Tourism Lens
A newsletter on conscious, equitable and inclusive travel. Plus, a reporter's musings from the road.
A New Year to Push for Change
A New Year to Push for Change Jan. 22, 2025 Hello friends and colleagues,I’m writing you while packing my bags for the annual Impact Conference in Victoria, British Columbia—a side of Canada I’ve yet to experience. I'll get to speak on my journey as a social impact-focused journalist and share my insights on how we can continue to be catalysts for change. I'm looking forward to hearing from a long line up of tourism professionals who have been dedicated to a range of issues, from climate...
Tourism Lens: Special Podcast Episode with Kojo Bentum-Williams, Dec 1 @9amET
A Special Podcast on The Rise of African Tourism with Kojo Bentum-Williams Dear colleagues, I'll soon have a catch-up year-end newsletter coming your way in December.In the meantime, tune in this Sunday December 1, for an episode of the Tourism Lens podcast. My guest is Kojo Bentum-Williams, founder and publisher of VoyagesAfriq, as well as Senior Expert for Communications in Africa at UN Tourism. Kojo has traveled the continent extensively for business as well as for leisure—and he keeps his...
Tourism Lens Issue 9: Visiting Italy (and Venice!) + Bloomberg's First Conscious Travel Column + Cornell's Sustainable Tourism Destination Management Course Grants + Conferences
Issue 9: Visiting Italy (and Venice!) + Bloomberg's First Conscious Travel Column + Cornell's Sustainable Tourism Destination Management Course Grants + Conferences Hello, ciao, TL community! It’s another scorching summer and as temperatures soar, we’re also reminded of just how “hot” tourism is getting in many parts of the world. Headlines on overcrowding, short-term rental bans, and other tourism pain points are dominating travel coverage. It feels as if so much is in flux, yet so much...
Issue 8: Spring is for Transitions and Innovation
Issue 8: Transitions and Innovation Hey, everyone, Lily here, bringing you the first Tourism Lens update of 2024—which means this is now a quarterly newsletter! Perhaps you're celebrating Easter Sunday, or enjoying the tail end of Spring break with your families. Maybe you're even battling the airport crowds as we speak. This time last year, I was in sunny Dominican Republic for yet another Easter in the Caribbean. Now I'm in the Washington DC area, since relocating here back in September...
Issue 7: Tourism Inspiration for the Holidays
Monthly Newsletter #7: Tourism Inspiration for the Holidays Hello friends and colleagues, As the end of the year draws near, I'm sure we’re all reflecting on the past 12 months — what we've accomplished or the moments we've enjoyed on the road, all while hoping the year will be filled with more peace and tolerance. For those of us in tourism, it can be easy to feel that we play a small role in one of the worst years of geopolitical conflict and climate disasters. Yet we are anything but...
Issue 3: Sustainability Lessons from Trinidad & Tobago
Issue 3: Sustainability Lessons from Trinidad & Tobago Welcome everyone, including new subscribers, to Issue 3 of the Tourism Lens monthly newsletter. This time, I'm bringing you the first in a series of one-on-one conversations with sustainability-focused tourism leaders, entrepreneurs and industry members from around the world. As subscribers, you're the first to access my conversation with Tenisha Brown-Williams, a travel industry veteran from Trinidad and Tobago and current tourism...
Issue 1: Backyard Travel Rages on in the Dominican Republic
Issue 1: Backyard Travel Rages on in the Dominican Republic Hi everyone. Welcome to Issue 1 of the Tourism Lens monthly newsletter. I'm so thrilled to have each of you here as a valued subscriber, and frankly overwhelmed by the amount of support my new platform has received since launching on January 25. Many thanks to those who’ve dished out early praises. My aim is to share a diverse and independent perspective on global tourism topics, as I've done for the past 10+ years. Topics that are...
A newsletter on conscious, equitable and inclusive travel. Plus, a reporter's musings from the road.