News, views, and reviews on niche tourism sectors for the travel trade. Articles include niche sectors such as Adventure Tourism, Avitourism, Cruise Tourism, Culture Tourism, Ecotourism, Film Tourism, Responsible Tourism, Accessible Tourism, Voluntourism, Youth Tourism, Wine Tourism, and more.
For tourism organisations wanting to tap into the growing ecotourism niche tourism market, the International Ecotourism Society provides the answers.…
If you thought that Niche Tourism covers just a handful of interest groups, think again. In the 5th edition of…
Cape Town, 10 September 2019. An exciting new tourism offering, Glamtrails, presenting exclusive walking tours with wine and food experiences,…
Ecotourism is about uniting conservation, communities, and sustainable travel. This means that tourists who participate in ecotourism activities want reassurance…
Film tourism is a growing phenomenon worldwide, motivated by both the growth of the entertainment industry and the increase in…
On this website, we’ve blogged about niche tourism groups but have not posted about the growing trend of fashion tourism.…
As any an avid traveller will have noticed, there’s a new type of tourist appearing on our flights. They’re not…
Now in its fifth year, Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT) has established itself as a bucket list race for ultra distance…
Tourism, wherever it is aimed, brings with it challenges and can have a negative impact on the local area and…
Cultural tourism, or culture tourism as it is sometimes called, is a type of niche tourism that attempts to represent…
If the world’s volunteers were to form a single country, known as Volunteerland, they would form the largest adult population…
Tourists want reassurance. For this reason, hotels are star graded, beaches are awarded Blue Flag status, and clean and safe…
Food tourism is all the rage. Just look at the last decade’s vast surge in consumer interest in food and…
In this article Leon Marais of Lawson’s Birding, Wildlife & Custom Safaris Tours offers tips for Tour Operators and accommodation…
Deborah Calmeyer is a woman on a mission. She is the first South African businesswoman to speak at the prestigious…
In the spirit of mainstreaming disability issues, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) General Assembly adopted a Resolution entitled…
In the context of the trilateral agreement between UNWTO, ONCE and ENAT, an update of the 2005 UNWTO Recommendations on…
The benefits derived from responsible tourism practices are well documented, but in practice the implementation of these principles can be…
In the last few decades volunteer tourism has become a phenomenon; up to 10 million participating and generating up to…
STAY (Safe Travel Accommodation for Youth) WYSE Association, the global trade body for the youth travel accommodation sector, has launched…
Adventure tourism, and SCUBA diving in particular, has become an immensely popular leisure tourism activity, specifically over the past 10…
Considering the limited marketing budgets that most tourism organisations face, film festivals and film productions can be leveraged as an…
Could btcc交易所官网home Affairs offices, licencing departments and similar facilities in South Africa’s small towns compete on service delivery to create…
To mark the luxury cruise ship’s maiden call in the ports of Cape Town (refer article in November edition of…
Tourism is one of six identified key drivers of the country’s economy and the wine industry indirectly contributes more than…
On November 1st, the magnificent MSC Opera will embark on a southbound voyage to South Africa, where she will begin…
I receive many email replies to my column “Talking Tourism”, which is particularly rewarding. These emails include many from local…