Good news in tourism July 12 – 18, 2020

July 19, 2020

“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud ... There cannot be a lotus flower without the mud.” _ Thich Nhat Hanh. Image by David Gillbanks (CC BY 4.0).

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: COVID ops Policy & gov­ernance Eco‑, nature-based, & wild­life tour­ism Cul­tur­al her­it­age Car­­bon-neut­ral super­son­ic flight Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Important […]

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Why tourism degrowth just won’t do after COVID-19

July 14, 2020
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"The Only Sustainable Growth is Degrowth", according to this stencil graffito. Paul Sableman (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. "GT" ran a filter. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasa/14486751845

Among tour­ism aca­dem­ics and thinkers today — the out­spoken ones at least — Jim Butcher is one of the few who would chal­lenge the notion that post-pan­­dem­ic tour­ism must — for the sake of the plan­et — be much dimin­ished from what it was. He does just that in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  In light of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, much has been said […]

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Good news in tourism July 5 – 11, 2020

July 12, 2020

By NASA; edited by Jaybear - Voyager: Humanity’s Farthest Journey, Public Domain (CC0) via Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28797722

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: COVID ops Region­al co-ops Decar­bon­ising trans­port Cul­tur­al her­it­age tour­ism Eco- & nature-based tour­ism Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! Import­ant “GT” news first: […]

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Pivots to make a difference: What ITA is doing to educate, inspire, satiate

July 10, 2020

As we navigate our way through a tunnel of trouble, how can we pivot and position ourselves with grace and with style to make a difference at the other end? Image (c) Kelley Louise.

A travel entre­pren­eur pas­sion­ate about storytelling and social good, Kel­ley Louise is the exec­ut­ive dir­ect­or and founder of Impact Travel Alli­ance, a com­munity for eco- and socially-con­­s­cious trav­el­lers. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Kel­ley tells us how the not-for-profit is mak­ing the best of chal­len­ging times to edu­cate trav­el­lers. Thanks to “GT” Insight Part­ner Second […]

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Associations to cooperate in cultural heritage preservation, tourism training


Chris Flynn of WTACH; Philippe Francois of AMFORHT

Press release from “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture & Her­it­age (WTACH): Two glob­al tour­ism asso­ci­ations are join­ing forces to dove­tail key object­ives in their fields of cul­tur­al her­it­age pro­tec­tion and voca­tion­al train­ing. A new part­ner­ship agree­ment between the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture & Her­it­age (WTACH) and the World Association […]

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Good news in tourism Jun 28 to Jul 4, 2020

July 5, 2020

Map, car key, compass, and camera ... And go! Image (CC0) via libreshot. https://libreshot.com/travel-map-car-key-compass-and-camera/

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished every Sunday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism.  This week in “Good news …”: To sup­port tourism’s recov­ery … Wild­life & eco­tour­ism Cul­tur­al her­it­age Towards car­­bon-neut­ral travel Friends indeed Odds & ends It’s “Good Tour­ism”. And go! “GT” news first (scroll […]

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