What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” and “GT” Travel news and good news in travel & tourism …

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.

News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 11, 2026

January 11, 2026

Travel & tourism news wrap from the week ending Jan 11, 2026. A Gemini-generated image.

If 2025 was the year of the ‘rebound’, 2026 is shap­ing up to be the year of the ‘reck­on­ing’. As head­lines declare this the ‘Year of Tour­ism’ driv­en by mega-events and busi­ness travel, the oper­a­tion­al real­ity on the ground is far more complex.

From Hawaii’s legis­lat­ive stut­ter-steps on cli­mate taxes to the stark warn­ing for snorkel­ers in Bali, the fric­tion between growth and gov­ernance is intensifying. 

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News and questions (without answers) from the week ending January 4, 2026

January 5, 2026

Travel & tourism news wrap: Week ending Jan 4, 2026

As we stumble into 2026, the travel & tour­ism industry is wak­ing up to a par­tic­u­larly jar­ring ‘morn­ing after’. The rhet­or­ic of 2025 — prom­ises of seam­less digit­al­isa­tion, eth­ic­al wild­life encoun­ters, and ‘net-zero’ fuels — is col­lid­ing with a messy reality.

From the unin­ten­ded con­sequences of bio­fuels on hon­ey­bee pop­u­la­tions to the “worst pos­sible exper­i­ence” delivered by over-digit­al­isa­tion, the first few days of the year sug­gest that every ‘solu­tion’ brings a new set of problems.

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025

December 18, 2025

What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel November-December 2025. Share a Christmas pudding in Australia. A Gemini-generated image.

Wel­come to the Novem­ber-Decem­ber 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of ‘The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’.

Tour­ism is a com­plex industry, so it is a good idea to open one’s mind to per­spect­ives one may nev­er oth­er­wise encounter. 

This is the “Good Tour­ism” mis­sion. It’s “GT”. And go!

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel September-October 2025

October 31, 2025

What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap September-October 2025. Share good tourism as you would a plate of hummus. Pic by Christopher Alvarenga (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/white-ceramic-plate-with-pasta-dish-5uYH4yTDp34

Wel­come to the Septem­ber-Octo­ber 2025 wrap of “Good Tour­ism” & “GT” Travel news, insights, and exper­i­ences shared by friends and Part­ners of ‘The “Good Tour­ism” Blog’ and “GT” Travel Blog’.

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What is good tourism? “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap July-August 2025

August 29, 2025

What is good tourism? Share the “Good Tourism” & “GT” Travel wrap July-August 2025 as you would a green salad. Image by Nadine Primeau (CC0) via Unsplash. "GT" added the word "Share ..." https://unsplash.com/photos/sliced-broccoli-and-cucumber-on-plate-with-gray-stainless-steel-fork-near-green-bell-pepper-snowpea-and-avocado-fruit-l5Mjl9qH8VU

Wel­come to the July-August 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? The “Good Tour­ism” Blog nev­er defines ‘good tour­ism’. Your cor­res­pond­ent would nev­er be so bold. The fact is that what’s good for […]

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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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