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.
Applications are open for the Europe and India editions of the 2025 Responsible Tourism Awards, with a submission deadline of 30 June. These awards, part of […]
Amid a widely reported downturn in visits to the United States, the European Travel Commission (ETC) is pointing out that Europe too is looking at a […]
The downturn in Canadian trips to the United States by both road and air continued in May for the fifth consecutive month since US President Donald […]
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German officials have slammed Dutch authorities for failing to address vigilante groups operating in the north of the Netherlands. The criticism, from the leaders of Germany’s […]
Mass anti-tourism demonstrations are set to take place across Europe on Sunday, 15 June 2025 in what Travel and Tour World (TTW) has called “a co-ordinated […]
China has launched a visa program for the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and observer state East-Timor, Chinese foreign ministry […]
Japan’s authorities are planning to tighten tourism regulations in response to a growing problem: overtourism. The move follows a surge in international visitors in early 2025. […]
A group of English mayors is calling for new powers to impose tourist taxes across the country’s regions, allowing local authorities to make more money from […]
Since Friday 6 June 2025, Los Angeles has been hit by a series of protests, some of them resulting in clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement. […]
Thailand’s goal of returning to pre-COVID-19 tourist numbers in 2025 appears to be slipping away, according to government data showing a four-month decline in visitors. The […]
Multiple Notting Hill residents have painted the façade of their previously colourful houses black in order to deter tourists. Although it is not the first time […]
Legislators in Norway have approved a new tourist tax expected to come into force in 2026, following record-breaking numbers of visitors in 2024 and concerns that […]
Would-be visitors to the United States who want to fast-track their visa application could face a massive hike in fees for the service from late 2025 […]
United States President Donald Trump’s immigration and border policies are raising increasing concerns for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, despite the enthusiasm […]