Are developing destinations failing to tap the potential of women in tourism?

January 17, 2023
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… 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 […]

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Yes, Tourism Minister

January 10, 2023
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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 […]

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Ecotourism experiences refreshed for 2023 at Anurak Community Lodge, Thailand

January 5, 2023

Anurak Trail - Ecotourism experiences refreshed for 2023 at Anurak Community Lodge in Thailand. Image supplied by Anurak.

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 […]

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Apply now: Unprecedented ‘gender equality’ award to be bestowed at ITB 2023

December 20, 2022

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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 […]

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Tourism’s thriveability requires performative change: The changemakers

December 13, 2022

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If we were to boost tour­ism des­tin­a­tions’ capa­city to thrive, who are the likely change­makers? And what actions might they take? K Michael Hay­wood offers answers in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] In the first part of this art­icle, “Tour­is­m’s thrive­ab­il­ity requires per­form­at­ive change: The found­a­tions”, I laid out some […]

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Tourism’s thriveability requires performative change: Foundations

December 13, 2022

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What are the basic require­ments for tour­ism des­tin­a­tions to thrive? K Michael Hay­wood lays them out in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] These days, anxi­et­ies are run­ning high. Our abil­ity to thrive is under threat.  Per­mac­rises are wreak­ing hav­oc:  No won­der so many com­pan­ies, com­munit­ies, and coun­tries are adrift; oth­ers lost […]

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