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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Two tourism democratisation challenges to consider as we plan for recovery

October 6, 2020

Two tourism democratisation challenges to consider as we plan for recovery

Sus­tain­able tour­ism con­sult­ant Tim O’Donoghue leads the col­lab­or­at­ive efforts of Teton County, Wyom­ing, USA to become a sus­tain­able des­tin­a­tion. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Mr O’Donoghue iden­ti­fies two core chal­lenges to achiev­ing com­munity con­sensus around tour­ism devel­op­ment plan­ning and des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment. Most com­munit­ies that are travel des­tin­a­tions have seen their tour­ism eco­nom­ies grow organ­ic­ally and […]

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Who dares wins: Who will hit the reset button?

May 22, 2020

Push to reset the world. By Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez (CC0) via unsplash.

A “GT” Insight into the mind of the man who leads one of the world’s sig­ni­fic­ant travel & tour­ism industry organ­isa­tions: Dr Mario Hardy, chief of the Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation. What does he think about the crisis in which our industry finds itself? Over the past few months, we are reminded every day that […]

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Turn down the volume: How to plan for a sustainable tourism recovery after C‑19

May 6, 2020
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Leatherback hatching at Khao Lampi - Hat Thai Mueng national park. Image courtesy of (c) Phuket Marine National Parks Operations Center 2 / https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2624818794469718&set=pcb.2624819491136315&type=1&theater

Bangkok-based travel & hos­pit­al­ity entre­pren­eur and sus­tain­able tour­ism advoc­ate Willem Niemeijer sees an oppor­tun­ity in the SARS-CoV­­‑2 crisis; an oppor­tun­ity to rebal­ance tour­ism with more sens­ible man­age­ment and less vis­it­or volume. But make your plans swiftly because Mr Niemeijer reck­ons recov­ery will be faster than many think. The lock­down meas­ures in place to keep the […]

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Piling up: India tourism’s growing waste management problem

June 3, 2019
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India's beautiful iconic Taj Mahal and a pile of waste. Combines right-free images by Roney John (Taj Mahal) via Pexels and MrsBrown (the waste) via Pixabay.

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 […]

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Rethinking tourism so that locals can benefit from hosting visitors

May 25, 2019

Anti-tourism, pro-refugee graffiti in Coimbra, Portugal. By Tm (CC BY 2.0) via Wikimedia. GT cropped and enhanced it.

Writ­ing for The Con­ver­sa­tion, Freya Hig­­gins-Des­­bio­lles of the Uni­ver­sity of South Aus­tralia points to examples of how host com­munit­ies have regained some con­trol of their tour­ism assets. Tour­ism today has a prob­lem and needs an entire rethink. Pun­dits are debat­ing over­tour­ism, peak tour­ism and tour­is­mpho­bia. Cit­ies such as Bar­celona, Venice and Dubrovnik are wit­ness­ing a […]

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What’s Goa-ing on? The past, present and future of tourism in Goa

April 8, 2019
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Goa beach scene, March 2013. By Saad Faruque (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia. GT" cropped and enhanced it. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_Beach,_Goa_India,_March_2013.jpg

Justine Cal­ais of the Respons­ible Tour­ism Col­lect­ive of Goa shares her “GT” Insight into what’s really going on with tour­ism in Indi­a’s Sun­shine State. Goa is a unique place. It is fair to say that it has everything going for it that a tour­ism des­tin­a­tion could ever wish to have — but at the same time it has […]

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