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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.

20 July 2021

What future for aviation?

Last week Travel Tomorrow carried a piece arguing that more taxation is the not the way to make aviation more sustainable arguing that the industry does […]
20 July 2021

Exploring Europe’s largest Delta

Just upstream of the historic French town of Arles in the south of France, about 15 km as the crow flies from the Mediterranean, the river […]
20 July 2021

Goats get gardening in New York City park

As every gardener knows, weeding is a hassle. It takes time and effort, and as soon as you weed one area, the unwanted plants pop right […]
20 July 2021

Want to move to Italy? These villages in Calabria will pay you up to €28,000 to do just that!

In the Italian region of Calabria, over 75% of towns (around 320) currently have fewer than 5,000 residents and there are fears that some communities may […]
19 July 2021

Oliver Daemen is the Dutch teenager who’ll fly to space with Jeff Bezos

Space company Blue Origin has chosen a 18-year-old Dutch student to fly into space alongside the space rocket maker’s owner, Jeff Bezos, next week on the […]
19 July 2021

Hospitality industry might soon be facing labor shortages in the US

A recent survey conducted by Joblist in the US reveals that many hospitality workers who lost their jobs during the pandemic aren’t so eager to go […]
19 July 2021

A haunted village in Scotland is for sale for only €147.000

Looking for a new home? You could buy a Scottish village for just €147.000, but you have to deal with a ghost… Since the beginning of […]
19 July 2021

New European Travel Commission campaign aims to attract US and Canadian tourists

As Europe welcomes vaccinated travellers arriving from the United States and Canada, the European Travel Commission (ETC) has launching a new consumer campaign which aims to encourage transatlantic […]
19 July 2021

France requires 24-hour negative test for unvaccinated travellers from the UK and 5 EU countries

France now requires unvaccinated people arriving from the UK, as well as 5 European countries, to show a negative Covid test taken within the previous 24 […]
19 July 2021

Let’s feast! Three camping-proof recipes, from breakfast to dinner

Summer has officially begun and a lot of us are getting ready to leave on a well-deserved holiday. Well-deserved because after more than a year of […]
19 July 2021

48 hours in Tirana

Traditionally it may not be one of the first countries you would think of visiting, but Albania is becoming increasingly popular because of its interesting history, […]
19 July 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo opens a new hotel in Times Square, New York

Famous Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo has announced the opening of his new hotel in the USA, the Pestana CR7 Times Square in New York City. Book now […]
19 July 2021

New guidelines to prevent the illegal trade of wildlife

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released major new guidelines outlining how the global Travel & Tourism sector can work together to tackle illegal […]
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 […]
16 July 2021

Stricter police controls could lead to long waiting times at Brussels Airport

On Wednesday July 14th, the public prosecutor’s office of Halle-Vilvoorde announced that increased passenger controls and targeted actions will be organized at Brussels Airport by the […]
16 July 2021

Fairytale accommodation around the world

We all live in a fantasy world sometimes – reading books and watching movies and cartoons about different worlds makes us wonder what those worlds are […]