For truly sustainable tourism to have a chance, individual destinations and host communities must use the coronavirus crisis to take back control from global financial interests after decades of failed talks at the highest levels. This is according to Dr Thomas Bauer in a fresh and reflective “GT” Insight; his second. Indeed Dr Bauer reckons […]
Read More By invitation only: Sustainable tourism revisited
… 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: In a fresh “GT” Insight published on Tuesday, responsible tourism and economic development specialist Kevin Phun took a peek […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 10 – 16, 2020
In this fresh “GT” Insight, responsible tourism and economic development specialist Kevin Phun takes a peek at the piscatorial proficiencies of the people of Penghu, Taiwan to discuss how the tangible and intangible should be considered interconnected when planning sustainable cultural heritage tourism attractions. Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) refers to aspects of peoples’ cultures that […]
Read More How can tourism safeguard intangible cultural heritage? A peek at Penghu
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 “GT” stuff first: The expression “an elephant in the room” means an uncomfortable truth we cannot ignore. With tourism cash flows stemmed, many Asian elephants and their mahouts in […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 3 – 9, 2020
The expression “an elephant in the room” means an uncomfortable truth we cannot ignore. With tourism cash flows stemmed, many Asian elephants and their mahouts in Thailand and elsewhere are in deep trouble. Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund of Work for Wild Life International tells us why that’s the case and how we can help. COVID-19 has suddenly […]
Read More Elephant health experts seek emergency funds for unemployed tourism elephants
Bangkok-based travel & hospitality entrepreneur and sustainable tourism advocate Willem Niemeijer sees an opportunity in the SARS-CoV‑2 crisis; an opportunity to rebalance tourism with more sensible management and less visitor volume. But make your plans swiftly because Mr Niemeijer reckons recovery will be faster than many think. The lockdown measures in place to keep the […]
Read More Turn down the volume: How to plan for a sustainable tourism recovery after C‑19
