For the sake of growing well-being and sharing the tourism commons with the greater majority, circular economic approaches to travel & tourism must replace neoliberal capitalist growth models. To make that argument, academic researcher Phoebe Everingham takes a critical theoretical approach. It’s a “Good Tourism” Insight.
As one of the biggest industries involved in the ‘experience economy’ travel & tourism has enormous potential to offer transformational experiences to not only tourists but also host communities. Tourism can be simply relaxing, which is crucial for well-being at home and abroad. And, important in a more global context, tourism provides opportunities for cross-cultural learning and intercultural exchange.
However travel & tourism is also one of the most unsustainable and unequal industries globally ... To keep reading, visit https://goodtourismblog.com/2021/02/travel-tourisms-critical-rethink-and-its-imperative-shift-to-circular-economics/