SEA Going Green – Community Empowerment on Bonaire
In today’s blog, we have tourism consultancy firm SEA Going Green sharing about one of their projects on Bonaire in which community empowerment played a big role.
Booking a Tour
Unless you have booked a total package with a travel organisation, you are likely to book a tour while being on a vacation. Some tours could be beneficial for the destination whereas others might actually do more harm than good. So, where can you pay attention to?
Wildlife Watching
Whether it’s whale-, bird-, shark- or bear- watching, wildlife watching generally is claimed to be one of the more sustainable activities in tourism. Tourists receive the opportunity to get to know flora and fauna close-up and learn more about their habitat and behaviour. These wildlife-based experiences, however, can also entail significant negative impacts on both wildlife and the accommodating habit. It can cause effects on reproduction, survival, and long-term viability of various populations of species.
Fair Tourism talks to the Tourism Teacher
Fair Tourism talks to the Tourism Teacher Charlotte (the founder of Fair Tourism) talks to Dr. Hayley Stainton (The Tourism Teacher) about community-based tourism (CBT) and the story of Huay Pu Keng. This conversation has been a result of an…
Low Season Traveller Podcast
Low Season Traveller Insider Guides In this podcast the founder of Fair Tourism Charlotte Louwman-Vogels talks to Low Season Travellers about the Kayan in Huay Pu Keng. They also dedicated a post to this topic which can be found here.…
Socially Responsible Travel Series
While travelling, it always important to question yourself and your behaviour. Is it appropriate how you behave just because that is the way you're doing it back home? Keep in mind that you are a guest and somebody opens their…