by annapollock@me.com | Jan 10, 2017 | Conscious Travel Vision, DMO, Growth, Paradigm
Two important, but unheralded, events took place in 2016 that give me cause for optimism as we start a new year. First, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) – the self-proclaimed Authority for Tourism – released an article and video acknowledging that...
by annapollock@me.com | Nov 4, 2016 | Growth
What a difference a year, # overtourism and some negative publicity can make. For the past two years I have returned from the World Travel Market with my heart in my boots – see Walking the halls of WTM with hope and despair (2014) and 2015 – Responsible Tourism Day:...
by annapollock@me.com | Oct 11, 2011 | MOVE
During my 40 year career in travel and tourism, the number of people crossing international borders has grown from 100 million a year to just under a billion. At the same time, I have watched distinctly different, magical and remote communities with cultures whose...