The “Good Tourism” Blog is not in the business of telling you what ‘good tourism’ is. It’s publisher would never claim to know. Rather, this website offers people the chance to share their perspectives. Find below wraps of recent “Good Tourism” Insights, and the latest news from the network that makes “GT” possible.
Freedom of movement, within reason, is a basic human right. And travel & tourism is everyone’s business. ‘Everyone’ includes not only people who earn a living from the travel & tourism industry, but also people who travel, and people who live in places that are travelled to and through.
EVERYONE.
That’s why “GT” reckons you should get into the habit of reading these posts and sharing them with your colleagues and friends. And then dive deeper into “Good Tourism” Insights for ideas on how to make responsible travel & sustainable tourism better … for you, for your people, and for your place. For they are your people. And it is your place.
The “Good Tourism” Blog’s “What is good tourism?” posts summarise the most recent month or two of “GT” Insights, “GT” Partner news, and “GT” Travel posts. In 2025, “Good Tourism” renamed these content wraps from “Good news in travel & tourism” to “What is good tourism?”. “GT” retired its weekly “Good news in tourism” posts in April 2021.
… because it’s everyone’s business! 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! Important “Good Tourism” (“GT”) stuff first: In a fresh “GT” Insight published on Tuesday, responsible tourism and economic development specialist Kevin Phun took a peek […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 10 – 16, 2020
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! Important “GT” stuff first: The expression “an elephant in the room” means an uncomfortable truth we cannot ignore. With tourism cash flows stemmed, many Asian elephants and their mahouts in […]
Read More Good news in tourism May 3 – 9, 2020
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. […]
Read More Good news in tourism Apr 26 to May 2, 2020
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 […]
Read More Good news in tourism April 19 – 25, 2020
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” […]
Read More Good news in tourism April 12 – 18, 2020
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. […]
Read More Good news in tourism April 5 – 11, 2020