Category: Human Rights

The protests organized by room attendants in Spain and other countries where tourism is a key economic player are increasingly frequent and better coordinated....

For palawa, there has been a seismic shift in recognition in recent years, with a new embrace of indigenous culture across Tasmania. Teaching has been one of the most significant changes in Tasmania's relationship with its indigenous past and there is now a strong desire to hand down traditions that came so close to being lost.

The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights called attention to a new tourism project by the Indonesian Government. The country aims to create an enormous tourism complex in Mandalika, Lombok. The experts criticised the project’s abuse of human rights and highlighted that the project had destroyed houses, fields, water sources and cultural and religious sites.

The planet is being threatened by greenhouse gas emissions, overexploitation of the natural resources and unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. In the week of International Women's Day, Intrepid Travel's Susanne Etti gives 6 reasons we need to empower women to fight climate change.

Many people are touting the vaccine as the saviour for our “new normal,” but this perspective is only reserved for those with privilege. The author suggests that if the tourism industry is serious about putting people first, then now is not the time to get on an airplane and take a trip. Instead, it is the time to support local businesses and to pressure local governments to financially support the tourism companies in our own communities.