Tourism Growth – how much is too much?
My return to work this year coincided with several tourism announcements from the New Zealand government. Its announcements…
Celebrating one last otago PhD supervision success
Lucia Danzi is from Italy and she was my last PhD student supervision at Otago. She completed her…
Measuring global tourism emissions – a starting point for action
Last week on Wednesday our paper on global tourism emissions was finally published online. It was a long…
Wealth and tourism – should we be targeting only the richest tourists?
There is a longstanding debate in sustainable tourism, as to the tourist markets that are most worthy of…
Hyper-Mobility or the End of the Road?
Can we travel without contributing to climate change? The answer is yes, we can, but to arrive at…
COP29 – are we any closer to decarbonising tourism?
COP29 is over – so after eleven days of discussions and negotiations involving 65,000 delegates from around the…
Sustainable tourism policy and management at a major crossroad
Sustainable tourism is at a crossroad. There is a well-established link between tourism growth and environmental impacts. But…
TIA Summit 2024 – the very good and the… must do better, but how to close the gap?
Last week I attended the TIA Summit. It was a great event – really well organised – and…
Tarras Airport – the ebb and flow of a story that is yet to reach a conclusion
About two years ago Christchurch International Airport Ltd revealed a plan to transform the sleepy Central Otago township…
Unmasking sportwashing documentary
Last week I was interviewed by three media communications students from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane.…