The Survival of Travel Agencies In “The Challenges Facing Travel Agencies”, we listed a number of trends and developments within the last 10 years affecting the environment in...
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…about information and tips for your beach holiday along with reports, studies, articles, and research related to beachlife and travel.
The Challenges Facing Travel Agencies
An Uphill Battle for Travel Agencies How can travel agencies survive in a world where it has become so easy to be our own travel managers? How can travel agencies survive when more and...
Unique Beach Activities Around the World
Beaches are for sunbathing, right? To us, the beach is like a wonderland. It’s a place to learn, play, chill, dream, laugh, discover, build castles, meet, exercise, meditate, read...
Why Hotel Eco-Labels Don’t Work
Hotel Eco-Label Schemes It is no secret that hotels are increasingly becoming aware that following the principles and guidelines of sustainable tourism has positive effects on staff...
Patong Beach – is it really that bad?
Patong Beach, Phuket’s untouchable No matter how good a deal they get and no matter how charming or stunning the hotel is, Patong is rarely an option among the travel agencies I have...
The Beachmeter Beach Survey
Help us understand what makes a great beach, then we’ll develop a tool to help you find it! Please help us fill out our beach survey – it will take only 4-5 minutes. Link to...
Tina the Tout – the person behind a beach seller
Have you ever gone to the beach and encountered beach sellers, trying out every trick in the book to make you buy things you may or may not want? Everyday Tina walks up and down Benaulim...
Your Thai Smiles and Wai’s might very well be Burmese
How often do you hear friends and acquaintances come back from a Thai holiday praising the iconic Thai Smile? It is quite common for tourists to praise Thai hospitality, the Thai smile, and...
Tourism Leakage – this is how little your money contributes locally!
Where does your money spent on traveling go? First time I opened my Tourism Management course book back in my university days, one chart especially stood out to me. This was the...