Travel & tourism and destination management

Scroll down for posts that have been tagged with “travel & tour­ism and des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment”; the man­age­ment of not only des­tin­a­tions but also travel & tour­ism busi­nesses, NGOs, and oth­er stakeholders.

Travel & tour­ism is a rap­idly grow­ing industry that plays a vital role in the glob­al eco­nomy. It involves people trav­el­ling to dif­fer­ent des­tin­a­tions for vari­ous pur­poses such as leis­ure, busi­ness, or cul­tur­al exchange.

Des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment is an essen­tial aspect of the travel & tour­ism industry, as it involves the plan­ning, devel­op­ment, and man­age­ment of tour­ist des­tin­a­tions to ensure they are attract­ive and access­ible to vis­it­ors, and sustainable.

One of the primary goals of des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment is to provide a mem­or­able and enjoy­able exper­i­ence for tour­ists while also pre­serving the envir­on­ment and cul­tur­al her­it­age of the des­tin­a­tion. This can be achieved through a range of activ­it­ies such as sus­tain­able tour­ism prac­tices, the pro­mo­tion of loc­al busi­nesses, and the cre­ation of unique cul­tur­al exper­i­ences for visitors.

Effect­ive des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment requires col­lab­or­a­tion between stake­hold­ers in the tour­ism industry, includ­ing gov­ern­ments, private sec­tor organ­isa­tions, and loc­al com­munit­ies. Cooper­a­tion between these groups can help ensure that tour­ism devel­op­ment is sus­tain­able and bene­fi­cial for all involved.

In con­clu­sion, the travel & tour­ism industry and des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment are cru­cial com­pon­ents of the glob­al eco­nomy. Effect­ive des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment requires cooper­a­tion between vari­ous stake­hold­ers to ensure sus­tain­able tour­ism devel­op­ment while provid­ing vis­it­ors with a mem­or­able and enjoy­able experience.

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Thimlich Ohinga: UNESCO World Heritage site management is failing a local community

August 14, 2025
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The walls remain: Thimlich Ohinga Exclusionary heritage management is failing a community in Kenya

Even as Thim­lich Ohinga’s dry stone walls crumble, the loc­al com­munity con­tin­ues to be excluded from the man­age­ment of the Kenyan UNESCO World Her­it­age site. 

This accord­ing to tour­ism officer Doreen Nyam­wey­a’s who shares her second “Good Tour­ism” Insight:

Last month, July 2025, I spent time in Migori County, Kenya, on a field vis­it for my MSc thes­is on respons­ible tour­ism aware­ness levels among host com­munit­ies in her­it­age destinations …

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Detty December: The rise of diaspora tourism in Nigeria

July 31, 2025

The colourful Calabar Carnival, ‘Africa’s Biggest Street Party’, is where tradition and modernity can mingle and is part of Detty December, a diaspora tourism draw. Pic by Teemages, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Detty Decem­ber is peak sea­son for tour­ism in Niger­ia thanks to the arrival of hun­dreds of thou­sands of expat­ri­ate Nigeri­ans and tour­ists with Nigeri­an her­it­age. Dia­spora tour­ism is a boon to Nigeri­a’s eco­nomy and a life­line to many of its ter­tiary indus­tries, includ­ing tour­ism. But can it be sus­tained, extended?

Thanks to “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions for invit­ing Dr Shola Osinaike to write this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. (You too can write one.)

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Signalling or substance in tourism: What’s your take?

June 17, 2025

Signalling or substance in tourism: What's your take? Image generated by Gemini AI. "GT" cropped it and added the words.

Sig­nalling or sub­stance: What’s your assess­ment of the cur­rent bal­ance between ‘vir­tue sig­nalling’ and genu­ine ‘best prac­tice’ in the tour­ism industry where you live, work, or operate?

Have a thought to share? Respond in the com­ments at any time.

Thanks to the fol­low­ing five respond­ents for tak­ing the time to share their thoughts: 

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Khiri Travel joins The Long Run


Khiri Travel has joined The Long Run, a global community of purpose-driven tourism businesses which aims to implement positive change around the world through regenerative travel and leading by example

Khiri Travel has joined The Long Run, a glob­al com­munity of pur­­pose-driv­en tour­ism busi­nesses which aims to imple­ment pos­it­ive change around the world. Fast-grow­ing glob­al net­work The Long Run is a fast-grow­ing glob­al net­work that believes in regen­er­at­ive travel, and in lead­ing by example to make tour­ism a force for good around the world With 73 mem­bers — mostly […]

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Can we manage mass tourism for sustainable, equitable, and progressive outcomes?

July 30, 2024
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Can we manage mass tourism for sustainable, equitable, progressive outcomes? Image generated by Copilot.

If one assumes that mass tour­ism is unavoid­able without an author­it­ari­an crack­down on mobil­ity, what should be done about it? Kev­in Phun sug­gests that in every chal­lenge lies an oppor­tun­ity, and pro­poses how we might man­age mass tour­ism for sus­tain­able, equit­able, and pro­gress­ive out­comes. In less than two hours’ time (as I write this), I will […]

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Totally awesome: Destinations’ urgent need to rediscover the ‘totality of awe’

May 22, 2024

Millions flock to the best locations to be awed by the total eclipse of the sun. Image by Sima Ghaffarzadeh (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/solar-eclipse-child-sun-kid-2689087/ GT cropped it and added "Awe ..."

A col­lect­ive sense of small­ness, con­nec­ted­ness, and awe eli­cited by the April 8 sol­ar eclipse reminded K Michael Hay­wood of the poten­tial that des­tin­a­tions have to inspire awe; from the authen­t­ic every­day that host com­munit­ies may take for gran­ted, to the loc­al effects of lar­ger forces that none of us can afford to ignore. It’s […]

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