STREETS International is a social enterprise with a mission to create a better future for disadvantaged youth in Vietnam via hospitality training. If you travel to the lovely UNESCO World Heritage town of Hoi An, Vietnam be sure to stroll by Le Loi Street to visit STREETS Restaurant Café, and take part in its Oodles […]
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How does one take meaningful action to back up a potentially hypocritical declaration about climate? This is a question that travel & tourism companies must contend with right now, particularly those that rely on air travel for their products and customers. Tourism scholar Francesca Gallone suggests three steps that companies can take to walk their […]
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Bronwyn Hutchison would like to see more examples of regenerative tourism in practice. In her second “Good Tourism” Insight, Ms Hutchison sheds light on a family-run lodge and tour operation in New Zealand whose regenerative practices, it is claimed, are rooted in Māori beliefs and customs. Regenerative tourism is evolving as the new catch-cry for […]
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What does it mean to collaboratively design tourism at the community level? And to what end? If it is to strive towards a ‘good’, ‘better’, ‘smarter’ tourism, what does that look like? Retired university professor K Michael Haywood shares his vision. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting Prof Haywood to write a “GT” […]
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Cardamom Tented Camp ecolodge in Cambodia is one of Green Destinations’ 2021 Top 100 Destination Sustainability Stories. The announcement was made October 5 during the online annual conference of Green Destinations, a non-profit organisation for sustainable tourism based in The Netherlands. The annual programme has been in existence since 2014. Cardamom Tented Camp was chosen by the […]
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Picking up on the reports, findings, declarations, and statements of organisations and opinion leaders in Africa and around the world, tourism scholar Edwin Magio calls upon African travel & tourism stakeholders to put words into action. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. As the African tourism sector prepares to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism experts […]
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