News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 11, 2026

If 2025 was the year of the ‘rebound’, 2026 is shap­ing up to be the year of the ‘reck­on­ing’. As head­lines declare this the ‘Year of Tour­ism’ driv­en by mega-events and busi­ness travel, the oper­a­tion­al real­ity on the ground is far more complex.

From Hawaii’s legis­lat­ive stut­ter-steps on cli­mate taxes to the stark warn­ing for snorkel­ers in Bali, the fric­tion between growth and gov­ernance is intensifying. 

News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 4, 2026

As we stumble into 2026, the travel & tour­ism industry is wak­ing up to a par­tic­u­larly jar­ring ‘morn­ing after’. The rhet­or­ic of 2025 — prom­ises of seam­less digit­al­isa­tion, eth­ic­al wild­life encoun­ters, and ‘net-zero’ fuels — is col­lid­ing with a messy reality.

From the unin­ten­ded con­sequences of bio­fuels on hon­ey­bee pop­u­la­tions to the “worst pos­sible exper­i­ence” delivered by over-digit­al­isa­tion, the first few days of the year sug­gest that every ‘solu­tion’ brings a new set of problems.

What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025

Wel­come to the Novem­ber-Decem­ber 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of ‘The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’.

Tour­ism is a com­plex industry, so it is a good idea to open one’s mind to per­spect­ives one may nev­er oth­er­wise encounter. 

This is the “Good Tour­ism” mis­sion. It’s “GT”. And go!