Music festivals are in trouble. All over the place. We were first alerted to this by an article in the Dutch media, highlighting the...

The Guardian  called the newly-opened V&A East Storehouse in the Olympic Park in London ‘The national museum of absolutely everything’ . ...

A recent report from the European Commission highlights the role of cultural and creative tourism in conserving Europe's rich heritage...

The concept of street art tends to evoke images of inner city streets decorated with murals. But increasingly the practice of street art...

As the experience economy has developed, the range and variety of experiences on offer has become overwhelming. This is good news if you...

The news that the UK is attempting to gain UNESCO intangible heritage of humanity status for cask beer (yes, the warm stuff from the...

In their efforts to stem the tide of tourists, cities often forget that they have usually been at the forefront of tourism development...

Encountering a discarded map of the USA in the street was a clear sign of the change. Instead of being used as a holiday planning tool,...

Greg Richards and Wendy Morrill From the "Good Tourism" Blog Many people see themselves as responsible travellers, but act irresponsibly....

At a recent Tourism Society  webinar we discussed the increasingly contentious concept of overtourism. One of the issues with overtourism...

In a recent post  we discussed the decision by the City of Paris to shut its last physical tourist office. In a reaction to that post,...

Visiting the Romanian city of Sibiu at the invitation of our old friend Ilie Rotariu, we stumbled across a publicity campaign for museums...

Donald Trump’s announcement that he was going to “take over” Gaza, relocate Palestinians, and redevelop the area into the “Riviera of the...

In a thoughtful review of the ‘festival city’  in Event Management Journal, Louise Todd and Bernadette Quinn ponder whether the festival...

The Crocus Project has just published an extensive literature review of Cultural and Creative Tourism (CCT) in Rural and Remote Areas...

There was considerable media coverage of the fact that Paris closed its last physical tourist information office this week. Le Monde...

Tourists currently seem to be the people everybody else loves to hate (at least when they are not travelling themselves). Protests...

Tourists currently seem to be the people everybody else loves to hate (at least when they are not travelling themselves). Protests...

Not so long ago, it seemed that every city wanted a Guggenheim Museum. The success of the Bilbao franchise of the New York museum chain...

Increased interest in the Quality of Life offered by cities and other places has focussed more attention on the role played by the...