Outrigger goes big on World Oceans Month this June


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Bare­foot lux­ury and cor­al reef con­ser­va­tion meet at Out­rig­ger Resorts. WAIKIKI – In hon­our of World Oceans Month this June, Out­rig­ger Hotels and Resorts is eager to con­tin­ue its sup­port in pro­tect­ing and sus­tain­ing the oceans and the spe­cies that inhab­it them. Mak­ing Big Waves for Glob­al Change Through its OZONE pro­gramme, Out­rig­ger has cham­pioned ocean and cor­al health […]

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Towards a new paradigm for regenerative tourism and just futures

June 8, 2021
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Regeneration. Image by congerdesign (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/plant-sow-grow-growing-trays-4036131/

The COV­­ID-induced travel & tour­ism depres­sion has caused and exacer­bated suf­fer­ing. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, aca­dem­ic Tazim Jamal sum­mar­ises the oppor­tun­it­ies that she sees for ‘heal­ing’, ‘justice’, and ‘equity’ as our industry recov­ers. [Thanks to Joseph M Cheer for invit­ing Dr Jamal to write a “GT” Insight.] Tour­ism is a multi-bil­lion-dol­lar industry. It employs […]

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Prioritising well-being in travel & tourism


Prioritising well-being for all affected by travel & tourism with Planet Happiness

Part­ner Mes­sage by Paul Rogers of “GT” Insight Part­ner Plan­et Hap­pi­ness: As tour­ism stake­hold­ers, if we truly value and believe in this life-chan­­ging industry, if we want to advoc­ate its mer­its and abil­ity to deliv­er the UN SDGs, we need to recog­nise the imper­at­ive to value and meas­ure travel and tourism’s con­tri­bu­tion to des­tin­a­tion well-being.  Travel and […]

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Ethically yours: Silver Naga, Vang Vieng, Laos


Silver Naga Vang Vieng Laos staff at the pool with a view

Rachel Dechaineux uses ‘eth­ic­al’ a lot, both in word and in deed, because she feels that tour­ism is all about people. This is the fourth Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Laos Show­case by Bernie Rosen­bloom of “Good Tour­ism” Des­tin­a­tion Part­ner WeAre­Lao. Ms Dechaineux is the own­er of the river­side Sil­ver Naga hotel in Vang Vieng, Laos. “We aim to […]

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Thailand’s tourism elephants lose when pragmatism gives way to politics, ideology

June 1, 2021
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Fundraising livestreams are the best hope for unemployed elephants in Thailand. Pic supplied by John Roberts.

The best hope for Thail­and’s unem­ployed tour­ism ele­phants now are livestreams and the gen­er­os­ity of donors. As travel resumes, ele­phant expert John Roberts fears that loc­al polit­ics and act­iv­ist ideo­logy will con­tin­ue to be a bar­ri­er to optim­al out­comes.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  It is always fool­ish to gaze into a crys­tal ball and […]

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Good news in tourism May 2021: “GT” Travel has arrived

May 31, 2021

Shall we sit awhile? Hilltop Lookout, Walpole, Western Australia. Photo by David Gillbanks (CC by 4.0)

“Good news in tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” news and con­tent. It’s “GT”. And go!(Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “GT” Travel has arrived “GT” Insights Busi­ness & pleas­ure Keep up with “GT” If you like “GT” and you don’t want to miss a thing, sub­scribe to “GT’s” weekly e‑news: […]

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