Dr. Harold Goodwin is a Responsible Tourism Director at the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. He specializes in travel and tourism, focusing on corporate sustainability, the travel industry, and the intersection of business and economics within these sectors. Harold has been featured in Alaska Highway News, Travel Tomorrow, and TTG Media.
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Harold focuses on travel and tourism, with an emphasis on responsible and sustainable practices. He frequently includes expert commentary in his articles. To effectively pitch to Harold, offer insights from industry experts or professionals who can speak to the future of responsible tourism, sustainability initiatives within the travel sector, or provide a positive outlook on trends shaping the industry.
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” Back in 2017, I asked on the WTM Global Hub Certification: what comes next? I was, and am, critical of certification.
By: Harold Goodwin
One of the guiding principles of the 2002 Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism is to “endeavour to make tourism an inclusive social experience and to ensure that there is access for all, in particular vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and individuals”.
Istanbul - 3:09 PM 13°C Singapore - 8:09 PM 30°C Bangkok - 7:09 PM 31°C Cape Town
Two stories about sustainability and aviation reveal the confusion about how we can reduce the polluting effects of aviation. We are slow to accept that we live in a finite world and that our atmosphere is finite too. It was in the early 19
There is mounting concern about the Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive (ECD), which will apply across the EU from September 2026. Certification agencies are using fear of regulatory action on mis-selling, making businesses vulnerable, and leveraging this to sell certification services.
By: Harold Goodwin
The Green Claims Directive, now apparently abandoned, was used by certification businesses to create additional demand for their services, particularly in countries of the global south. It is still being used. A palpable degree of fear has been created to secure sales of certification.
Before the internet, we booked gites and holiday accommodation from small ads in the papers. We arrived in Normandy to find that the British owners of […]
Back in April, I wrote here about the new methodology that the ICRT global has developed with colleagues in southern Africa to reliably report on the […]
A Mastercard survey conducted across 28 European countries in February revealed that nearly half of the 27,000 holidaymakers surveyed planned to acquire or improve a skill during their holiday. Gen Z travellers are leading the trend: 57% of 18–24-year-olds and 52% of 25–34-year-olds reported having already planned a dedicated skill-based trip this year.
” The judges were really impressed in the European Responsible Tourism Awards by the Mallorca SUP Stand-Up Paddleboarding SME.
