What ‘good tourism’ needs: Listening, learning, leading

March 28, 2023

What's 'good tourism'? Image by FLY:D (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@flyd2069

K Michael Hay­wood won­ders what the sub­ject­ive notion of ‘good tour­ism’ is, or could be, and how it might be achieved.  The ‘good’ in ‘good tour­ism’ rep­res­ents the search for that which is desir­able and deserving of esteem and respect. It sug­gests that tour­ism activ­it­ies be appro­pri­ate with­in future-ready soci­et­al, loc­a­tion­al, cul­tur­al, and oper­a­tion­al contexts. […]

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Greg Bakunzi: From Rwandan refugee to founding force


Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Rwanda

Greg Bak­un­zi grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, hav­ing fled the extreme viol­ence of the Rwandan gen­o­cide in the 1990s.  Raised under “extremely chal­len­ging” con­di­tions, the young Greg had little access to form­al edu­ca­tion.  Des­pite these ori­gins, the Greg Bak­un­zi of the 2020s is a renowned pion­eer, trail­blazer, and innov­at­or in com­munity-based tour­ism in […]

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Tourist vs traveller: What’s the difference?

March 22, 2023

Tourist vs traveller: What's the difference? Image (CC0) by Jan Vašek via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/users/jeshoots-com-264599/

What is the dif­fer­ence between a tour­ist and a trav­el­ler?  How do the beha­viours and atti­tudes of tour­ists dif­fer from those of trav­el­lers when inter­act­ing with people and places? Your cor­res­pond­ent put these tour­ist vs trav­el­ler ques­tions to “GT’s” diverse net­work of travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Part­ners, and their invit­ees — and invited emailed […]

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Women’s and youth empowerment in one of the world’s ‘best tourism villages’


Women's and youth empowerment in Rwanda with Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ives for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment runs con­­ser­­va­­tion- and com­munity-based tour­ism pro­jects in and around the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in Rwanda. Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park is most fam­ous for being one of the last hab­it­ats for moun­tain gor­il­las. Our ini­ti­at­ives include advan­cing the import­ant cause of women’s and youth empower­ment with­in our com­munit­ies. The non­profit Red […]

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Foraging for climate-conscious travel information: Where is our trusted guide?

March 14, 2023

Foraging for blackberries. What about for climate-conscious travel information? Image by Eduardo Jaeger (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@designerjaeger

Des­pite warn­ings of cli­mate cata­strophe, declar­a­tions of cli­mate emer­gency, and the guilt and angst they stir up in many people, most of us still want to travel.  Herb Hiller sees the need for a trus­ted and author­it­at­ive source of cli­mate-con­­s­cious travel & tour­ism advice. The cit­ies and the coun­tryside of the Glob­al North grew wealthy […]

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World’s 46 Least Developed Countries to have Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters by September: Lipman


Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters to help world's least developed coutnries (LDCs). Photo by Miguel Bruna via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@mbrunacr

DOHA, QATAR, MARCH 7, 2023: SUNx Malta will set up Strong Cli­mate Friendly Travel Chapters in all 46 least developed coun­tries (LDCs), plus select small island states. Chapters will work loc­ally to advance SUNx’ ambi­tious and action­able Cli­mate Friendly Travel (CFT) agenda, which is focused on a Par­is 1.5°C tar­get. SUNx co-founder and pres­id­ent Geoffrey […]

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