Dr Harold Goodwin has worked on 4 continents with local communities, their governments, accommodation providers 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, Founder of the ICRT.global, Managing Director of the Responsible Tourism Partnership and adviser to WTM Africa on its Responsible Tourism programme. He chairs the panels of judges for the World Responsible Tourism Awards and the other Awards in the family, Africa, Europe, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia. . 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 2002 Cape Town Declaration. In 2022 the Responsible Tourism Charter was signed on Magna Carta Island incorporating two decades of experience in using tourism to make better places for people to live in and to visit.
Hurricanes and deadly heat are impacting tourism – it will get worse. As I write this, reports of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Beryl are in […]
Following an investigation into the impact on competitiveness of Lufthansa’s acquisition of ITA Airways, the European Commission has green lit the deal, subject to several conditions […]
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China has introduced a 5-year travel permit for permanent, non-Chinese residents of the semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Starting Wednesday, 10 July, foreign citizens […]
In a new attempt to diversify its economy and attract foreign investors, Qatar has unveiled plans for the Simaisma Project. Launched by the country’s Ministry of Municipality, the $5.5 […]
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American Airline has announced that it signed a conditional purchase agreement with start-up ZeroAvia for 100 hydrogen-electric engines intended to power regional jet aircraft with zero […]
While digitalisation brings great benefits to the hotel industry, it also forces businesses, especially smaller ones, to be reliant on Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), such as […]
Saudi Arabia’s drive to transform its formerly oil-dominated economy through tourism and services has just received a massive boost by gaining Chinese “Approved Destination Status” (ADS). […]