On the fringes: When the City of Sedona’s tourism policy failed the urban outskirts

May 25, 2021

Loy Butte is to the northwest of Sedona, Arizona. (Oak Creek Canyon is to the north.) There are remarkable rocks and spectacular scenes all around Sedona. By Sunfellow (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/loy-butte-sedona-arizona-hiking-672889/

Ari­zon­a’s great out­doors is a draw for people escap­ing COVID lock­down. While the state’s cit­ies and tour­ist towns reap the eco­nom­ic rewards, some places only see the down­side as the masses pass through. How can tour­ism policy-makers account for the poten­tial neg­at­ive effects of inbound travel on those just out­side a des­tin­a­tion?  It’s a “Good […]

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Is ‘regenerative tourism’ just a rebranding of ‘sustainable tourism’?

May 20, 2021
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Kingia australis, regenerating naturally. Image by TerriAnneAllen (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/kingia-australis-native-flora-4772242/

For those still con­fused about the dif­fer­ence between sus­tain­able tour­ism and regen­er­at­ive tour­ism, PhD can­did­ate Lor­etta Bel­lato offers answers to ques­tions that she is fre­quently asked. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to Joseph M Cheer for invit­ing Ms Bel­lato to write a “GT” Insight.] Emer­ging at the same time as sus­tain­ab­il­ity, regen­er­a­tion has expanded […]

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Tourism & ‘climate emergency’: It’s the metrics, stupid

May 18, 2021

It's the metrics, stupid. Image: Storm cloud background by FelixMittermeier (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/storm-clouds-clouds-cumulus-3499982/ Stat overlay by postman85 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/graph-pie-chart-business-finance-963016/

Geof­frey Lip­man of “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner SUNx shares a unique “GT” Insight into a TRINET dis­cus­sion cur­rently under­way about tour­ism and cli­mate change.  TRINET is the Tour­ism Research Inform­a­tion Net­work, an email dis­tri­bu­tion list that links glob­al tour­ism schol­ars.  This is an adapt­a­tion of Prof Lip­man’s recent post to TRINET in which he argues why […]

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From the ashes: The role of solidarity in Binna Burra’s tourism recovery

May 13, 2021
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Binna Burra terrace sunset. Image supplied by author.

After a dev­ast­at­ing fire fol­lowed by glob­al pan­dem­ic, the ongo­ing recov­ery of Binna Burra Lodge in Queens­land, Aus­tralia was­n’t pos­sible without the sup­port of people near and far who feel a con­nec­tion to the place, its his­tory, and its land­scape. The story illus­trates the power and value of good­will, an intan­gible asset that mani­fes­ted at […]

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How virtual tourism can make the travel & tourism industry more sustainable

May 11, 2021
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How virtual tourism can make the travel & tourism industry more sustainable

Many people think that vir­tu­al tour­ism is a tem­por­ary hype; an activ­ity that will quickly fade away as phys­ic­al travel resumes post-pan­­dem­ic. But, accord­ing to tour­ism expert and edu­cat­or Hay­ley Stain­ton, vir­tu­al tour­ism is here to stay and it can help to cre­ate a more sus­tain­able industry. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for […]

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Good news in tourism April 2021

April 30, 2021

Twilight. By Leio McLaren (CC0) via Unsplash

“Good news in tour­ism” wraps up a month of “Good Tour­ism” Part­ner news, “GT” Travel posts, “GT” Insights, and your com­ments. (Click/touch a menu item to go straight to it.) “GT” Part­ner news “GT” Travel “GT” Insights Your com­ments It’s “GT”. And go! Keep up with “GT” If you like “GT” and you don’t want to miss […]

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