In this Tourism, Recreation and Leisure NRIT Trend Report (2020), Brigitte Nitsch and Charlotte Louwman-Vogels talk about the Kayan in Thailand and their relationship with community tourism. Click here to read the article!
The tribes of Panama: Panama has seven different indigenous groups within its country, each with their own traditions and characteristics. The tribes of Panama are the Bribri (click here to see our post about the Bribri), Naso, Bugle, Ngabe, Wounaan,…
By Heidi Smets First impressions A colourfully painted, discarded, American school bus drives through the Guatemalan highlands. Swinging salsa and 'Radio Romántica' love songs blaring through the loudspeakers. The co-driver hangs out of the door and calls the destination ten…
The Bribri are indigenous people from Costa Rica. They live in the mountains along the Caribbean Coast in Talamanca. Some Bribri are also situated in the neighbouring country Panama.The tribe lives in small communities of single family houses spread over…
In honour of Indigenous People’s Day (October 12), we hereby introduce one of the many Native American tribes that have been living over 10,000 years on the lands that we now call America. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head are…
Have you ever heard of the Samburu people? Being closely related to the Maasai, they are one of several tribes living in Samburu district, in Northern Kenya. Their semi-nomadic lifestyle centres on their cattle, sheep, goats and camels, which require…
By Nick Welman First impressions Everything seems broken in the Abasseen Express with which I travel from Multan to Rawalpindi. Lights are broken, the fan is broken, the coupé door does not close, the window is jammed, the toilet does…
Most of the people of the world have heard about Aboriginals of Australia. Analysis of maternal genetic lineage say that Aborigines arrived in Australia shortly 50,000 years ago as human populations moved from Africa around 55,000 years ago. They were…
Over the last decades, tribal tourism has gained popularity, especially the last few years. With this vast development, several tribal communities around the world started relying on tourism as a major source of income – which came to a standstill…
The Chorotega – one of the many indigenous tribes that once settled in and inhabited Costa Rica. Long before Columbus arrived in 1502, they called the Costa Rican territory their home, where they lived in many small villages. Originally from…
