Undertourism: Who’s suffering, and why?

August 26, 2025

Gemini AI-generated image prompted by the headline of this post: Undertourism: "Who's suffering, and why?" Per Gemini: "This image uses the well-known 'tip of the iceberg' metaphor. The beautiful, stable tip above the water represents the visible, successful luxury end of the tourism industry. Below the surface, however, the massive, unseen foundation is fracturing and breaking apart, symbolising the hidden suffering of the smaller, foundational players who support the entire structure." “GT” cropped it and added the words.

Under­tour­ism: Who’s suf­fer­ing, and why?

Many thanks to Saverio Francesco Ber­to­lu­cci, Jim Butcher, Dorji Dhradhul, K Michael Hay­wood, and Chris Kit­tish­in­nak­uppe for shar­ing their thoughts on ‘under­tour­ism’; the flip side of ‘over­tour­ism’.

Their responses appear in the order received. 

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Tourism, war, and peace

August 19, 2025

Tourism, war, and peace: Some are calling on tourism leaders to do more to promote peace. Given that tourism is often among the first casualties of war, in what tangible and measurable ways can its leaders foster peace and understanding? Gemini-generated image cropped by "GT" with words added.

Some are call­ing on tour­ism lead­ers to do more to pro­mote peace. Giv­en that tour­ism is often among the first cas­u­al­ties of war, in what tan­gible and meas­ur­able ways can its lead­ers foster peace and understanding?

Four respond­ents from the “Good Tour­ism” net­work took the time to share their thoughts.

Have a thought to share? Respond in the com­ments at any time. 

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Thimlich Ohinga: UNESCO World Heritage site management is failing a local community

August 14, 2025
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The walls remain: Thimlich Ohinga Exclusionary heritage management is failing a community in Kenya

Even as Thim­lich Ohinga’s dry stone walls crumble, the loc­al com­munity con­tin­ues to be excluded from the man­age­ment of the Kenyan UNESCO World Her­it­age site. 

This accord­ing to tour­ism officer Doreen Nyam­wey­a’s who shares her second “Good Tour­ism” Insight:

Last month, July 2025, I spent time in Migori County, Kenya, on a field vis­it for my MSc thes­is on respons­ible tour­ism aware­ness levels among host com­munit­ies in her­it­age destinations …

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Beyond sustainability: Regenerative hospitality helps restore Sri Lankan culture and heritage

August 7, 2025

"Good Tourism" guest author Dr Ashika Kalubadanage better appreciates her cultural heritage in Sri Lanka thanks to regenerative hospitality

Can cul­ture bundled into tour­ism products retain its ‘authen­t­ic’ cre­den­tials and deliv­er her­it­age value to host com­munit­ies and visitors? 

UK-based tour­ism edu­cat­or Ashi­ka Kalu­badan­age reck­ons so as she recon­nects with her own ances­tral her­it­age in Sri Lanka.

Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions for invit­ing Dr Ashi­ka Kalu­badan­age to write this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You can too.)

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Detty December: The rise of diaspora tourism in Nigeria

July 31, 2025

The colourful Calabar Carnival, ‘Africa’s Biggest Street Party’, is where tradition and modernity can mingle and is part of Detty December, a diaspora tourism draw. Pic by Teemages, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Detty Decem­ber is peak sea­son for tour­ism in Niger­ia thanks to the arrival of hun­dreds of thou­sands of expat­ri­ate Nigeri­ans and tour­ists with Nigeri­an her­it­age. Dia­spora tour­ism is a boon to Nigeri­a’s eco­nomy and a life­line to many of its ter­tiary indus­tries, includ­ing tour­ism. But can it be sus­tained, extended?

Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions for invit­ing Dr Shola Osinaike to write this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You too can write one.)

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap May-June 2025

June 30, 2025

What is good tourism in May-June 2025? Perhaps it is sharing surplus produce with your neighbours … Photo of sharing surplus tomatoes by Elaine Casap (CC0) via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/bowl-of-tomatoes-served-on-person-hand-qgHGDbbSNm8

Wel­come to the May-June 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of The “Good Tour­ism” Blog. [You too can share.] What is good tour­ism? Per­haps it is shar­ing sur­plus pro­duce with your neigh­bours … “Good Tour­ism” nev­er defines ‘good tour­ism’. Your cor­res­pond­ent would nev­er be so bold. […]

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