What was the main lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has the travel & tourism industry learned it? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question. Your correspondent put the question to the travel & tourism stakeholders in the “GT” network, inviting emailed written responses of no more than 300 words. Thanks to the 10 respondents who shared their thoughts […]
Read More What did tourism learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
SUNx Malta and Les Roches, together with The Earth Charter Institute, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF), and the European Centre for Peace and Development (ECPD), have announced the launch of the Strong Earth Awards 2024. What are the Strong Earth Awards? The Strong Earth Awards recognise students with a passion for […]
Read More Launching the Strong Earth Awards 2024, Advancing the Earth Charter
This ‘Good news in travel & tourism’ wraps up two months of “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and experiences. Share it as a family might share a feast with you near Mabalacat, Philippines … It’s “GT”. And go! (Click/touch an item on the sharing menu to go straight to it. And don’t forget to share.) “Good Tourism” […]
Read More Good news in travel & tourism December 2023 to January 2024
Climate action advocate Herb Hiller offers a climate-conscious reading of The New York Times’ list of ‘52 Places to Go in 2024’. It is his second “Good Tourism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] People love to travel but keep getting shoved around. We live in an epoch of catastrophic global warming, which frequently forces us […]
Read More A climate-conscious reading of ‘The New York Times’ list of ‘52 Places To Go in 2024’
There is much to fear about the future of travel, according to Michael Hall, including the risks that attend its growth, and the rise of intolerance. He also worries about a lack of “genuine debate” in tourism studies. Professor Hall participated in a Tourism’s Horizon Interview. For this “Good Tourism” Insight, Jim Butcher summarises the highlights. […]
Read More Prof Michael Hall on inspirations, fears, and tourism studies’ legitimacy problem
Following its recent Tourism and Climate Change Stocktake 2023 in December, the Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC) has published two new ‘Horizon Papers’: The TPCC Executive Board issued the following statement: “Our recent Stocktake of the tourism sector, by more than 60 leading tourism and climate academic and industry experts, made it clear that […]
Read More Tourism & the climate crisis: New TPCC Horizon Papers on the implications of ‘Doughnut Economics’ & aviation’s inadequate climate change policies
