Appreciate Rwandan culture and traditions at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

May 3, 2023

Rwandan culture and traditions thrive at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

As a travel agent or tour oper­at­or, you are always on the lookout for unique and authen­t­ic exper­i­ences to recom­mend.  If you are look­ing for a whole­some and cul­tur­ally-rich Afric­an exper­i­ence for your cli­ents, then Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Musan­ze, Rwanda, is an excel­lent option for Rwandan cul­ture and tra­di­tions.  Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Campsite […]

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Cruise ships: Blessing or blight?

May 2, 2023

Cruise ships: Blessing or blight? A DALL‑E-generated "watercolour of small islands and a cruise ship"

Are cruise ships a bless­ing or a blight? Why? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these simple ques­tions about cruise ships to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and reques­ted writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  Thanks to those who chose to par­ti­cip­ate. Their answers appear in the order […]

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Empower Rwandan women and youth. Support Red Rocks Cultural Campsite.

April 27, 2023

Red Rocks Cultural Campsit empowers Rwandan women and youth by instilling pride and joy in cultural performance and preservation

Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Rwanda’s Musan­ze dis­trict offers an excel­lent oppor­tun­ity for travel agents and tour oper­at­ors to recom­mend a unique and mean­ing­ful exper­i­ence to their cli­ents. By pro­mot­ing this com­munity-based organ­isa­tion, travel pro­fes­sion­als can help empower Rwandan women and youth through its arts and crafts pro­gramme, while also provid­ing an authen­t­ic cul­tur­al experience […]

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Where is the line between cultural explorer and voyeur? The ‘Batwa Experience’

April 25, 2023

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, where the Batwa once lived. Image courtesy Nomadic Skies

Where is the line between cul­tur­al explor­a­tion and exploit­at­ive voyeur­ism while trav­el­ling among indi­gen­ous peoples?  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Gav­in Ander­son explores the danger and prom­ise of travel & tour­is­m’s involve­ment with indi­gen­ous people through the lens of his recent work with the Bat­wa of south­w­est Uganda. I first met the Bat­wa, the indigenous […]

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An exemplar of nature-based and community-based agritourism in Rwanda: Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

April 21, 2023
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Agritourism in Rwanda at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite. Image by Kate Webster at www.travellerkate.com

Agri­t­our­ism show­cases agri­cul­ture, rur­al tra­di­tions, and nat­ur­al resources, provid­ing vis­it­ors with an oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence and learn about these ele­ments through tour­ism. The Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Musan­ze, Rwanda is an excep­tion­al mod­el of both nature-based agri­t­our­ism and com­munity-based agri­t­our­ism in Rwanda, show­cas­ing the vital­ity of the Afric­an nation. Sur­roun­ded by stun­ning scenery and […]

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Why travel & tourism content marketing? Efficient and effective if target-oriented

and April 19, 2023

Tourism content marketing hit or miss? Image by 15299 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/dart-board-game-dartboard-aim-102880/

Travel & tour­ism con­tent mar­ket­ing may be an under­val­ued and poorly used ele­ment in the stra­tegic mar­ket­ing mix; par­tic­u­larly among des­tin­a­tions that want to increase the ‘qual­ity’ and ‘yield’ of their vis­it­ors, and private-sec­t­or stake­hold­ers who claim they don’t have the time or resources for it. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Zohreh Khos­ravi and Dav­id Gillbanks […]

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