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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.

16 November 2023

Every traveller is potentially an “Ambassador for Peace”

Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad was first published in 1869. Roughing It, a prequel, recounts Twain’s adventures on a stagecoach journey west with his brother. Twain […]
16 November 2023

Short-term rental registration to become more transparent and cohesive across the EU

The European Council and Parliament have just agreed on a draft regulation on data collection and sharing for short-term rental services. The regulation was proposed by […]
16 November 2023

European air fares “undercutting inflation”, says IATA

European air passengers are flying despite economic pressures and are paying less inflationary prices to do so than they are for other items on their shopping […]
16 November 2023

Brussels gets direct access to Norwegian fjords from April

On 12 April 2024, Norwegian airline Widerøe is launching direct routes from Brussels to Bergen, connecting the capital of Europe to the breathtaking fjords along the […]
16 November 2023

Denmark wants to tax air passengers to fund greener aviation

The Danish government is set to introduce new aviation taxes for passengers in a move it says will raise funds for the transition to greener air […]
16 November 2023

European travel in magnetic capsules set to become a reality by 2030

Europe has taken further steps towards an appealing old-school new technology – an alternative transport system and multi-modal travel network, composed of capsules powered by magnets, […]
15 November 2023

These are 3 of the best burgers in Spain

Not every burger is created equally. The quality of the bread, the meat, the vegetables… everything counts towards the taste of the dish as a whole. […]
15 November 2023

Brussels to get 2,500 new secure bike parking spaces

Over the next three years, 2,500 new secure bike parking spots will be created in Brussels. The initiative is part of Regional Mobility Minister Elke Van […]
15 November 2023

Did you know you can sleep with dinosaurs at London’s Natural History Museum?

London’s renowned Natural History Museum is offering an extraordinary opportunity for both kids and adults to have a sleepover surrounded by the awe-inspiring presence of dinosaurs. […]
15 November 2023

Booking.com launches cruise section in the US

After adding Flights to its offer in 2019, Booking.com is now expaning its offer even more for customer in the United States, with the launch of […]
15 November 2023

Dutch government scraps mandatory flight caps at Schiphol Airport

After more than a year of legal battles between the Dutch government and airlines over the plan of capping daily flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, infrastructure […]
15 November 2023

Google maps deletes wilderness trail after near-death of hiker

A hiking trail for Mount Fromme area in Canada’s British Columbia has been deleted by Google Maps, after a fatality two years ago and now emergency […]
15 November 2023

Virgin’s Richard Branson rumoured to be launching Eurostar rival

Eurostar’s privileged position as sole operator of high-speed cross-Channel passenger trains is under threat for the second time in as many months.  Rivals for passengers’ hearts  […]
15 November 2023

Plane hits moving car during emergency landing in Texas

A plane has crashed into a car at Aero Country Airport in Texas. Despite there being two passengers in the aircraft and one in the car, […]
14 November 2023

You can send your name to deep space with NASA’s “Message in a Bottle”

Even though space tourism is starting to get off the ground, most of us will probably never travel to the moon, Mars or anywhere else beyond […]
14 November 2023

Digital Schengen visa gets final green light

The European Council has just adopted new rules on the digitalisation of the application procedure for Schengen visa, giving the final green light for the process […]