The “Good Tourism” Blog covered the 2020 Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference, December 1 – 3, 2020 in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
“Asking questions is the best place to start,” Anna Pollock said during the afternoon of the third and final day of the 2020 Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference. And she’s right, of course, yet no-one got the opportunity to ask her any! Ms Pollock may be right about the benefit of questions, but she’s obviously not […]
Read More Regenerative ecotourism: Asking questions is the best place to start
Several speakers considered what ecotourism might look like post-COVID and explored “revolutionary” ideas during the second day of the 2020 Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference. And, predictably, there were lots of other “re-” words bandied about — Reset. Rethink. Redesign. Reflect. Reboot. Regenerate. … — words better applied to the travel industry at large rather than the “eco-” niche; […]
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Politicians and public servants spruiked their respective places and tax-payer-funded initiatives, and industry giants and global consultants had their say, but it was the small entrepreneurs who were the most inspiring speakers on the first day of the 2020 Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference. What matters? Indeed Sonia Beckwith, co-owner of Live Ningaloo, had a […]
Read More ‘Not good enough. Move your … !’ Grit, honesty, hope, and how to survive a crisis