Travellers and the industry should recognise the people who live in communities that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, climate change and tourism, either the lack of it or the over-abundance of it. Community-based tourism is doubly beneficial because communities themselves are in control of what they share and who they share it with, while directly benefiting from the experience.
In this guest post for Travel Daily Media, the author looks at the 5 trends he believes will dominate the sector in 2022: domestic vs international travel; the remote working knock-on effect; alternative accommodation is not alternative anymore; business travel will return – but not like before; and technology will power travel.
In this “Good Tourism” Insight the author argues that by engaging in cluster development, destinations can enhance their productive growth and embrace all aspects of human, economic, social, and cultural development.
For palawa, there has been a seismic shift in recognition in recent years, with a new embrace of indigenous culture across Tasmania. Teaching has been one of the most significant changes in Tasmania's relationship with its indigenous past and there is now a strong desire to hand down traditions that came so close to being lost.
National Geographic asked their readers if some places should be off-limits to tourists. Responses varied but most experts agreed that locking places away from people is not the answer. Tourism is crucial to the preservation of many wild places and the focus should instead be on how travel can be used as a tool to solve these global problems.
