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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.

1 June 2021

Learning to live with Covid and Climate Change

Over the last twelve months, we have made some progress in learning to live with Covid with vaccinations and better treatments, new social protocols and vaccine […]
1 June 2021

Meet Doctor Jungle: The vet who is saving amputee elephants

Dr. Chloe Buiting – dubbed the ‘Jungle Doctor’ – is a dedicated 31-year-old Australian veterinarian who is passionate about species conservation and wildlife medicine. Despite her young age, the […]
31 May 2021

Naturally developed immunity to Covid-19 could last for at least a year

Immunity to Covid-19 may last for at least a year, according to two recent studies cited in the New York Times. The studies looked at a […]
31 May 2021

10 tallest buildings in Europe

The tallest tower in the world is “Burj Khalifa” in Dubai, with an impressive height of 828m. Although Europe is a bit stricter when it comes […]
31 May 2021

Go digital or travellers will stay home, says IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned of potential airport chaos unless governments move quickly to adopt digital processes to manage travel health credentials (Covid-19 testing […]
31 May 2021

The search for the Best Tourism Villages has begun

The search is on for the best examples of rural villages harnessing the power of tourism to provide opportunity and safeguard their communities, local traditions and […]
28 May 2021

5 of the longest flights in the world

Nonstop flights are getting longer. In fact in March 2020, Air Tahiti Nui operated the longest nonstop commercial flight in history. Flying from Papeete, Tahiti, to Paris, France, […]
28 May 2021

Microsoft to say goodbye to Internet Explorer in June 2022

Microsoft has announced that the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of […]
27 May 2021

A large “Blood Moon” appeared in the Pacific sky

A Blood Moon dazzled the inhabitants of the Pacific on the night of Wednesday May 26th. The phenomenon occurs during the conjunction of two events: a […]
27 May 2021

IATA expects airline passenger numbers to exceed pre-Covid levels in 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Tourism Economics released a long-term view for post-COVID-19 passenger demand recovery which demonstrates that people remain eager to travel […]
25 May 2021

Moody’s says countries that rely on tourism will take another two years to recover

According to credit rating agency Moody’s, it will take two years for the tourism industry to recover, meaning economies which rely on the industry will remain […]
25 May 2021

Geotourist, the app which enables you to present and explain your places to the world

A tourism industry failure led to Geotourist. Shaon Talukder is the founder and now CEO of Geotourist. Travelling in Australia he had planned to join a […]
25 May 2021

How can travel and tourism help protect our oceans?

I’ve always been a lover of the sea, be it for the pleasure of swimming in it or being close by. Let’s face it there are […]
24 May 2021

World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica announced the European Space Agency […]
23 May 2021

Italy wins 65th Eurovision Song Contest as Europe unites on one stage

Itay won the 65th Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Zitti e buoni” performed by Måneskin. It’s the 3rd win for Italy who last triumphed in […]
21 May 2021

Travel to break free from your happiness trap!

Break free from your happiness trap! This week I had the opportunity to speak at the Accessible & Inclusive Tourism conference in the Asia Pacific (AITCAP) […]
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