which “GT” is invited or oth­er­wise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.

“GT” retired its weekly “Good news in tour­ism” posts in April 2021. The weekly posts fea­tured brief sum­mar­ies of and links to pos­it­ive industry news from off-piste sources. Before Decem­ber 2019, “GT” would sum­mar­ise under-repor­ted news stor­ies or thought-pro­vok­ing fea­ture art­icles by non-industry media. The sources were well-attrib­uted and linked. Any con­tent “GT” repub­lished in full was avail­able for that pur­pose from the likes of The Con­ver­sa­tion and Thom­son Reu­ters Found­a­tion.

You’re invited: Learn about best practices at the EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards

September 15, 2025

EXO Foundation Sustainability Awards empowering sustainable tourism in Asia

You’re invited to the cere­mony of the third edi­tion of the EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Awards to take place on Octo­ber 1! 

This spe­cial event will hon­our out­stand­ing organ­isa­tions ded­ic­ated to pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able and respons­ible tour­ism, cel­eb­rat­ing their achieve­ments with well-deserved recog­ni­tion and awards.

What to expect …

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As Bali runs dry, can tourism help replenish its water?

and September 10, 2025

In Bali, water is essential to culture as well as life. As Bali runs dry, can tourism help replenish its water?

The travel & tour­ism industry can be expec­ted to hon­our the human right to water, par­tic­u­larly in com­munit­ies and des­tin­a­tions in which it operates. 

Industry stake­hold­ers need not see this as a bur­den, but rather as a com­pel­ling oppor­tun­ity to mean­ing­fully engage with loc­al people on secur­ing tra­di­tion­al water sup­plies, all the while devel­op­ing more sus­tain­able water and waste man­age­ment sys­tems of their own.

Nic­olaus Sulistyo sheds light on IDEP Found­a­tion’s Bali Water Pro­tec­tion (BWP) ini­ti­at­ive; an EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Award winner.

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap July-August 2025

August 29, 2025

What is good tourism? Share the “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap July-August 2025 as you would a green salad. Image by Nadine Primeau (CC0) via Unsplash. "GT" added the word "Share ..." https://unsplash.com/photos/sliced-broccoli-and-cucumber-on-plate-with-gray-stainless-steel-fork-near-green-bell-pepper-snowpea-and-avocado-fruit-l5Mjl9qH8VU

Wel­come to the July-August 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog. [You too can share.] What is good tour­ism? The “Good Tour­ism” Blog nev­er defines ‘good tour­ism’. Your cor­res­pond­ent would nev­er be so bold. The fact is that what’s good for […]

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap May-June 2025

June 30, 2025

What is good tourism in May-June 2025? Perhaps it is sharing surplus produce with your neighbours … Photo of sharing surplus tomatoes by Elaine Casap (CC0) via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/bowl-of-tomatoes-served-on-person-hand-qgHGDbbSNm8

Wel­come to the May-June 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog. [You too can share.] What is good tour­ism? Per­haps it is shar­ing sur­plus pro­duce with your neigh­bours … “Good Tour­ism” nev­er defines ‘good tour­ism’. Your cor­res­pond­ent would nev­er be so bold. […]

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50% off responsible tourism, sustainability courses to mark World Environment Day

and May 31, 2025

50% off responsible tourism, sustainability courses to mark World Environment Day. Map image by Gerd Altmann (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/earth-continents-globalization-634815/

Greet­ings to all tour­ism stake­hold­ers!  June 5 is World Envir­on­ment Day. To make the day a little more mean­ing­ful for those who want to learn more, we at the Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore are pleased to offer you 50% off for all our online courses.  Receive 50% off CRTS’ respons­ible tour­ism courses — use coupon code crts-50-off-all […]

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap March-April 2025

April 30, 2025

What is good tourism? Perhaps it is sharing a home-hosted meal in Sandy Bay, St Helena. Photo by Mathias Falcone. Supplied by St Helena Tourism. "GT" cropped the image and added "Share ..."

Wel­come to the March-April 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog. [You too can share.] What is good tour­ism? Per­haps it is shar­ing a home-hos­ted meal with St Hel­eni­ans in Sandy Bay, St Helena … ‘a breath of fresh air’. “Good […]

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