Good news in tourism May 31 to Jun 6, 2020

June 7, 2020

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… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  As the pre­dict­able plat­it­udes pop­u­lated news feeds on World Envir­on­ment Day, “GT” found real news from real places in the real world and stayed pos­it­ive … 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 […]

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Online courses by The Centre for Responsible Tourism Singapore: ‘Reinventing tourism learning’

June 4, 2020
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“GT” Friend Kev­in Phun of new “GT” Part­ner The Centre for Respons­ible Tour­ism Singa­pore (CRTS) has developed a series of short online courses for aspir­ing respons­ible tour­ism prac­ti­tion­ers — or any­one inter­ested in the sub­ject — to estab­lish a found­a­tion of know­ledge and a frame­work for think­ing about vari­ous aspects of respons­ible tour­ism.  “GT” 20% dis­count coupon: GTB-20-OFF Courses […]

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Good news in tourism May 24 – 30, 2020

May 31, 2020

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… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism. And go! Import­ant “Good Tour­ism” (“GT”) stuff first:  How does a spe­cial forces sol­dier become a pro­ponent and awardee for sin­cerely respons­ible tour­ism? In a “GT” Insight […]

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Supply lines: A former soldier’s take on tourism’s failure to win hearts & minds

May 26, 2020

PangSoong Lodge nature trail. Image supplied by author.

How does a spe­cial forces sol­dier become an out­spoken pro­ponent for and awar­ded prac­ti­tion­er of sin­cerely respons­ible tour­ism? In this “GT” Insight, Shane K Beary takes us back to his past before ask­ing us to con­sider his vis­ion for the future; a more equit­able com­munity-based travel & tour­ism industry. And it’s all about the sup­ply chain. […]

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Good news in tourism May 17 – 23, 2020

May 24, 2020

Featured image (top of post): Vietnam landscape. Image (CC0) via pxfuel. https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-xzhgw

… because it’s every­one’s busi­ness!  Pub­lished Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the per­fect pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism. And go! Import­ant “Good Tour­ism” (“GT”) stuff first:  For a truly sus­tain­able tour­ism industry to have a chance, des­tin­a­tions and host com­munit­ies must use the coronavir­us crisis […]

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Who dares wins: Who will hit the reset button?

May 22, 2020

Push to reset the world. By Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez (CC0) via unsplash.

A “GT” Insight into the mind of the man who leads one of the world’s sig­ni­fic­ant travel & tour­ism industry organ­isa­tions: Dr Mario Hardy, chief of the Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation. What does he think about the crisis in which our industry finds itself? Over the past few months, we are reminded every day that […]

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