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Prepare now for a surge in ecotourism demand with a CRTS workshop

April 21, 2021

Termas Geométricas, Coñaripe, Panguipulli, Chile. By J Balla Photography (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/jpyJeOg4BnI

Eco­tour­ism is in high demand right now in places where phys­ic­ally-dis­­tanced out­door activ­ity is pos­sible. And when the world finally breaks its COVID shackles, those who have been locked down for months in urb­an envir­on­ments will likely be des­per­ate for a taste of nature. To help pre­pare stake­hold­ers for that surge, The Centre for Responsible […]

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What do you do when carbon offsetting is off-putting? Plant trees for travel

February 11, 2021

What do you do when carbon offsetting is off-putting? Plant trees for travel

Do you trust travel & tour­ism-related car­bon off­set schemes? Nico Nich­olas and his part­ner Elkie did­n’t, which is why they did some research and foun­ded Trees4Travel. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Mr Nich­olas shares who and what inspired them.  As an entre­pren­eur­i­al couple, Elkie and I have spent our work­ing lives trav­el­ling the globe. We […]

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In the eye of the beholder: How to create valuable tourism experiences

January 21, 2021

Flowers, cosmos, and the eye of the beholder. By DanielHannah (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/eye-creative-galaxy-collage-4997724/

Set­ting prices, drum­ming up demand, and deliv­er­ing appro­pri­ate value-for-money are core chal­lenges for travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers, par­tic­u­larly in des­tin­a­tions wor­ried about a post-COV­­ID return to over­tour­ism. An easy way to reduce demand might be for gov­ern­ments to increase tour­ism taxes and/or for busi­nesses to raise prices, but will the value still be there?  “Good Tourism” […]

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Worldwide Travel Alliance announced

January 13, 2021

Worldwide Travel Alliance

New European sales & mar­ket­ing group tar­gets travel & tour­ism entit­ies world­wide ahead of post-COV­­ID vac­cine travel boom. The World­wide Travel Alli­ance (WTA) has been launched to provide sales, mar­ket­ing, rep­res­ent­a­tion and PR ser­vices to glob­al travel brands seek­ing European cus­tom­ers. The Alli­ance con­sists of six lead­ing sales and mar­ket­ing experts based in the UK, […]

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How can vocational education contribute to women’s empowerment in hospitality & tourism?

, and December 22, 2020

At EGBOK, the students, both men and women, undergo comprehensive classes on women’s empowerment and gender equality, going into various social and gender issues such as marriage, love, relationships, child rearing and financial matters. Image (c) 2017 Chris RJ Anderson Photography. Supplied by ASSET‑H&C.

Every­one work­ing in travel & tour­ism and the hos­pit­al­ity sec­tor should be appro­pri­ately val­ued, paid, and recog­nised. With fresh research in hand, Soph­ie Hart­man, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, and Võ Thị Quế Chi from the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enter­prises for Train­ing in Hos­pit­al­ity & Cater­ing (ASSET‑H&C) explain how voca­tion­al edu­ca­tion and train­ing can […]

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Travel & tourism’s social impact and how to build back better for animals

December 17, 2020
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Toucan. By ractapopulous (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/toucan-bird-animal-art-nature-2411792/

As the “build back bet­ter” buzz con­tin­ues, social impact and com­mu­nic­a­tions spe­cial­ist Helen Ush­er wants travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to factor anim­al wel­fare into their plans. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight Ms Ush­er sug­gests how we might do just that. This is a time of unpre­ced­en­ted glob­al crisis for the tour­ism sec­tor; a time we switch […]

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