Virtual reality goggles.
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Virtual tourism may help travel agents survive, but not so much local businesses in tourism destinations.
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Research reveals a desire by Pacific tourism workers for genuine change once travel starts again, including better wages and conditions and greater local control of operations.
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If the tourism minister is worried about the wider social, economic and environmental impacts of visitors, he’d be better off banning cruise ships, not backpackers.
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The Blue Belt is a network of marine protected areas 17 times larger than the UK.
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A reliance on local customary knowledge and practices helped people make a living and strengthened relationships with family and friends.
Busselton, Western Australia.
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The tourist traps of Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland have the most to lose. Regional towns and coastal resorts have the most to gain.
Elmina Castle Museum is a popular tourist attraction in Ghana.
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Ghana’s museums can improve visitor numbers by paying attention to customer satisfaction.
The Cape Town drought was one of the longest and the worst to have affected the city and the region in recent times.
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Regional tourism took a huge knock from the Day Zero experience in Cape Town, South Africa. Here are the lessons learnt.
Not your average souvenir shop.
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Research reveals why Chinese millennials love to spend overseas on luxury brands.
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Joseph Pine and James Gilmore’s The Experience Economy was one of the most influential books of the modern era. Now it may be time for an update.
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Here’s how to travel with purpose and be a more responsible tourist.
The tourism establishment could be depleting scarce water resources to the detriment of local communities.
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Tourism ventures in a water-stressed region like southern Africa need to balance the needs of guests and staff with the needs of surrounding communities.
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Whale breaches and tail slaps look great from a distance. But they can pose a threat if you want to get up close and swim with these giants of the ocean.
Airbnb is gearing up for its long-awaited IPO.
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Like the entire tourism industry, the coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous effect on Airbnb’s finances.
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Smaller countries have been competing for tourists for years. New remote work visas suggest they are now competing for citizens.
A scenic view of the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
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Study finds that Victoria Falls, a nature-based tourism resort town, is a significant contributor to carbon emissions throughout the tourism value chain in the area.
Only a handful of tourists at the usually busy St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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As religious sites put pilgrimages on hold, a whole industry in travel, transport and accommodation takes a hit.
A traveller walks between empty check-in kiosks at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in June 2020.
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Will the joy and exhilaration of travel return after the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes, but with a new value proposition built around safe and secure travel.
Visitors in 2018 at the Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland, used as a filming location for Game of Thrones.
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Fan tourists’ loyalty to specific sites and locations may be a valuable asset in kickstarting UK tourism.
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Sea levels could be two metres higher by 2100. How will our relationship to the drowned coast change?