Let’s Talk about Tourism March 2021
March is Women’s History Month in the USA and indeed in many other countries. International Women’s Day is March 8th. It marks the contribution made to history and contemporary society by women. So, what has the effect been on the tourism industry?…
Let’s Talk about Tourism Feb 2021
By Martin Owen Last month, I was reminiscing about how we booked flights when I first started working in the travel and tourism business some 50 years ago. I promised that I’d tell you about booking hotels and tours back…
Let’s Talk About Tourism JAN 2021
By Martin Owen For a Christmas present my wife gave me some travel books, but with a twist. These are about what it was like to travel during the 1930s, 1950s and ‘60s. I find these fascinating trying to imagine…
Let’s Talk about Tourism December 2020
With Christmas and the New Year approaching, I think it’s time for a little ‘end of the year’ story or a Christmas Carol....... Once upon a time, in the old days, as the days got shorter and winter storms piled…
Let’s Talk about Tourism
It’s November and therefore time for Thanksgiving. From a tourism point of view, you may ask what do we have to be thankful for this year, but without too much deep thinking I can think of many things. Up here…
Let’s Talk about Tourism
I’ve been looking back on the Let’s Talk Tourism articles for the past two and a half years to see what I’ve written about, partially because I don’t want, of course, to repeat myself (as if I would!) and also…
Let’s Talk about Tourism
By Martin Owen It has, to use an understatement, been a very strange year for tourism. Certainly, International tourism has taken a severe hit from the global pandemic. That applies to incoming visitation to the USA from overseas, as well as outbound…