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 ย Responsible Tourism Director at the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, 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, 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 2002 Cape Town Declaration. In 2022 the Responsibleย Tourismย 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.
We can learn much about tourism in and from Africa โ celebrating diversity and inclusiveness, growing the cake to create more value for neighbouring communities, living [โฆ]
Willie Walsh has officially taken on the role of Director General of IATA. He succeeds Alexandre de Juniac. I am passionate about our industry and about [โฆ]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that its digital Travel Pass will launch this month, according toย Reuters. 1. IATA Travel Pass Reuters reported that [โฆ]
The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on global tourism has carried on into 2021, with new data showing an 87% fall in international tourist arrivals [โฆ]
When I was younger, we would always go to Poland for Easter. Same traditions, same procedures, same food every year. Over the last years, Easter traditions [โฆ]
by Charles Michel, President European Council by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General by 24 world leaders* The Covid-19 pandemic is the biggest challenge to [โฆ]
Global market research company Euromonitor International recently released their new report โTop Countries for Sustainable Tourismโ at ITB Berlin. According to their research, 66.4% of consumers globally [โฆ]
The World Travel & Tourism Councilโs annual Economic Impact Report (EIR) revealed the full devastating impact of COVID-19 had on the global Travel & Tourism sector [โฆ]
Aerobility, a flying charity which offers all disabled people the opportunity to fly an aeroplane, has teamed up with London Biggin Hill Airport to take the [โฆ]
Every year on 25 March is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to honor [โฆ]
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More than 100 countries, alongside international organizations and leading business groups have agreed to adopt harmonized standards for assisting tourists caught up in emergency situations. The Committee [โฆ]