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What was the main lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has the travel & tourism industry learned it? It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question. Your correspondent put the question to the travel & tourism stakeholders in the “GT” network, inviting emailed written responses of no more than 300 words. Thanks to the 10 respondents who shared their thoughts […]
Read More What did tourism learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
How many tourism academics observe the industry as tourists? Melanie Kay Smith does. Dr Smith enjoys regular trips to the Greek islands. Her experiences and conversations over the past two COVID-affected summers have highlighted to her some of the problems caused by imposed limits on tourism. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight. [Thanks to Jim Butcher for inviting […]
Read More Mass tourism Corfu: With or without you?
Many people will be keen to travel for wellness, perhaps even enlightenment, when they arrive at the end of their COVID-19 tunnels. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, university lecturer Ricardo Nicolas Progano points to the potential for rural destinations with sacred, spiritual, or religious heritage to tap into pent-up wellness tourism demand. [Thanks to Jim […]
Read More Wellness pilgrimage: A post-COVID tourism business opportunity for sacred sites
Places that rely on travel & tourism are located all over the world, in nations at different stages of economic development and often vastly different population sizes. When international travel shuts down it is no wonder then that they have different experiences. Development specialist Jada Lindblom compares two destinations close to her heart in this […]
Read More Overs & unders: Contrasting destination outcomes during COVID-19
If sustainability is ever going to be more than fantasy, tourists and the tourism industry need to treat international travel as a privilege and value domestic destinations much more highly. This is according to veteran hospitality, marketing, and crisis management consultant Bert van Walbeek. However, as evidenced by this “Good Tourism” Insight, he’s not counting […]
Read More A ‘year of hell’, pent-up wanderlust, and the supermarket of beautiful places
Throughout history our species has transformed where we’ve travelled, been transformed by travel, and travelled to transform. There is little doubt that many of us are happiest when we are on the move. Is tourism scholar Rohan Bhalla correct in thinking that our industry could be part of the solution to the world’s mental health […]
Read More Can transformational tourism help solve the post-COVID mental health crisis?