Bear watching in Slovakia with Adventoura Slovakia is the ultimate responsible wildlife adventure! Slovakia has over 700 wild brown bears roaming free in the mountains and I couldn’t pass up the chance to spot a wild bear on a bear tracking trip. Especially when I heard how the adventure tour company adhered to responsible best practices in wildlife tourism.
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Responsible Wild Bear Watching In Slovakia.
Tagged with: Adventoura Slovakia, Adventure Travel, bear, bear spotting, bear tracking, bear watching, Slovakia, travel, travel Slovakia, wildlife tourism, wildlife travel, wildlife watching
Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Bemused Backpacker Is Proud To Announce Our Partnership With Global Spirit.
Bemused Backpacker is proud to announce our new partnership with Global Spirit, the animals in tourism specialists!
Are Camel Safaris Responsible Or Ethical?
Camel treks and safaris are a popular tourist activity around the world, but is camel riding ethical or responsible? Should travellers and backpackers be riding a camel at all on their gap years?
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
10 Reasons Independent Sustainable Travel Should Be The New Normal.
Responsible and sustainable tourism is becoming increasingly accepted as the gold standard in travel as travellers are becoming increasingly independent,starting to question and demand more responsible tourism practices and less likely to turn to the traditional tourism industry. Here are ten reasons why that momentum should continue.
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
5 Wildlife Activities You Need To Remove From Your Bucket List Right Now.
Many people who dream of traveling the world have a bucket list. That vague catalogue of things that they dream of accomplishing before they die, but some of the more popular bucket list items often include interacting with wildlife and many of these have dark consequences that most people don’t even think about. Here are the top 10 wildlife activities you should scrap from your bucket list right now.
Tagged with: animals in captivity, can I see animals responsibly on my gap year, can I see animals responsibly when travelling, captive dolphin shows, does wildlife tourism harm animals, elephant abuse, elephant nature park Chiang Mai, elephant safari, elephant trekking, how to interact with wildlife on your gap year, illegal wildlife trade, responsible wildlife tourism, seeing wildlife on your gap year, Tiger Temple, Tiger Temple abuse, Tiger Temple Thaiiand, wildlife conservation, wildlife exploitation, wildlife exploitation in tourism, wildlife rehabilitation centres, wildlife tourism, wildlife tourism in Thailand, wildlife volunteer work abroad
Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Tripadvisor Is Finally Stopping Ticket Sales To Irresponsible Wildlife Attractions. But Is It Enough?
Tripadvisor has finally announced that it is to end its practice of selling tickets to cruel and unethical wildlife attractions, but is it too little too late? And is it enough?
Tagged with: animal exploitation, animal tourism, is Tripadvisor trustworthy, responsible tourism, Tripadvisor, Tripadvisor animal atrractions, Tripadvisor ending wildlife tourism bookings, Tripadvisor supporting unethical wildlife attractions, wildlife conservation, wildlife exploitation, wildlife exploitation in tourism, wildlife tourism
Posted in Responsible Travel, Travel Talk
Posted in Responsible Travel, Travel Talk
The Good And The Bad Of Elephant Tourism In Sri Lanka.
Elephant Safaris are a major part of Sri Lanka’s eco tourism industry, but are they all as responsible as they claim to be?
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
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