Category: Activities

Responsible travel operators leading change in industry approach to orphanage volunteering

Following a blog campaign highlighting issues with international volunteers working in orphanages, a number of travel companies have ended such associations

Transcaucasian hiking trail to connect cultures and preserve historic routes

A team of international and local volunteers will begin building the ambitious Transcaucasian Trail across the Caucasus this summer. 

Last chance tourism: A blessing or a curse?

Seeking out vanishing species may raise some short-term opportunities for providers but could have some long-term risks and ethical challenges

Let’s keep wildlife wild! End Canned Hunting

The head of the African Travel and Tourism Association explains why African tourism must end lion petting or any other practice that supports canned hunting

The plastic tsunami: discovering the shocking state of our seas

Marine debris is one of the biggest environmental issues of the 21st century. The amount of microplastics and single use plastic is uncontrollably increasing in our oceans threatening our ecosystems, people’s livelihoods and many of our favourite holiday destinations.

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