Let’s Talk about Tourism Oct 2021
By Martin Owen For the past sixty years or so tourism in the USA, and most other ‘developed’ countries, has been following the way that most people lived their lives. They lived in one place, worked in another and took…
Let’s talk about Tourism Sept 2021
By Martin Owen I’ve been in the travel and tourism business for a long time and consequently, rather like medical doctors, am often asked for advice and opinions when I meet people in a social situation. Luckily, the questions I’m…
Let’s Talk About Tourism – August 2021
By Martin Owen, Owen Organization LLC, https://www.owenorganization.com/ Any discussion about tourism here on the northern Gulf Coast seems to always center around beach style vacations. The assumption is that visitors only come between Memorial and Labor Days, plus a surge…
Let’s Talk About Tourism June 2021
By Martin Owen We are now past Memorial Day and for the Northern Gulf Coast, we’re into the Peak Summer tourist season. It’s the time when the visitors flock to the Gulf to have their traditional summer vacation. It means…
Let’s talk about Tourism May 2021
By Martin Owen Happy May! We’re now well into Spring and heading for Summer. Can you believe it? Time for a quick update on how tourism is progressing here on the Northern Gulf Coast. Talking to the hospitality folks here,…
Let’s Talk about Tourism April 2021
Remember tourism before this pandemic? One of the big topics across the world prior to 2020 was the concept of over tourism. Many destinations were suffering, if that’s the word, from more visitors than they wanted. Our natural desire as…