Good news in tourism Apr 26 to May 2, 2020

May 3, 2020

Reeth, Yorkshire, England. By Emphyrio (CC0) via Pixabay.

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! Your cor­res­pond­ent had a scare Monday night when news came through that his hero, his fath­er, had been rushed to hos­pit­al in Perth with a cab­in­et of nasty symptoms. […]

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Good news in tourism April 19 – 25, 2020

April 26, 2020

Life's a beach. By Kevin Phillips (CC0) via publicdomainpictures. https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=147290&picture=tropical-beach

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! “GT” stuff first: Rachel Sher­wood, a travel blog­ger from Oxford­shire in Eng­land, is organ­ising well-deserved hol­i­days for health­care work­ers at the front lines of the coronavir­us COVID-19 fight. Oper­a­tion Recuperation […]

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SUNx Malta launches world-first Climate Friendly Travel Diploma with ITS


SUNx Malta launches world-first Climate Friendly Travel Diploma with ITS

Press release from “GT” Insight Part­ner SUNx — Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work:  Val­letta, Malta, 21st April 2020: Today in Val­letta, SUNx Malta and The Insti­tute of Tour­ism Stud­ies (ITS) launched the first Tour­ism course ded­ic­ated to the trans­form­a­tion of the Travel & Tour­ism industry in line with the Par­is Cli­mate Accord and tagged to the SDGs. It flows […]

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Join Operation Recuperation to give healthcare workers a well-deserved break post-COVID-19

April 23, 2020

Image by Tumisu (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/coronavirus-doctor-research-fight-4944680/

Travel blog­ger Rachel Sher­wood is col­lect­ing pledges from accom­mod­a­tion pro­viders and second home own­ers to give health­care work­ers on the front lines of the coronavir­us SARS-CoV­­‑2 fight a well-deserved break. It’s called Oper­a­tion Recu­per­a­tion. Can you gift a future stay in your hotel or second home to our health­care work­ers? I’m hop­ing the answer is […]

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Good news in tourism April 12 – 18, 2020

April 19, 2020

Recently taken in by the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF) because she and her mahout are unemployed, Boon Rod is among the many elephants affected by the coronavirus-induced tourism crisis. Image source GTAEF. https://www.helpingelephants.org/boonrod/

Pub­lished Sunday to be ready Monday, “Good news in tour­ism” is the almost-fam­ous pick-me-up for the start of a new week in travel & tour­ism. “This “Good news” stuff is sooo cool … bet­ter than their early stuff. It’s only a mat­ter of time before “Good Tour­ism” goes main­stream, though …” “Bro! Relaaaaax … “GT” […]

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Good news in tourism April 5 – 11, 2020

April 12, 2020

Lake Wakatipu, near Queenstown New Zealand. By Rex Boggs (CC BY-ND 2.0) via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rexboggs5/29407295502

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! Ser­i­ously. Are host com­munit­ies the vac­cine against over­tour­ism? If they are indeed taken ser­i­ously by poli­cy­makers then host com­munit­ies must surely offer pro­tec­tion against over­tour­ism and its asso­ci­ated ills. […]

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