What is ‘mass tourism’? How do we think about it and talk about it? Do we consider all of its contexts, costs, and benefits? Does mass tourism contribute to good lives? Or do ‘the masses’ only represent threat? Does leisure travel for the many have its place in a ‘green’ future for us all? Or […]
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Tourism’s degrowth is not an appropriate response to climate change according to both V Vidyavathi, Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, and Peter Semone, Chair of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). In response to your correspondent’s question at the official media briefing session at PATA Travel Mart 2023, Ms Vidyavathi said […]
Read More Degrowth no response to climate change, say PATA, India as 196 buyers meet 159 sellers in New Delhi
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Chair Peter Semone delivered an impassioned keynote address, October 4, on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2023 in New Delhi, India. This “Good Tourism” Insight version was published with Mr Semone’s blessing. “GT” is attending PATA Travel Mart at the kind invitation of PATA and thanks to the generosity of […]
Read More ‘Where responsibility meets opportunity’ is where tourism faces its threats
Bali, Indonesia, October 2, 2023: In the iconic global tourism centre of Bali, SUNx — Strong Universal Network — announced that it was launching a new social enterprise for Climate Friendly Travellers, the Climate Friendly Travel Club. Professor Geoffrey Lipman, President of SUNx, announced this during the World Tourism Network (WTN)’s TIME Summit with the formal signature of an SDG […]
Read More SUNx announces ‘Climate Friendly Travel Club’
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