Category: Responsible Travel

  • Balancing Preservation and Travel: Monemvasia’s Struggle with Sustainable Tourism.

    Monemvasia is one of Greece’s most striking historical landmarks and one of the Peloponnese’s most popular tourist attractions. Although tourism has in the past saved the town and the castle from ruin, modern development and increasing tourism demand threaten to tip the delicate balance and destroy what makes it so special.

  • So Travellers Have Stopped Riding Elephants, What Happens Next?

    Elephant trekking, elephant riding and other forms of exploitative elephant tourism is now rightly considered unethical and irresponsible. But what effect have a decade of boycotts and change had on the travel industry and what comes next for elephant tourism?

  • Bringing Back Tourism Is Vital To Animal Conservation.

    Coronavirus restrictions have devastated the tourism industry over the last two years with many businesses and livelihoods lost, and this has had a cataclysmic effect on conservation efforts around the world. As tourism begins to slowly get back to normal, a focus on responsible wildlife tourism is needed to save and protect so many species…

  • What Questions To Ask Before You Visit A Wildlife Tour Operator.

    Wildlife tourism is a huge industry and there are a lot of ethical and responsible wildlife tour operators that are using tourism’s positive impact to care for animals and help fund conservation issues. Unfortunately there are also lot out there who are still exploiting animals for profit and greenwashing their services. But how do you…

  • What Is Second City Tourism?

    With the rise in overtourism causing significant problems for destinations and local communities, a new trend has emerged called second city tourism where travellers are leaning toward visiting less crowded places. But what is second city tourism? Why does second city tourism help local destinations and why has it become so popular all of a…

  • What Can You Do To Help Overtourism?

    Overtourism has become a serious problem in recent years, to the point that many authorities are calling for restrictions on tourism to reduce damage and harm to local ecosystems and populations, but it doesn’t have to be like that. Travel itself is not a bad thing and can have a positive impact if it is…

  • Flight Shaming Is Wrong And Will Not Help The Environment.

    Flight shaming has been on the rise in the past few years with growing calls to ground all aircraft and stop flying altogether. As increasing numbers of people become more conscious of their environmental impact on the world the focus has inevitably turned to what is percieved as one of its biggest polluters, flying, and…

  • Restarting Travel Respectfully.

    After a prolonged period of forced lockdowns the world is once again starting to open up to travel, but are backpackers themselves ready to return to travel? Will we go back to a world of overtourism, disrespecting local cultures and monuments and using the world as a drunken playground? Or will travellers take the time…

  • Top 10 Ethical Wildlife Experiences For Your Gap Year Bucket List.

    Many people who dream of traveling the world have a bucket list, and wildlife experiences are quite often right at the very top. The big problem is ensuring that you aren’t contributing to the widespread abuse of animals in the tourism industry and that you are instead observing animals in an ethical and sustainable way…

  • Why Tourism Is Essential For Improving Animal Care In Wildlife Travel.

    Wildlife tourism can do a lot of good, but it can do a lot of harm too. The good news is that tourism can ensure the good and stop the harm, and travelers can play an integral role in helping all animal tourism operators ensure animal care is at the forefront of everything the industry does.…