Kerala tourism director Kiran a champion of accessibility

May 24, 2017

When it comes to accessibility, Kerala Tourism refuses to be a backwater. Source: Kerala Tourism

A Dir­ect­or at the Depart­ment of Tour­ism in the Indi­an state of Ker­ala is lead­ing by example by mak­ing all state-admin­istered tour­ism facil­it­ies access­ible to all. The Times of India reports that in line with its policy of “bar­ri­er-free tour­ism”, the Ker­ala tour­ism depart­ment will make all its facil­it­ies, includ­ing parks and hotels, “dis­­­abled-friendly” before taking […]

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Uganda looks to community-based tourism

May 24, 2017

Uganda looks to community-based tourism. Source: UTB

With pro­spect­ive trav­el­lers enquir­ing about Uganda fol­low­ing recent des­tin­a­tion pro­mo­tions, there is no bet­ter time to devel­op com­munity-based tour­ism than now, accord­ing to Timothy Mugume coun­try man­ager for a pan-Afric­an online travel agent. This is not only good for the tour­ism and ser­vices industry, but it will also see loc­al res­id­ents earn income as service […]

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On biodiversity day is it OK to ask: “Are people wildlife too?”

May 22, 2017

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Today (May 22) is the Inter­na­tion­al Day for Bio­lo­gic­al Diversity (biod­iversity day). This year, the United Nations (UN) has linked the day with tour­ism under the theme “Biod­iversity and Sus­tain­able Tour­ism”; chosen to coin­cide with the Inter­na­tion­al Year of Sus­tain­able Tour­ism for Devel­op­ment. The UN web page about the day states: “Diversity in spe­cies, ecosystems […]

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“Tourism contributes to sustainable development.” Are you sure?

May 22, 2017
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The “Good Tour­ism” Blo­g’s first guest con­trib­ut­or, Dr Susanne Beck­en, is, among oth­er things, Pro­fess­or of Sus­tain­able Tour­ism at Grif­fith Uni­ver­sity and Dir­ect­or of the Grif­fith Insti­tute for Tour­ism, as well as one of the ini­ti­at­ors of the Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Dash­board.  In this post, Dr Beck­en explains the rais­on d’être of the Dash­board. Tourism […]

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Sustainability key to Namibia’s 10-year tourism strategy

May 20, 2017

Source: NTB website

Namibia’s Min­istry of Envir­on­ment & Tour­ism (MET) launched (or relaunched?) the Nation­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Growth & Devel­op­ment Strategy 2016 – 2026 and the Nation­al Tour­ism Invest­ment Pro­file and Pro­mo­tion Strategy 2016 – 2026 this week, accord­ing to reports based on Nam­i­bia Press Agency releases. The strategies address con­straints and the stra­tegic pos­i­tion­ing of tour­ism as a key eco­nom­ic and […]

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Is child sex tourism on the rise in Goa, India?

May 19, 2017

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The chil­dren of migrant work­ers in Goa, India are increas­ingly exploited for sex by domest­ic and for­eign tour­ists, accord­ing to a report. And tour­ism industry stake­hold­ers should adopt a child-friendly code — per­haps The Code? A research report, Walk­ing the tightrope: Exploit­a­tion of migrant chil­dren in Tour­ism in Goa, says tour­ism has contributed […]

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