Tourism stakeholders: Who has an outsized voice? Who has no voice? Who cares?
2 min readNov 7, 2024
Among tourism stakeholders, who has an outsized voice, and who has no voice? Why is this important where you live and work?
It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight Bites question.
Your correspondent put the question to the travel & tourism stakeholders in the “GT” network, inviting responses of no more than 300 words. (You too can join the “GT” network. Register.)
Thanks to the 12 respondents — professors, professionals, practitioners, publishers — who took the time to share their thoughts on the question. Their answers appear in the order received.
And thanks to Rieki Crins for her “GT” Insight BiteX. (You too can write for “GT”.)
Bites menu
- ‘Most important voice’ rarely heard | Robin Boustead, founder, Nepal
- The game-changers | Saverio F Bertolucci, business development manager, Spain
- The ‘very foundation’ remains voiceless | Willem Niemeijer, founder, Thailand
- It’s time to speak up for ‘stakeholder management’ | K Michael Haywood, writer, publisher, emeritus professor, Canada
- ‘Balanced representation essential’ | Dorji Dhradhul, author, Bhutan
- ‘Balancing stakeholder voices crucial’ | Owen Morris, partnership development manager, Thailand
- Power imbalances ‘create tension and conflict’ | Edwin Magio, doctoral researcher, UK
- Discordant voices | Herb Hiller, writer, publisher, USA
- Is mine an outsized voice? | John Roberts, hotel executive, Thailand
- ‘Those who can’t holiday are the stakeholders we should hear’ | Duncan M Simpson, writer, publisher, UK
- Sidelined communities seek representation in the face of manipulation | Doreen Nyamweya, tourism officer, Kenya
- ‘I’m here for the listeners’ | David Gillbanks, writer, publisher, Australia
- “GT” Insight BiteX (‘X’ is up to you)
- How do we encourage tour customers to slow down? | Rieki Crins, founder, educator, Netherlands
- What do you think?
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