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Dr Harold Goodwin has worked on 4 continents with local communities, their governments and the inbound and outbound tourism industry. He is a Professor Emeritus and  Responsible Tourism Director at the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, Managing Director of the Responsible Tourism Partnership and adviser to the World Travel Market on its Responsible Tourism programme at WTM London, which attracts 4000 participants each year, and WTM Africa and Latin America and Arabian Travel Market. He chairs the panels of judges for the World Responsible Tourism Awards and the other Awards in the family, Africa, India and Latin America. Harold founded the ICRTD series of International Conferences on Responsible Tourism in Destinations in 2002, he co-chairs the conferences with the local host organisation. He is also Founder Director of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism which he founded in 2002 and which promotes the principles of the Cape Town Declaration.

10 November 2021

The WTM Responsible Tourism Awards are expanding to the Far East and China

Last week I wrote about the Global Award winners, but we recognised many more in India and the Rest of the World. The Awards are growing […]
26 October 2021

New 414 km railway connects China and Laos

Launched in 2013 to develop better transport connectivity within Asia, the Belt and Road initiative is delivering its new 414 km railway connecting China and Laos. […]
15 September 2021

China’s first Universal Studios theme park opens in Beijing this month

The official date for the opening of Universal Beijing Resort has been set: September 20th. Tickets have gone on Tuesday September 14th, and from the same […]
10 September 2021

Meet the Chinese influencer who turned prosthetics into jewelry

Chinese influencer Xiao Yang revolutionized the world of jewelry when she decided that her prosthetic leg could become something nobody had seen before, something beautiful. Nearly […]
18 August 2021

Guangzhou gets a new Hyatt Regency

Hotel chain Hyatt has opened a new Hyatt Regency in Guangzhou designed for ‘modern urbanites to enjoy energising business and leisure experiences’. The new Hyatt Regency […]
12 August 2021

China’s wandering elephants finally head home after a long journey

China’s most famous wandering herd of elephants could end its epic at an early date. After 17 months of wandering through the south of the country, […]
26 July 2021

China debuts the world’s fastest train

The Chinese state-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation has debuted its maglev bullet train in Qingdao China. The new train is considered the world’s fastest and […]
21 July 2021

World’s largest astronomy museum is now open to the public in Shanghai

The world’s largest astronomy museum is in Shanghai and has opened its doors to the public on July 18th. Its shape is somehow reminiscent of the […]
16 July 2021

China reports that pandas are no longer endangered but still vulnerable

The Government of China has declared that the number of wild panda bears in the Asian country already counts 1,800 specimens, reason enough for them to […]
9 July 2021

Bullet train starts operating in Tibet

China’s state-owned railroad company has just inaugurated a high-speed train line in Tibet, nicknamed the “roof of the world”, with a 435-kilometer route that runs 90% […]
6 July 2021

The J Hotel in China is now the country’s highest hotel

The J Hotel Shanghai Tower, a new hotel in Shanghai says it is not only China’s highest hotel and building but is also located in the world’s second […]
29 June 2021

China’s new massive airport in Chengdu is officially open

China’s Chengdu Tianfu International Airport has officially begun operations. Its first flight, which was operated by Sichuan Airlines, took off at 11:10 a.m. last Sunday, bound […]
23 June 2021

Fossils of new Giant Rhino species discovered in China

Researchers in north-western China have discovered the fossils of a new species of the ancient giant rhino which is among the largest mammals ever to walk […]
11 June 2021

China releases new color images of Mars’s surface

The China National Space Administration (CSNA) has released a 360-degree panoramic image and two other color photographs of the surface of Mars and the apparatus of […]
4 June 2021

Did you know that the longest railway line in China was built by Belgians?

It took more than seven years, from 1898 to 1905, to build the railway linking the north and south of China. The project, one of the […]
25 May 2021

A replica of the Titanic is under construction in China

The legend of the RMS Titanic, the ‘unsinkable’ passenger ship that sank in the Atlantic early one morning in April 1912, is destined to outlive the […]