Category: Wildlife

Opinion

Pack Mule Welfare Abuses in Mountain Tourism

Tourism Concern - 18/12/20150

The suffering of pack mules and other working animals who labour in the tourism industry has largely gone unnoticed.

Accommodations

African safari tourism: the ‘multiplier’ effect

Travindy - 30/11/20150

For every one person employed by certain high-end tourism lodges in southern Africa, seven people benefit from the downstream flow of that income.

Climate Change

Asian travel companies launch campaign to help orangutans

Jeremy Smith - 30/11/20150

Khiri Reach and partner organisations have united to draw attention to wildlife whose habitats are being destroyed by forest and peat fires in Borneo

Activities

Palau bets on sustainable tourism with fishing ban

Jeremy Smith - 23/11/20150

The move follows a similar action in 2009 when Palau created the world's first sanctuary, a move that has seen many countries follow suit.

Certification

Peru establishes 3.3 million acre national park in the heart of the Amazon

Travindy - 23/11/20150

This biologically rich area is threatened on all sides by illegal logging, mining, coca plantations, and the oil industry

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Human Rights

European countries revised their travel guidance to USA for LGBTQ+ travellers

08/04/2025

Several European countries have revised their travel guidance for citizens planning trips to the United States, with specific new advisories for transgender and non-binary travellers.

Spain erupted with protests driven by the soaring tourist numbers

08/04/2025

The rise of global wellness tourism

23/03/2025

Massachusetts advocates for mandatory human trafficking training in hotels

22/03/2025

Blend comfort, efficiency, and aesthetic in heating solutions

21/03/2025

15Hatfields launches the Counting the Cost of Carbon campaign

20/03/2025