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The Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA) will attend WTM 2023 to promote 20 new carbon-light travel routes around Thailand. Image © TEATA 2023
Dear <<First Name>>

All well?

Slogans are easy, virtue-signalling and [ideal]-washing all too common, but how does one deliver on one's brand, marketing, and PR promises?

I won't be at World Travel Market (WTM) in London this year, but if I were to go, I'd make a point of sitting down with Peter Richards to glean insights (and source "GT" Insights) on how to plan and put together 'carbon-neutral', 'climate-friendly' travel & tourism products. Seriously, get a WTM meeting booked before others do.

The Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association (TEATA), supported by the EU-funded project Peter manages, will roll out 20 carbon-neutral tours at WTM.

Find out about the context for the tours, why they are credibly carbon-neutral, what that even means, and how to secure a meeting (even if you are not going to WTM).
For some, excessive work-related travel disrupts lives at home. For digital nomads, work makes itinerant lifestyles possible.

Digital nomads may be an attractive long-stay visitor segment for some destinations to target. But they won’t stay very long if they don’t like the place.

What makes destinations attractive to digital nomads? Ron Davidson and Ed Jackiewicz find some clues in Bend, Oregon, USA.

(Hey, guess what!? You too can write a “GT” Insight -- updated guidelines.)

“GT” Insight Bites: On empowerment, promotion, and the power of expression

(You can also write a “GT” Insight Bite; the updated guidelines for guest authors includes those for "GT" Insight Bites.)

If you are in Ho Chi Minh City on November 16, consider joining IECD's conference on 'Sustainable Food System in Hospitality'. The event will run 0830–1200 followed by a networking lunch at Sofitel Saigon Plaza. Register here. (IECD is the organisation behind "GT" Partner ASSET-H&C.)

Want to announce your event and share your news, ideas, insights, and inspiration? Consider "GT" Partnership. It doesn't cost the Earth.

THANK YOU for being a "Good Tourism" reader, and for helping to build the "GT" network through your likes, shares, comments, reviews, and recommendations. It all helps.

Consider contributing your ideas, insights, and inspiration for the benefit of "Good Tourism" readers like you; curious and open-minded people who have more than a superficial interest in travel & tourism ...

"GT" doesn't judge. "GT" publishes. "GT" is where free thought travels.

Be well. Do good.

Sincerely,
David Gillbanks
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P.S. If you would like to share your insightful perspective on tourism, contact me. If your organisation has stories to tell and good news to share, contact me. And if you need a proofreader, editor, or (ghost)writer ... contact me. (The typos you see in this missive are testament to the value of a fresh pair of eyes.)
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On ‘permanent vacation’: Why digital nomads feel at ‘home’ in Bend, Oregon
“There is an economic imperative for towns to be both attractive (if they seek visitation) and retentive (if they seek population stability or growth). Towns that want to attract and retain aggressively footloose digital nomads may need to focus even harder on delivering both instant gratification and long-term life satisfaction."
_ Ron Davidson & Ed Jackiewicz 

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