“GT” Travel in North America

Travel with “Good Tour­ism” in North Amer­ica (scroll down for posts), from Canada in the north to Panama in the south, the USA’s Alaska and Hawaii in the west to the Dan­ish ter­rit­ory of Green­land in the north­east. Learn about spe­cial places, people to meet, and things to do from tour­ism insiders keen to show­case North America’s good, bet­ter, best.

North Amer­ica is a vast con­tin­ent that offers a diverse range of exper­i­ences, from breath­tak­ing nat­ur­al scenery to vibrant cit­ies, rich his­tory, and cul­tur­al diversity. Here are some reas­ons why you should con­sider trav­el­ling to North America:

  • Nat­ur­al won­ders: North Amer­ica is home to some of the most stun­ning nat­ur­al won­ders in the world, includ­ing the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Yel­low­stone Nation­al Park, and the Cana­dian Rock­ies. Vis­it­ors can exper­i­ence the beauty and majesty of these nat­ur­al won­ders through hik­ing, camp­ing, wild­life watch­ing, and oth­er out­door activities.
  • Vibrant cit­ies: North Amer­ica has some of the world’s most excit­ing and cos­mo­pol­it­an cit­ies, includ­ing New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Van­couver, and Mex­ico City. Vis­it­ors can enjoy the urb­an cul­ture, night­life, food, and enter­tain­ment of these dynam­ic cities.
  • Cul­tur­al diversity: North Amer­ica is home to a rich and diverse mix of cul­tures and eth­ni­cit­ies, includ­ing Nat­ive Amer­ic­an, His­pan­ic, Afric­an Amer­ic­an, and Asi­an. Vis­it­ors can explore the his­tory, art, music, and cuisine of these cul­tures through museums, gal­ler­ies, fest­ivals, and oth­er cul­tur­al events.
  • Food and drink: North Amer­ica offers a wide vari­ety of cuisines and din­ing exper­i­ences, from tra­di­tion­al Amer­ic­an bar­be­cue and Tex-Mex to Cana­dian poutine and Mex­ic­an street food. The con­tin­ent is also home to fam­ous wine regions, includ­ing Napa Val­ley and the Okanagan Valley.
  • Sports and recre­ation: North Amer­ica is a sports lov­er­’s para­dise, with a range of pro­fes­sion­al and col­lege sports teams, sta­di­ums, and events. Vis­it­ors can enjoy base­ball, bas­ket­ball, foot­ball, hockey, and soc­cer games, as well as out­door recre­ation activ­it­ies such as ski­ing, snow­board­ing, and surfing.
  • His­tory and her­it­age: North Amer­ica has a rich his­tory and her­it­age, with land­marks and monu­ments that tell the story of the con­tin­ent’s past, includ­ing Inde­pend­ence Hall, Mount Rush­more, and the Alamo. Vis­it­ors can also learn about the indi­gen­ous his­tory of the con­tin­ent through cul­tur­al centres and museums.
  • Friendly loc­als: North Amer­ic­ans are known for their warm and friendly nature towards vis­it­ors, mak­ing it easy for trav­el­lers to con­nect with loc­als and exper­i­ence North Amer­ic­an hospitality.

Over­all, North Amer­ica offers a diverse range of travel exper­i­ences, from nat­ur­al won­ders and vibrant cit­ies to cul­tur­al diversity and his­tory. With its end­less options, North Amer­ica is a must-vis­it des­tin­a­tion for any good traveller.

Reflections on the ‘best small city in the world’: San Miguel de Allende

April 7, 2022

Overlooking San Miguel de Allende. By Steven Buchanan (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/mexico-san-miguel-de-allende-dusk-5756222/

A recent “Good Tour­ism” Insight about ‘jouis­sance’ promp­ted me to reappraise the con­cepts of sen­sa­tion and per­cep­tion and the pur­suit of pleas­ure.  It triggered memor­ies of San Miguel de Allende, a magic­al UNESCO World Her­­it­age-lis­ted colo­ni­al town in cent­ral Mex­ico.  The story begins with an artist and one of Canada’s former fig­ure skat­ing cham­pi­ons, the […]

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Busting the borderland’s bad rap

August 18, 2021

The Sonora, Mexico landscape at El Aribabi. Picture supplied by author via the El Aribabi Conservation Ranch Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/ElAribabi

I enjoy sup­port­ing the ‘under­dog’ des­tin­a­tions of the world. They are often unique and beau­ti­ful in their own right, yet are under-vis­ited for one reas­on or anoth­er. An example I’ve already writ­ten about for “GT” Travel is the Amer­ic­an Prair­ie Reserve in Montana. Anoth­er place worth vis­it­ing by any­one seek­ing adven­ture is Ran­cho El Aribabi […]

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Little yurt on the prairie

July 21, 2021

Connor and his daughter, Genesis, at an APR yurt that forms part of their Hut-to-Hut System

Have you ever felt good about vis­it­ing a place that was hungry for vis­it­ors but not get­ting the atten­tion it deserved?  Its lack of pop­ular­ity may have been due to the des­tin­a­tion or attrac­tion being new, or out of the way, or maybe it some­how got a bad rap. Whatever the reas­on, it was off […]

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