‘The hospitality industry offers a great career.’ Really?

May 30, 2023

A career in hospitality might involve serving cocktails in Wengen, Switzerland. Image by Alev Takil (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/3syTDiVAc7w

A fam­ily mem­ber in the last year of high school is ask­ing you for advice on careers. Would you sug­gest a career in hos­pit­al­ity?  Why? Why not? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these simple ques­tions about a career in hos­pit­al­ity to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and reques­ted written […]

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What is ‘Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions’?

and May 24, 2023

What is Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions? Image by Pierre-Laurent Durantin (CC0) via Pixabay.

I star­ted Tour­is­m’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions very recently. But what is it? Per­haps a bet­ter ques­tion is: “Who are Tour­is­m’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions?” We are a diverse range of people, from aca­demia, journ­al­ism, and industry who share a love of hol­i­days and a desire to optim­ist­ic­ally explore the eco­nom­ic and cul­tur­al advantages […]

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Why sustainability certification is a process or journey, not a destination

May 23, 2023

Is sustainability certification a journey rather than a destination? Singapore garden image by Paula Prekopova (CCO) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/Mt9DbRm2KmA

Organ­isa­tions can reap bene­fits while pur­su­ing sus­tain­ab­il­ity cer­ti­fic­a­tion, which can extend far bey­ond the acquis­i­tion of the cer­ti­fic­ate itself, accord­ing to Kev­in Phun. We have often heard that: “Suc­cess is a jour­ney, not a des­tin­a­tion”.  The second part of the quote is: “The doing is often more import­ant than the out­come.” BrainyQuote attrib­utes these words […]

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Red Rocks’ journey towards sustainable community development in Rwanda

May 17, 2023

Sustainable community development in Rwanda at Red Rocks involves transferring knowledge and skills to community members

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ive for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment is an Afric­an non-gov­­ern­­ment­al organ­isa­tion (NGO) that focuses on com­munity devel­op­ment in Rwanda and bey­ond.  By pri­or­it­ising women and youth, Red Rocks aims to increase their social stand­ing and eco­nom­ic live­li­hoods through skills devel­op­ment and job oppor­tun­it­ies.  Col­lab­or­at­ing with com­munity stake­hold­ers, Red Rocks over­comes bar­ri­ers that lim­it women’s involvement […]

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Regaining control: Venice takes ‘smart’ measures to manage mass tourism

May 16, 2023

Regaining control: Venice takes ‘smart’ measures to manage mass tourism. Picture © Henrique Ferreira

It is widely acknow­ledged that Venice needs to do some­thing to man­age mass tour­ism.  The ques­tion is: ‘What?’ Will deploy­ing tech­no­lo­gies that meas­ure vis­it­or flows help Venice devel­op more effect­ive strategies to man­age them? Anna Richardot invest­ig­ates what Venice is doing in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. To say that Venice suf­fers from mass tour­ism is an […]

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Off-piste: Lack of public access to Scottish ski resorts reinforces divides

May 9, 2023
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Cannae go 'off-piste' to a Scottish ski resort

Scot­land’s ski resorts offer breath­tak­ing scenery and exhil­ar­at­ing out­door exper­i­ences. How­ever, they are dif­fi­cult to access for many Scots. Alastair Naughton, a con­cerned cit­izen and avid ski­er, believes that Vis­itScot­land should advoc­ate for invest­ment in access­ible, afford­able, and low-emis­­sion pub­lic trans­port infra­struc­ture.  I love ski­ing, although I have not been able to get up to […]

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