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By Visiting Communities you truly experience new people , cultures and places

Have you ever been on a vacation where you felt like you were viewing the local culture through a glass wall? If you’re nodding your head “yes,” we’re not surprised. The nature of many traditional modes of travel — buses, cruises, massive group tours — can prevent you from truly experiencing new people and places. Community-based tourism, on the other hand, […]

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Ecotourism and sustainable tourism in Italy

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As citizens, communities and countries around the world are becoming more and more aware of their environments, we as a global community are seeing more responses and efforts that recognise that we want and need to take better care of our planet. Most, if not all, aspects of life have an effect on the well-being

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Guatemala Community Tourism Revolution, Reclaiming Indigenous Heritage

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“Now with technology, everything is “copy and paste”. There’s no innovation.” Doña Gloria Estella emphasises the words “copy and paste” in English. She points to the huipiles, the traditional Mayan woven top that her and her colleagues are wearing. All are hand-woven, using designs conceived by their “abuelas” (grandmothers). “We’re reviving designs; we’re reviving drawings from

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Learn about community based tourism in Fiji highlands

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Traditional-style thatched roof homes, called bures, pop-up like mushrooms in the surrounds of the grass-covered central highlands, giving little away to a first-time visitor. I’ve travelled four hours from the coastal pocket of Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park to the heart of Viti Levu, Fiji’s largest island. As a guest to the village of Nabutautau in the

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The Intersection of Adventure Travel and Community Tourism

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Research has shown today’s adventure travelers are more interested in broadening their worldview and learning about different cultures than seeking out risky activities or undertaking “extreme” activities. Seeking out meaningful experiences naturally intersects with a desire to meet and interact with locals living in the places travelers visit. But it’s not enough to simply be

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How we’re developing community-based tourism in Myanmar

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If you travel to Myanmar, deep into the country’s arid, central Magway region, along the sacred Irrawaddy River, you’ll come to the tiny township of Myaing. There’s nothing remarkable about Myaing. You won’t see it on many Lonely Planet guidebook covers. It’s one of the poorest and least developed regions of Myanmar: a backwater network of

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How Your Travels in Madagascar Can Support Conservation and Communities

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If you’ve ever wondered whether your travels can make a difference, here’s a case study from our recent trip to Madagascar. It shows just how tourism can support conservation, sustainability and community development. In Madagascar we witnessed an environment under pressure from deforestation, expanding population and poverty. At the same time, we visited lemur-loaded rainforests

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Guwahati-based travel start-up promotes responsible tourism

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Finderbridge Tourism, started by Assam native Himangshu Baruah in 2017, is putting Northeast on the global map, with its clientele mostly from aboard Tourism is all about the breathtaking views, having fun, and then jumping back to your regular life. But what about the waste you leave behind? Who takes care of that? Finderbridge Tourism,

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