“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

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“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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To revitalise destinations, awaken the senses

May 3, 2022

Awaken the senses. Image by geralt (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/light-circles-points-abstract-face-2935944/

In a glob­al­ised world in which if sub­urb­an shop­ping centres on oppos­ite sides of the plan­et were to switch places overnight there would be very few dif­fer­ences for loc­als to get used to, what does it take to rebuild unique­ness in des­tin­a­tions?  Michael Hay­wood appeals to the senses. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too […]

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Good news in travel & tourism April 2022

April 29, 2022

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“Good news in travel & tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences. Share it as you would a bar of chocol­ate. It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “GT” Insights: Informed per­spect­ives on the industry The “Good Tour­ism” Blog pub­lishes informed opin­ions on the […]

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