The 10th Red Rocks Cultural Festival comes to Musanze district, Rwanda, August 26-September 2, 2022, coinciding with the Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony on the slopes of Virunga Mountain. It’s a “GT” Partner message. Red Rocks Cultural Center will host the event at its premises in Nyakinama village, Musanze district…

First published on “Good Tourism” Partner SUNx Malta’s website, this is an open letter from SUNx to the heads of UNWTO, UNEP, UNFCCC, and the signatories of the Glasgow Declaration: Climate Action in Tourism. It’s a “Good Tourism” Partner message. With support from the Government of Malta, we have set…

In 2017, the US’ National Academy of Sciences conclusively determined that wine originated some 8,000 years ago in Georgia. I was already working in Georgia and was invited to visit the tiny village of Alaverdi in the heart of Georgia’s Alazani River valley, a vast…

How can travel & tourism contribute to a fairer world? For this “GT” Insight Bites, “Good Tourism” put the question above to a range of travel & tourism stakeholders, and invited written responses of up to 300 words. Thanks to all 15 respondents. Their answers appear in the order in…

Noting that themed travel & tourism niches have been a growing trend for at least two decades, veteran publisher Jaffee Yee has identified the potential for the Mekong-region nations of Southeast Asia to tap their rich Buddhist heritage to attract and disperse a large regional and global market. It’s a…

‘Tourism degrowth’ is viewed suspiciously by some as a conspiracy to tear down capitalism and vastly reduce travel. According to Tazim Jamal, however, tourism degrowth is much more about fostering healing and nurturing relationships with people and our planet. And she thinks that we should transcend labels and divisions. It’s…

Anurak Community Lodge, an award-winning ecotourism experience in southern Thailand, has fully reopened following two years of COVID-related uncertainty. Anurak is a “GT” Partner. The 19-unit nature retreat, which won the PATA Grand Award for Sustainability in 2020, and is Travelife Gold certified, officially reopens 1 August with room enhancements…

To pursue a strategy of tourism industry growth or degrowth is a destination-by-destination question, argues Ivana Damnjanović in her second “Good Tourism” Insight. [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] We live on a finite planet. We only have one. …

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