Your holiday destination is a place where people live; people who may have different values and sensibilities to your own. Opening your mind to new cultures and traditions is part of the joy of a holiday.
Ben Lambert, the Seaver Foundation's 2016 programme coordinator and shares his thoughts and conclusions of his research, undertaken whilst a volunteer.
Unlike the big ships operators, small ship cruise companies know that to offer a small amount of people a more hands-on destination experience they need to leave the environment as they found it.