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Women’s and youth empowerment in one of the world’s ‘best tourism villages’

March 16, 2023

Women's and youth empowerment in Rwanda with Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ives for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment runs con­­ser­­va­­tion- and com­munity-based tour­ism pro­jects in and around the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in Rwanda. Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park is most fam­ous for being one of the last hab­it­ats for moun­tain gor­il­las. Our ini­ti­at­ives include advan­cing the import­ant cause of women’s and youth empower­ment with­in our com­munit­ies. The non­profit Red […]

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Are developing destinations failing to tap the potential of women in tourism?

January 17, 2023
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The queen is more powerful than the king in chess. Image by Bruno / Germany (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/chess-board-game-chessboard-4794265/

… And how is Iran involving women in tour­ism to help devel­op its enorm­ous poten­tial as a travel des­tin­a­tion?  Ira­ni­an writer Zohreh Khos­ravi offers answers in her first “Good Tour­ism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] The biggest chal­lenge and threat facing the travel & tour­ism industry over the next five years will be […]

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Posted in Insights & Best Practices, "Good Tourism" in Asia, "Good Tourism" in Iran, "GT" Destinations & Places
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Apply now: Unprecedented ‘gender equality’ award to be bestowed at ITB 2023

December 20, 2022

Unprecedented ‘gender equality’ award to be bestowed at ITB 2023. Image supplied by Equality in Tourism

Equal­ity in Tour­ism is launch­ing its Award for Com­mit­ment to Gender Equal­ity.  Dr Stroma Cole and Dr Yas­min Begum dis­cuss the ori­gins and object­ives of the Award in this “GT” ‘sponsored post’, which was offered free-of-charge by “GT’s” pub­lish­er. This inter­na­tion­al award will be the first of its kind and seeks to recog­nise tour­ism organisations […]

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Gender mainstreaming in tourism & hospitality training. What? Why? How?

, , and October 25, 2022

Gender mainstreaming in tourism training

What is ‘gender main­stream­ing’? Why is it import­ant? And how can it be applied in tour­ism and hos­pit­al­ity train­ing centres? In the wake of the release of their report on gender main­stream­ing, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo, Võ Thị Quế Chi, Marlène Ver­meij, and Del­hi Kal­wan of “GT” Part­ner the Asso­ci­ation of South­east Asi­an Social Enterprises […]

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Is agritourism a more eco-friendly & gender-equitable form of tourism?

July 8, 2021
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Would you pay more for cher­ries you picked your­self? Respond­ents in an agri­t­our­ism study by Erdogan Koc said they would. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, his second, Prof Koc sum­mar­ises the case for agri­t­our­ism and its poten­tial bene­fits for the envir­on­ment and women … and cherry grow­ers. In par­al­lel with its fast growth over the […]

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Women’s travel & tourism livelihoods matter too: What I’m doing about it

March 18, 2021

"Regardless of identity or political labels, indications are that most women support equality ..." Image by geralt (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/arrows-trend-businesswoman-woman-2167840/

In her second “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Kar­en Sim­monds sets out her con­cerns about women in travel & tour­ism and broad­er soci­ety and how she’s tak­ing action. As I write, we have recently cel­eb­rated Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day on March 8. I was encour­aged to see its theme and hasht­ag, #ChoosetoChal­lenge, being used in vari­ous circles. Here […]

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