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Colombia’s Call: From a Lost City to the Amazon with Mambe Travel
Colombia has come a long way in the last 10 years. Once a place travellers were advised to avoid, it no longer suffers from the ill effects of powerful drug cartels at war with one another and the...
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Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards 2013 Honor Responsible Travel Providers
A few months ago, The Travel Word put its support behind the seventh annual 2013 Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards, a contest that honors exceptional tourism providers in Asia with business...
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Preserving Nature in Nicaragua: Ecotourism at Morgan’s Rock Ecolodge
Nicaragua’s southern Pacific coast is often considered to be purely a surf destination, but an altogether different type of ecotourism escape awaits travelers at the secluded and exclusive bungalow...
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Something in the Water and Air: Costa Rica’s Pura Vida
In my mind’s eye, the lingering visions of Costa Rica are almost comically rosy, like a slideshow of carnival caricatures: There’s Glenn Jampol, glowingly avuncular as he guides his visitors through...
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Something in the Water and Air: Costa Rica’s Pura Vida – A Portrait of Glenn...
This is the first in a series of portraits, long and short, of some of the people I met and places I visited during a recent trip to Costa Rica. The subjects were chosen as noteworthy examples of Costa...
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Alto Hotel – Carbon-Neutral in Melbourne, Australia
Alto Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, is in the former, and now revamped, Union Hall on Bourke Street. Photo courtesy of Alto Hotel Travel has always had a love-hate relationship with the environment,...
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Zip Lines in Costa Rica: A Sustainable Alternative to Deforestation
This is the next in a series of portraits, long and short, of some of the people I met and places I visited during a recent trip to Costa Rica. The subjects were chosen as noteworthy examples of Costa...
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Responsible Travel Week 2014. It’s On Right Now, So You’re Not Too Late
Better late than never, this is a belated reminder to everyone that this week, from February 10 to 16, 2014, is Responsible Travel Week, the sixth annual online unconference focusing on responsible...
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The 2014 New York Travel Festival – A Transformative Experience
A lot of buzzwords out there are used to convey a sense of mindful connection with the people and places you visit when you travel: ecotourism, geotourism, responsible and sustainable travel, local and...
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When You Travel to Cuba (It’s Possible!), Help Keep Its Nature Intact
Cuba has been taunting me for two decades. Its renown, made palpably present here in the United States through its insuppressible culture (Buena Vista Social Club is just the tip of the iceberg!), has...
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The Brutal Truth About Voluntourism – And What to Do About It
When you hear the word “voluntourism,” what comes to mind? If you’re like many people, you may picture privileged white people heading to a developing country and doing a few days of service with the...
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The Joys of Sustainable Travel
THIS POST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THOMSON UK As many parts of our world become more and more accessible, so too does the importance of traveling and exploring in a way that not only respects local...
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Ecotourism in Costa Rica Can Help You Be a More Sustainable Traveler
One of society’s most pressing issues today is climate change, the far-reaching effects of which include extreme weather, food shortages, and damaged ecosystems. In a survey of 12,000 peer-reviewed...
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Simple and Unique Steps to More Sustainable Travel
While traveling is a wonderful thing, it can be pretty hard on the environment. So as more and more people are traveling – it’s a truly wonderful thing to see other places and cultures – we have to be...
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7 Tips for Eco-Friendly, Sustainable Vacation Photography
One key consideration when planning a vacation is figuring out how to document your experiences. Apart from choosing travel-friendly cameras, monopods and portable tripods, as well as other equipment,...
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Ecotourism and Family Travel in Costa Rica
“Ecotourism is the heart of Costa Rica’s tourism sector,” says Alejandro Castro Alfaro, Director of Marketing for the Costa Rica Tourism Board. “The country takes pride in providing unique, safe and...
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Responsible Tourism Events in February: Time Come, with Hope (Not Quite) Lost
I have been watching the inevitable happen. Counter-intuitively, in very recent times, I have also gasped as the unimaginable took place, even in the face of inevitability. (More about both below.)...
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