Digitalisation is one of the most powerful trends in tourism. It renders essential changes in tourism value chains, which also have consequences for micro- and small enterprises in tourist destinations. Who really benefits from tourism? In the era of digitalisation, this question needs to be posed again. We present our new publication about online booking platforms and their effects in India in an interview with the lead researcher. The articles from Indonesia and Cambodia discuss how women and community-based tourism initiatives must be strengthened so that they too can hold their own in the digital value chains and avoid being further marginalised. A closer glimpse on business conduct of booking platforms in Israel/Palestine, South Africa and India as well as in Germany shows that those companies not yet fully meet their responsibility, concerning transparency, good working conditions and sustainability.
We are starting off this time with internal matters: On the anniversary of our 100th issue of Tourism Watch, we asked 100 network partners and tourism experts where tourism is heading right now and what the key factors for sustainable development through tourism are.