Persuasion, packaging, or pathways: Which works as a visitor dispersion strategy?

June 7, 2022

Persuasion, packaging, or pathways: Which works as a visitor dispersion strategy? Photo by Christian Langballe (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/coaEiuv4unU

As evid­enced by the first “GT” Insight Bites, there are dif­fer­ent ways of look­ing at and try­ing to achieve ‘vis­it­or dis­per­sion’.  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Dav­id Ward-Per­­kins offers a brief his­tory of vis­it­or dis­per­sion, sum­mar­ises three com­mon dis­per­sion strategies, and picks out the one that he thinks is most effect­ive. [You too can write a […]

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Back to the future: A sustainability plan for our kids


Back to the future: A sustainability plan for our kids was led and then inspired by Maurice Strong whose legacy continues through the SUNx Strong Universal Network

On the 50th Anniversary of the Stock­holm Earth Sum­mit, and the 30th Anniversary of the Rio Earth Sum­mit — both of which were led by my friend Maurice Strong, the inspir­a­tion for SUNx Malta (Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work) — I gave a key­note at a Stock­holm event reflect­ing on the dom­in­ant role Maurice played in cre­at­ing today’s United Nations-led climate […]

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“GT” Insight Bites: Diverse perspectives on visitor dispersion

May 31, 2022

Visitor dispersion. Can it be managed? Or will visitors simply go where the winds blows, like dandelion seeds? Image by akirEVarga (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/dandelion-seeds-flower-nature-5302188/

An oft-cited anti­dote to over­tour­ism, and a means to spread the bene­fits of tour­ism more widely, is ‘vis­it­or dis­per­sion’. What are the biggest chal­lenges to encour­aging and incentiv­ising tour­ists to explore more of a des­tin­a­tion? Who or what do you think could con­trib­ute most to effect­ive vis­it­or dis­per­sion? What can an organ­isa­tion like yours do […]

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Good news in travel & tourism May 2022

May 28, 2022

Share "Good news in travel & tourism May 2022" as you would pizza. By Ivan Torres (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/MQUqbmszGGM

“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a pizza. It’s “GT”. And go!  (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” Insights Good news from friendsGlob­al | Africa | Asia Friends indeed “GT” Insights: Informed […]

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Unhiding Hirapur: A case study in cultural heritage tourism development

May 17, 2022

Tourism scholars and professionals with the yogini at Hirapur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

How does an insti­tu­tion of the Min­istry of Tour­ism, Gov­ern­ment of India trans­form under­ap­pre­ci­ated cul­tur­al her­it­age into a tour­ism attrac­tion? Ady­asha Das offers this “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [Thanks to “GT” Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture and Her­it­age (WTACH) for invit­ing Dr Das to write this “GT” Insight. You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Through my research, […]

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What do non-fungible tokens, natural habitats, & tourism experiences have in common?

and May 10, 2022

What do non-fungible tokens, natural habitats, & tourism experiences have in common? Image by Ifatahmad (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/fantasy-lake-sunset-sky-7022197/

A rel­at­ively new form of digit­al own­er­ship, non-fun­­­gible tokens (NFTs) have not only been attract­ing head­lines, but also the ima­gin­a­tions of those who would advance envir­on­ment­al causes that are close to their hearts. There are oppor­tun­it­ies for travel & tour­ism too, accord­ing to Lauren Uğur and Richard Powazyn­ski. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too […]

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