Can tackling tourism income leakage unlock a more sustainable future for tourism?

September 19, 2023

Can tackling tourism income leakage unlock a more sustainable future for tourism? Image by Steve Buissinne (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/plumbing-pipe-wrenches-plumber-840835/

‘Profit’, the much-maligned ‘P’ of sus­tain­ab­il­ity, is a strong incent­ive for people to save and invest for the future; seek out and con­serve what is of value; and rein­vest. Hoteli­er and entre­pren­eur Thomas Müller argues that tak­ing a close look at tour­ism income leak­age may prove … well, prof­it­able … wherever our industry is most problematic. 

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Heart, energy, force for good: Tourism and sustainable development in Rwanda

September 13, 2023

Heart, energy, force for good: Tourism and sustainable development in Rwanda. Pic by David Gillbanks

Emma Raissa Isheja is not only pas­sion­ate about her Nyak­i­n­ama vil­lage com­munity but is also keen to har­ness the heart and energy of its women and young people to advance sus­tain­able devel­op­ment in Rwanda. The volun­teer, tour guide, and elec­tric­al engin­eer­ing gradu­ate is a believ­er in tour­is­m’s poten­tial to be a force for good. In the […]

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Rwanda names baby mountain gorillas, celebrates conservation & ecotourism

September 2, 2023

19th Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony in Rwanda - Meet Mukundwa, Teta's son

The world has met in Kinigi, Musan­ze at the foot­hills of Rwanda’s Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park to name 23 baby moun­tain gor­il­las in a glob­al cel­eb­ra­tion of con­ser­va­tion and com­munity-led efforts to pro­tect their hab­it­at.  Graced by HE the First Lady of Rwanda, Jean­nette Kagame, the 19th Kwita Izina Gor­illa Nam­ing Cere­mony, Septem­ber 1, brought together […]

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Purposeful travel by design: Can tourism lead the way to a sustainable future?

August 30, 2023

Promoting travel with purpose: How the tourism industry can shape a sustainable future. A welcome at Barauli Community Homestay.

Aay­usha Pra­sain lays out her vis­ion for pur­pose­ful travel and why the tour­ism industry should lead by example. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You too can write a “GT” Insight.) Pur­pose­ful travel involves more than just the joy of explor­a­tion.  It encom­passes a mind­ful approach that pre­serves the envir­on­ment, empowers loc­al com­munit­ies, pro­motes eth­ic­al practices, […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: On tourism technology, progress, and local benefit-sharing

August 22, 2023

“GT” Insight Bites: On tourism technology, progress, and local benefit-sharing. Maasai warriors image by David Mark from Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/maasai-tribe-kenya-sky-clouds-men-83563/

Write no more than 300 words on a travel & tour­ism top­ic that is import­ant to you. This is an open invit­a­tion to travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to con­trib­ute a “GT” Insight Bite.  Simply con­tact “GT”. Unlike oth­er “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites that have dead­lines and are based on spe­cif­ic ques­tions or hypo­thet­ic­al scen­ari­os, this invitation […]

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50 full scholarships for Climate Friendly Travel Diploma

August 18, 2023

Climate Friendly Travel Diploma: 50 full scholarships for students in SIDS and other developing states

Are you a gradu­ate in travel & tour­ism who is flu­ent in Eng­lish? Are you from one of the 39 SIDS (Small Island Devel­op­ing States)? SUNx Malta is offer­ing 50 full schol­ar­ships for the 2023 intake of its two-year online Cli­mate Friendly Travel (CFT) Diploma.

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