Food

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How to implement sustainable food systems in Southeast Asian hospitality

January 23, 2024

How to implement sustainable food systems in Southeast Asian hospitality. Spoons students.

Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo sum­mar­ises the case stud­ies shared and les­sons learned at a recent event about sus­tain­able food sys­tems organ­ised by the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enter­prises for Train­ing in Hos­pit­al­ity & Cater­ing (ASSET‑H&C). ASSET‑H&C is “GT” Insight Part­ner. [You too can write a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.] Where to start? Food waste, if it were a […]

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Learn Rwandan cuisine at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

August 16, 2023

Learn Rwandan cuisine at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

If you’re a travel agent look­ing for a unique des­tin­a­tion to recom­mend to your cli­ents, or a tour oper­at­or search­ing for a new part­ner in Africa, con­sider Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Musan­ze, Rwanda.  This hid­den gem is about more than moun­tain gor­il­las. As its name sug­gests, it offers vis­it­ors an oppor­tun­ity to immerse themselves […]

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Delicious, nutritious, precious: Nigeria’s ‘Slow Food’ travel & tourism potential

September 21, 2021
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Ofuda rice from southwestern Nigeria is usually produced on a small scale. Image by Stephen Olatunde (CC0) via unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/gB5qrP0eY50

Slow Food has found sup­port in Niger­ia. With its poten­tial to con­trib­ute to a cul­ture of sus­tain­ab­il­ity, as well as to vis­it­ors’ exper­i­ences, might Slow Food be a wel­come addi­tion to tour itin­er­ar­ies there?  Adenike Ade­bayo thinks so.  It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  [Thanks to Jim Butcher for invit­ing Dr Ade­bayo to write a “GT” Insight.] Gast­ro­nomy and good […]

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Is agritourism a more eco-friendly & gender-equitable form of tourism?

July 8, 2021
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By Free-Photos (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/cherries-handful-red-ripe-fresh-1082136/

Would you pay more for cher­ries you picked your­self? Respond­ents in an agri­t­our­ism study by Erdogan Koc said they would. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, his second, Prof Koc sum­mar­ises the case for agri­t­our­ism and its poten­tial bene­fits for the envir­on­ment and women … and cherry grow­ers. In par­al­lel with its fast growth over the […]

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Living the good life: Can tourism help save a host community from itself?

April 13, 2021
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Barefoot Bar: Living the good life in the Cook Islands. Image supplied by Ani Thompson

Much has been made about how travel & tour­ism exploits host com­munit­ies. But can our industry pro­act­ively improve loc­als’ health and well-being? Ani Thompson thinks so. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, the hoteli­er shares how she has lever­aged the resources avail­able to her to help tackle the scourge of non­com­mu­nic­able dis­eases in her nat­ive Cook […]

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Posted in "GT" Destinations & Places, "Good Tourism" in Oceania, “Good Tourism” in Cook Islands, Insights & Best Practices
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Save money, satisfy guests, & join the fight against food waste

April 23, 2019
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Featured image: How much food waste in your tourism or hospitality business generating? Image copyright: LightBlue Environmental Consulting

Sus­tain­ab­il­ity advoc­ate and “waste fight­er” Lauren Khar­ouni presents the case against food waste, the busi­ness case for redu­cing it, and simple ways to start. Have you ever taken a closer look at data on glob­al food waste? If not, take a seat, the num­bers are strik­ing. Oth­er­wise, a short remind­er could not hurt. Every year, the UN […]

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