Imagining peace: How travel writing bridges divides between Israel and the UAE

and January 10, 2026

Imagining peace: How travel writing bridges divides between Israel and the UAE.

Fol­low­ing the 2020 Abra­ham Accords, the United Arab Emir­ates (UAE) trans­formed from a dis­tant adversary to a pop­u­lar hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion for Israelis. 

Dr Irit Shmuel and Prof Paolo Mura ana­lyse how travel nar­rat­ives are help­ing to bridge the cul­tur­al divide between the two places.

It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.

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Khiri Travel achieves GSTC certification across eight Asian destinations

January 6, 2026

Khiri Travel achieves GSTC certification across eight Asian destinations

Khiri Travel, the South­east Asia-based des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment com­pany, has earned cer­ti­fic­a­tion as a sus­tain­able tour oper­at­or by the Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC).

Eight coun­tries
Rig­or­ous audit process
Staff cer­ti­fic­a­tion and awards
About Khiri Travel

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News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 4, 2026

January 5, 2026

Travel & tourism news wrap: Week ending Jan 4, 2026

As we stumble into 2026, the travel & tour­ism industry is wak­ing up to a par­tic­u­larly jar­ring ‘morn­ing after’. The rhet­or­ic of 2025 — prom­ises of seam­less digit­al­isa­tion, eth­ic­al wild­life encoun­ters, and ‘net-zero’ fuels — is col­lid­ing with a messy reality.

From the unin­ten­ded con­sequences of bio­fuels on hon­ey­bee pop­u­la­tions to the “worst pos­sible exper­i­ence” delivered by over-digit­al­isa­tion, the first few days of the year sug­gest that every ‘solu­tion’ brings a new set of problems.

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025

December 18, 2025

What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025. Share a Christmas pudding in Australia. A Gemini-generated image.

Wel­come to the Novem­ber-Decem­ber 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of ‘The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’.

Tour­ism is a com­plex industry, so it is a good idea to open one’s mind to per­spect­ives one may nev­er oth­er­wise encounter. 

This is the “Good Tour­ism” mis­sion. It’s “GT”. And go!

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Gastronomic Gaborone: Can culinary innovation co-exist with authenticity?

and December 10, 2025

Gastronomic Gaborone: Can culinary innovation co-exist with authenticity? Image by Gemini featuring 'seswaa' (pounded beef), the national dish of Botswana. "GT" added the words.

In Gabor­one, Bot­swana, the food scene is trans­form­ing, blend­ing indi­gen­ous ingredi­ents with mod­ern gastronomy. 

As Gabor­one reima­gines tra­di­tion­al Set­swana fla­vours for the tour­ist pal­ate, Delly Cha­ti­bura and Brighton Hur­ombo ask: Can culin­ary innov­a­tion co-exist with the com­mun­al spir­it of the past?

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Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing

, and December 9, 2025

Behind Asian tourism’s success story: Risk and marketing. Image by Gemini.

Glob­al tourism’s centre of grav­ity has shif­ted to Asia. But how do Asi­an des­tin­a­tions main­tain their spec­tac­u­lar growth amidst nat­ur­al dis­asters, pan­dem­ics, and geo­pol­it­ic­al instability? 

Dr Dav­id Beir­man and Dr Jeff Wilks reveal the strategies behind the region’s resi­li­ence in their upcom­ing book, ‘Risk and Tour­ism Mar­ket­ing in Asia’. And Bernie Rosen­bloom shares key find­ings from his chapter on Laos.

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