Category: Socio-economic issues

How the Shiva Foundation hopes to stop hotels supporting slavery

We speak with the Strategy Lead of the Stop Slavery Hotel Industry Network about its efforts to bring together various stakeholders within the industry to address modern slavery.

How to reduce poverty by empowering female entrepreneurs – Interview with Kennedy Leavens from Awamaki

Kennedy Leavens from Awamaki, a finalist of NatGeo World Legacy Awards in the Sense of Place category, talks about building female-driven profitable community-based tourism.

Banksy’s Bethlehem hotel is an example of how tourism can be political

Rather than viewing the Walled Off as an art installation offering political commentary, it is more useful to see it as a working hotel with a capacity for sparking political awareness.

Policies are only as effective as the depth of our belief in them – Interview with Cedar Swan from Adventure Canada

Cedar Swan from Adventure Canada, NatGeo World Legacy Award finalist in the Sense of Place category, talks about creating longstanding relationships with partners and hiring like-minded staff.

Highlighting the value of truly low impact safaris – Interview with Mark Thornton Safaris

Interview with Mark Thornton Safaris, World Legacy Awards finalist in Conserving the Natural World, about experiencing responsible tourism in the wilderness.

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