Responsible travel company Better Places launched successful campaign 'Dream Now, Travel Later' to stay connected with travellers and highlight the plight of their local teams. So far their innovative crowd-funding efforts have raised an impressive 65,000 euros for their teams of guides and drivers affected by the pandemic.
Tourism ventures need to balance the needs of guests and staff with the needs of surrounding communities. Researchers in Southern Africa suggest using water-use benchmarks to provide targets for water usage and to serve as a planning tool for future wildlife tourism developments in the region.
Stopping tourism leakage requires long-term strategic goals and new success metrics. It also requires a holistic approach that focuses on niche markets, supports local businesses and workers, and protects destinations’ unique social and natural assets.
While tourism is on pause, there has been much discussion about how we can improve the sector from an environmental and overcrowding standpoint. But we also need to improve it for local people by respecting them and their culture and ensuring they have equal access to the infrastructure and economic opportunities that tourism can bring.
Founded in 2018, Indigenous Women Hike are raising awareness of indigenous history on one of the most popular hikes in the US. The group challenges the racism of the early conservationist movement in the U.S, and the idea of pristine wilderness, uninhabited and untouched by man.
