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Learn to travel with the locals

As more attention is given to the preservation and development of a destination’s local culture and character, a new website has launched to embrace, develop, promote and establish “Local Travel” as a responsible way forward in tourism. Responsible travel is a living, evolving entity. As the world economy shifts, travel trends tend to adapt to […]

20 partners already!

We soft-launched the Local Travel website five days ago. With hardly any publicity from our side (we’re planning to do that this week), the news of our launch was  spread fast, especially on Twitter. We’ve received quite a few e-mails from organizations who are interested in joining our mission. So far, 20 organizations have signed up […]

Going local – yesterday and again today

There’s always a lot of banter about travel “back in the day.” Each generation of sojourners loves to lose itself in a halcyon haze, reflecting back on a time gone by when travel was clearly at its best… and then lost to the ever-denser droves of insensitive and irresponsible touring ogres. My golden age was […]

Get lost, go local!

My last post about the misunderstood merits of Local Travel appears to have hit a positive nerve. It seems there’s a choir out there of local travellers who welcome a little preaching. Amen. So from my fine pulpit, let me crack open the Great Explorers’ Almanac and thumb to the right page for a decidedly […]

Loco for local: travel like it should be

It’s a personal belief so powerful that I sometimes find it hard not to be preachy. Or to ignore others’ lidded gazes, warily gauging me like I’m a circus barker purveying foul-smelling hair tonic. I really must therefore ask: Can anyone explain why many travellers roll their eyes when asked about the value of local […]