Tourism infrastructure, well-being, & how to ‘build back better’ for all

January 26, 2021

A construction. By EliasSch (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/zen-garden-meditation-monk-stones-2040340/

To “build back bet­ter” for real rather than for rhet­or­ic, the travel & tour­ism industry can­not ignore the built envir­on­ment and its sig­ni­fic­ant influ­ence on sus­tain­ab­il­ity and well-being. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Tan­ner C Knorr of “GT” part­ners Off Sea­son Adven­tures and Second Look World­wide explores why it’s import­ant to get land use policy and infra­struc­ture invest­ments right. […]

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Good news in tourism January 18 – 24, 2021

January 24, 2021

St Bernard. Image by ClaudiaWollesen (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/dog-snow-st-bernard-dog-winter-pet-1168663/

Because we make things bet­ter … Pub­lished most Sundays, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism … everyone’s busi­ness. This week’s good travel & tour­ism news menu: (Click / touch an item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” news & Insights COVID ops Eco­tour­ism Cultural […]

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In the eye of the beholder: How to create valuable tourism experiences

January 21, 2021

Flowers, cosmos, and the eye of the beholder. By DanielHannah (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/eye-creative-galaxy-collage-4997724/

Set­ting prices, drum­ming up demand, and deliv­er­ing appro­pri­ate value-for-money are core chal­lenges for travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers, par­tic­u­larly in des­tin­a­tions wor­ried about a post-COV­­ID return to over­tour­ism. An easy way to reduce demand might be for gov­ern­ments to increase tour­ism taxes and/or for busi­nesses to raise prices, but will the value still be there?  “Good Tourism” […]

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‘Freeze or Fry Challenge’ highlights need to ACT NOW on climate crisis: SUNx

January 21, 2021

Fire vs ice. Image by thommas68 (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/fire-and-water-fight-hands-fire-2354583/

The travel & tour­ism industry is urged to help save the plan­et. Geof­frey Lip­man, Pres­id­ent of SUNx Malta, has wel­comed the start of Joe Biden’s Pres­id­ency with a chal­lenge for us all to use the moment to act now to help redress the dev­ast­at­ing impact of cli­mate change. “As a kid we had a silly joke […]

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How travellers respond to crises and disasters and what tourism can do to minimise cancellations

January 19, 2021

Superhero. By AD_Images (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/boy-child-kid-running-super-hero-4302994/

Gabby Wal­ters is an expert in crisis and dis­aster recov­ery mar­ket­ing. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Dr Wal­ters shares some of what she knows about trav­el­ler con­cerns dur­ing and after a dis­rupt­ive event and what travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers can do to mit­ig­ate losses and bounce back. A primary goal of any tour­ist des­tin­a­tion impacted […]

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Good news in tourism January 11 – 17, 2021

January 17, 2021

Whale shark, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia. Image by Chris Jansen supplied by Live Ningaloo.

Because suc­cess is a mind game … Pub­lished most Sundays, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism … everyone’s busi­ness. This week’s good travel & tour­ism news menu: (Click / touch an item to go straight to it.) “Good Tour­ism” news & “GT” Insights Avi­ation Tour­ism jobs […]

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