A taxing time for tourists?
Tourists currently seem to be the people everybody else loves to hate (at least when they are not travelling themselves). Protests...
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Greg Richards
Nov 254 min read
A taxing time for tourists?
Tourists currently seem to be the people everybody else loves to hate (at least when they are not travelling themselves). Protests...
Greg Richards
Nov 202 min read
The new (virtual) Guggenheim?
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...
Greg Richards
Oct 93 min read
Tourism and the Quality of Life: The effect of Amenities
Increased interest in the Quality of Life offered by cities and other places has focussed more attention on the role played by the...
Greg Richards
Sep 302 min read
Patient Zero of the Overtourism Plague?
A recent exchange reported in the Guardian encapsulated the differing views of ‘tourism’ from the perspective of the tourists and the...
Greg Richards
Sep 263 min read
Dealing with the flood of AI bullshit
Listening to an interesting presentation from Jennifer Strong  at the WYSE Travel Confederation  Conference (WYSTC) in Lisbon on AI, we...
Greg Richards
Jun 243 min read
Verstappen wins again, but Barcelona loses?
A good week to be in Barcelona, at least if you are a Formula 1 fan. While most of the world’s attention might have been focussed on the...
Greg Richards
Jun 52 min read
Tourist graffiti: vandalism or memorial?
A number of widely publicised cases of tourists defacing ancient monuments in Italy has shed light on the continuing debate around the...
Greg Richards
Apr 212 min read
Lanzarote – paradise for tourists or inept politicians?
The Canary Islands were shaken this weekend by a wave of protests about mass tourism, which reverberated as far as London and New York....
Greg Richards
Apr 171 min read
The authentic food wall arrives at Schiphol
Following our post analysing the transformation of the Dutch tradition of eating out of the wall (a wide range of snacks displayed in a...
Greg Richards
Apr 23 min read
Creative tourism 4.0?
The latest initiative by Thailand to develop creative tourism has seen Bangkok team up with Airbnb to produce the “first-ever Creative...
Greg Richards
Mar 252 min read
The death of the selfie
The death of the selfie was predicted earlier this year as a growing number of destinations try and stamp out the tourist selfie. Crowds...
Greg Richards
Mar 43 min read
Everyday luxury – something for all?
I have always enjoyed reading Jim Butcher’s analyses of the relationship between tourism and culture. So of course I was eager to read...
Greg Richards
Feb 122 min read
Amsterdam: doughnut economy, or a load of waffle?
In 2023 Amsterdam made waves as the first city to embrace the Doughnut economy model developed by British economist Kate Raworth. Time...
Greg Richards
Jan 161 min read
Free books!
Thanks to support from Tilburg and Breda Universities, a number of our publications are now available free to download. Feel free to...
Greg Richards
Dec 14, 20231 min read
How can small cities compete?
Smaller places are often in the shadow of global cities such as London, Paris and New York. Big cities have big marketing budgets,...
Greg Richards
Dec 5, 20234 min read
The Rise of the Craft Fair?
A recent article in the UK Guardian newspaper carried the headline ‘People want something that’s not on Amazon’: the rise of the UK craft...
Greg Richards
Nov 24, 20233 min read
Food from the wall – a healthy option?
Vending machines apparently have a long history: the first was allegedly constructed by Heron of Alexandria in about 100 BC. Heron was an...
Greg Richards
Nov 13, 20236 min read
Academic silos, localism, overtourism, and modernity
Greg Richards on academic silos, localism, overtourism, and modernity Jim Butcher November 13, 2023 https://www.goodtourismblog.com/2023...
Greg Richards
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Festival Management: From ravers to refugees
Festivals are in the news at the moment, and not just because of the music. Following on from scenes of abandoned tents and other...
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