This “Good news in travel & tourism” wraps up two months of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences. Share it as you would nachos … It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tourism” doesn’t judge. “GT” publishes. Did you ever want to write a thoughtful piece about […]
Read More Good news in travel & tourism December 2022 to January 2023
To create a more sustainable tourism industry, destination managers need to tackle ‘the invisible burden’ that travellers and their facilitators and service providers impose on people and places. Megan Epler Wood discusses the energy, intelligence, resources, hope, and education required to transform destination management for the 21st century and beyond. Planet Happiness invited Ms Epler Wood […]
Read More How can we change sustainable tourism destination management for good?
… And how is Iran involving women in tourism to help develop its enormous potential as a travel destination? Iranian writer Zohreh Khosravi offers answers in her first “Good Tourism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] The biggest challenge and threat facing the travel & tourism industry over the next five years will be […]
Read More Are developing destinations failing to tap the potential of women in tourism?
You learn that you will be appointed Tourism Minister of your country in January 2023. To help prepare yourself for media interviews, draft a brief summary of your vision for the future of tourism in your nation. Your correspondent put this hypothetical to a range of travel & tourism stakeholders — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Partners, and their […]
Read More Yes, Tourism Minister
Leveraging its stunning location at the edge of the biodiversity hotspot of Khao Sok National Park in Thailand, Anurak Community Lodge is offering its nature-loving guests refreshed ecotourism activities. General Manager Travis Clark reveals what visitors can look forward to in the new year. As 2022 slips into 2023, down in the south of Thailand, Anurak […]
Read More Ecotourism experiences refreshed for 2023 at Anurak Community Lodge, Thailand
Equality in Tourism is launching its Award for Commitment to Gender Equality. Dr Stroma Cole and Dr Yasmin Begum discuss the origins and objectives of the Award in this “GT” ‘sponsored post’, which was offered free-of-charge by “GT’s” publisher. This international award will be the first of its kind and seeks to recognise tourism organisations […]
Read More Apply now: Unprecedented ‘gender equality’ award to be bestowed at ITB 2023
