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Read More Good news in travel & tourism September 2021
Dark periods of history evoke strong emotions, particularly among those with close connections to participants. As documented by Stephen Pratt and his colleagues, cruise tourists who chose to join a shore tour of World War II battlefield sites, museums, and memorials on Guadalcanal did so for a variety of reasons and felt a range of […]
Read More Atrocity, curiosity, tragedy, travel: Battlefield tourism in the Solomon Islands
Slow Food has found support in Nigeria. With its potential to contribute to a culture of sustainability, as well as to visitors’ experiences, might Slow Food be a welcome addition to tour itineraries there? Adenike Adebayo thinks so. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting Dr Adebayo to write a “GT” Insight.] Gastronomy and good […]
Read More Delicious, nutritious, precious: Nigeria’s ‘Slow Food’ travel & tourism potential
How many tourism academics observe the industry as tourists? Melanie Kay Smith does. Dr Smith enjoys regular trips to the Greek islands. Her experiences and conversations over the past two COVID-affected summers have highlighted to her some of the problems caused by imposed limits on tourism. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting […]
Read More Mass tourism Corfu: With or without you?
It is understandable why many who have worked in the travel & tourism industry are looking elsewhere, or are already gainfully employed in other sectors. What then must students and trainees be thinking? Fortunately, sayings like ‘every cloud has a silver lining’ and ‘it’s always darkest before the dawn’ have metaphorical truth. In this “Good […]
Read More Data analytics, financial acumen are keys to a great career in travel & tourism
Does the travel & tourism industrial crisis induced by government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic warrant a “full-spectrum intervention” to ‘democratise’ tourism for a ‘post-capitalist’ future? Raoul V Bianchi thinks so. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting Dr Bianchi to write a “GT” Insight.] The global COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented crisis. […]
Read More Tourism, capitalism, & the coronavirus crisis: What is to be (un)done?
