Category: Technology

Virtual reality in tourism: Interview with Mari Pennanen from SaimaaLife

SaimaaLife is a Finnish story-based nature wellness and lifestyle media startup exploring potential of VR to promote sustainable tourism. Founder Mari Pennanen speaks with Elizaveta Ragozina

Travel like a peacemaker

For the founder of MEDJI Tours, the stories of the people who live where we travel should be at the heart of our travel experiences. He explains why the company started a livestream to connect travellers with storytellers from all over the world, and how travel can be used to build bridges between people.

Connecting students with Antarctic researchers using Telepresence

One Ocean Expeditions is giving students a unique experience to learn about ocean science without having to leave their classrooms.

Radically cleaner air travel possible but governments need to act now, says report

By driving out the use of fossil kerosene fuel through carbon pricing and requiring aircraft to switch to synthetic fuels, the climate impact of flying can be reduced dramatically, says report

Will we Instagram our way to total destruction?

As we seek out exciting photos simply to show to the world what we’ve done, we become much less concerned with the impacts of our actions. To make sustainable tourism the norm, we must work to curb selfie-seeking travel.

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Discover Puerto Rico presents initiative to inspire conscious travel

Discover Puerto Rico, the Island’s official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), announces its Valentine’s Day initiative, “Love Letter from Puerto Rico,” with Puerto Rican actor and producer Amaury Nolasco.