PATA Travel Mart 2025
Dear reader, first of all, let your humble editor say thank you for the good wishes for the new office of the Meaningful Tourism Centre in Kathmandu. The move went well with only the usual small hiccups with the installation of the internet connection, so we can continue to serve
employees
Dear reader, Last week, we discussed the fact that employees working in tourism and hospitality service-providing companies, organisations, and institutions are often overlooked in discussions and recommendations for a more sustainable, responsible, or regenerative tourism. Increasing levels of staff shortages around the world have been the consequence of this, especially
travellers
Dear reader, employees working in tourism and hospitality service-providing companies, organisations, and institutions are often overlooked in discussions and recommendations for a more sustainable and regenerative tourism. Not changing the linen in a hotel is an easy way to combine cost reduction and “green” behaviour. Paying fair wages and offering
PATA Meaningful Tourism webinar
Dear reader, the Meaningful Tourism community is growing further and the interest in the Meaningful Tourism paradigm is increasing day by day. We are happy to welcome 12 new Certified Trainers, who successfully finished their certification training today. They are based in countries ranging from Mongolia to Sweden and will
Vietnam
Dear reader, the Faroe Islands are one of the most beautiful, but also extremely remote, tourist destinations. The upkeep of the sites requires regular maintenance. The local authorities have come up with a special way to change this task from a tedious and expensive burden for the tiny local budgets
Nepal
Dear reader, Many cities in Spain, France, Germany and other Central and Southern European countries are experiencing the hottest temperatures in early July, measuring since the beginning of meteorological records. Even the Eiffel Tower had to close because of the heat in Paris. At the same time, Northern Europe is
Dear reader, Recent days and weeks have provided a stark, if unwanted, reminder of the fact that without peace, there is no tourism possible, even beyond the level that without adaption to the inevitable consequences of a climate change, there is no tourism as we know it in the past
Dear reader, Your humble editor hopes that you all had the opportunity today to join the Meaningful Tourism for Africa Webinar, organised by the Meaningful Tourism Centre, the Africa Tourism Research Network and the Institute for Tourism. If not, you can find a video recording of the complete webinar on
Africa
Pinzgauer Wohnstube – A Meaningful Response to the Housing Challenge Addressing the Local Housing Crisis in a Tourism Landscape In the picturesque municipality of Leogang, nestled in Austria’s Pinzgau region, a pressing issue was emerging. As tourism flourished, so did the number of second homes and the cost of living—
Strong rain and hail never seen before is flooding Alexandria in Egypt, hailstones the size of golf balls injure people in Germany, monsoons start way to early in India and Nepal, complete Swiss Alps village covered by 20 meter thick layer of glacier ice and stones, Sevilla in Spain reaching
Dear reader, in this edition, your humble editor yields the stage to PaJohn Dadson, a colleague from The Business and Financial Times, the major business newspaper in Ghana, affectively known as B&FT. Following the Webinar MEANINGFUL TOURISM ECONOMY – A VISION FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, organised by MTC in
Dear reader, your humble editor is back from an exciting visit to Guangzhou and the GITF Guangzhou International Travel Fair 2025. The “other half” of the Meaningful Tourism Centre, the COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, organised again successfully the conference accompanying the fair. This year, however, for the first