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.
Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2, has warned that the industry needs to be ready to respond to customers’ concerns about tourism protests. Speaking at a […]
Amid tensions with the main Spanish airport operator, Aena, Ryanair warns that the company is considering reducing flights to small and medium airports in the country […]
As Spain’s holiday destinations hit high season again, the country that saw a record-breaking 94 million visitors in 2024 and a wave of anti-tourism protests, is […]
This could be the last summer Barcelonians endure chaos outside the Sagrada Familia. The city has unveiled plans to construct a dedicated space adjacent to Gaudi’s […]
The European Commission has officially recognised ‘Río Negro’ wines by including them in the register of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), highlighting their unique qualities and […]
Between 10 and 14 March, curious commuters were able to test out a driverless bus for free in Barcelona. The vehicle was built by French carmaker Renault and comes at a time when Europe is […]
Visiting the Balearic Islands is about to get more expensive if proposed new visitor taxes on accommodation, cruises, and car hire, and limits on rental room […]
In a landmark effort to combat unregulated short-term rentals, Ibiza’s local government has announced a partnership with Airbnb to crack down on illegal tourist accommodations. The […]
Tourists holidaying in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia will pay more taxes for their stay by the end of 2025, as a result of new government […]
Barcelona has launched a groundbreaking power generation system that captures energy from train braking to power the metro network, its stations, and nearby electric vehicle (EV) […]
New group tour rules proposed by authorities in Palma, Mallorca could push ticket prices up and violate guides’ privacy, according to agencies and operators on the […]
With 800,000 Ryanair seats to Spanish destinations in jeopardy, the war-of-words between the so-called budget airline and Spain’s airport authority, Aena, continues. The authority has accused […]
Over the past few years, cities across Spain have been taking measures aimed at limiting the number of tourists at the country’s hotspots and thus tackling […]
Spain recorded 94 million foreign visitors during 2024, a figure that beats all previous annual arrivals data and is only six million fewer than the most-visited […]