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“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be.” _ William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)
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Partner Message by Paul Rogers of “GT” Insight Partner Planet Happiness: As tourism stakeholders, if we truly value and believe in this life-changing industry, if we want to advocate its merits and ability to deliver the UN SDGs, we need to recognise the imperative to value and measure travel and tourism’s contribution to destination well-being. Travel and […]
Read More Prioritising well-being in travel & tourism
Geoffrey Lipman of “Good Tourism” Partner SUNx shares a unique “GT” Insight into a TRINET discussion currently underway about tourism and climate change. TRINET is the Tourism Research Information Network, an email distribution list that links global tourism scholars. This is an adaptation of Prof Lipman’s recent post to TRINET in which he argues why […]
Read More Tourism & ‘climate emergency’: It’s the metrics, stupid
Everyone wants to be happy, or at least content. Travel & tourism has long proven to deliver that to its customers. But what about about the residents of places they travel to and through? In this “Good Tourism” Insight, university professor Larry Dwyer identifies a promising holistic framework for benchmarking broader societal well-being. Dr Dwyer […]
Read More Tourism & hosts’ well-being: Moving beyond GDP towards a better life
Much has been written about including host communities in destination management and tourism development decision-making, but how would one go about measuring contentment, well-being, or even happiness, on an ongoing basis? In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Paul Rogers of “GT” Insight Partner Planet Happiness presents a solution. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 global […]
Read More Why build well-being into destination resilience and tourism recovery?
“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
Sustainable tourism leader Tejas Joseph summarises the waste management challenges facing India and its travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors, and recommends the first step towards taking responsibility for it. Travel & tourism accounted for 9.2% of India’s GDP in 2018 and facilitated 8.1% of employment. Further, the travel & tourism industry in India is slated to […]
Read More Piling up: India tourism’s growing waste management problem