Politics of Tourism

Overtourism? What about 'undertourism'?

My short contribution to the 'GT Bite' on The "Good Tourism" Blog: Undertourism: Who’s suffering, and why?

Sep 2 • 

Jim Butcher

Can tourism leaders promote peace?

My short contribution to the 'GT bite' on tourism and peace in The "Good Tourism" Blog

Sep 2 • 

Jim Butcher

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August 2025

Positionality statements

the academic freedom case against making them an expectation or requirement.

Aug 1 • 

Jim Butcher

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February 2025

Nostalgia

... it ain't what it used to be.

Feb 6 • 

Jim Butcher

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January 2025

‘Nostalgia. It ain’t what it used to be!’‘

Some things were better in the past.

Jan 7 • 

Jim Butcher

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November 2024

Debate on Regenerative Tourism

Munster Technological University, March 2024

Nov 22, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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A matter of taste: Travellers, tourists, and ‘tourism for peace’

In The "Good Tourism" Blog

Nov 4, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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September 2024

The turn against (Over)tourism

at the Battle of Ideas, 19-20 October, London

Sep 26, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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August 2024

Should Foreign Tourism Be Discouraged ?

The Moral Maze, BBC Radio Four, 14th August

Aug 15, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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June 2024

Academic freedom is an individual right

People defending the right of universities to hold an institutional position are a threat to academic freedom. In Cieo.

Jun 17, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

Regenerative Tourism: Myth and Reality

luxury eco-breaks are great if you can afford them ... but spare us the sermons !

Jun 11, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher

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What does it mean to be critical of tourism?

‘We should all be critical’ … including of the critics (a short contribution to the "Good Tourism" Blog, GT Insight Bites)

Jun 4, 2024 • 

Jim Butcher