Category: Opinion

The dark side of Uganda’s gorilla tourism industry

Two decades ago Batwa pygmies were thrown out of their native forests in Uganda to make way for the country's mountain gorilla tourism. What happened next?

How to engage over 100,000 people in your responsible tourism campaign in under a month

Lessons learned from the #StopOrphanTrips campaign, which engaged 35 different bloggers and writers and resulted in a wide social media reach.

The biggest but unrecognized challenge facing DMOs today

DMOs have a unique opportunity to help lead the shift from an old and obsolete way of doing tourism to one that is regenerative rather than extractive.

An idyll no more: why I’m leaving Goa

In a very thoughtful article, Deepti Kapoor, reveals reasons why she and her husband decided to leave Goa and talks about negative impacts of tourism in this part of India.

Wind Farms and Tourism

Glasgow Caledonian University found that 75% of people felt that wind farms had a positive or neutral effect on the landscape.

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