Nelson Mandela famously once said ‘…it is time for new hands to lift the burden. It is in your hands now…”. This Tourism Month serves as a reminder to all to use their talents to find ways to create positive...
Daniella Sachs describes herself as a white South Africa, accepting the “agency of skin colour, ” she writes “while I accept that I was born with less melanoma than others, the fact is, I was born...
A growing desire for authenticity in travel has fuelled an interest in learning about the local people who live in destinations – with the stories told by those same people. While on paper this may seem like a...
We need to think about the stories we tell in the itineraries and places we recommend and market. We need to have more diversity in the experiences and stories we tell. We need to take responsibility if travel is to...
In this webinar, we explore the impact that a proactive diversity, equity and inclusion strategy can have on travel and tourism. The session will include case studies from The Travel Corporation and Hyatt and then...
We are a storytelling species. We use stories to make sense of the world and to educate our children. Some of the stories are fiction: fairy tales. We use science fiction to think about the future. Science fiction and...
From the beginning, Responsible Tourism has been about more than the environment. In the Cape Town Declaration, the founding document of what has become the Responsible Tourism Movement, we recognised the ‘global...
Each year the travel and tourism industry opens up the world to a wide range of travellers regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, abilities and sexual orientation. And in recent years, many companies have begun the...
For the last eight years, Jeremy Smith has been to every single session of the responsible tourism programme at World Travel Market London. And every year, he has produced a daily summary of what has happened during...
At the heart of Responsible Tourism is the idea that tourism businesses look at the social, environmental and economic issues in the place or places that they do business and ask themselves whether they can address any...
You can’t be what you can’t see is a phrase we hear time and time again. Studies show that role models are an incredibly effective way to encourage women to make different choices. Their effect is based on the concept...
Many people want to educate themselves more about issues relating to racial discrimination and become better allies. Here are 10 useful resources that can help you on your journey: What to read: Why I’m No Longer...
The 2019 Year of Return, when Ghana welcomed Africans in the diaspora to participate in events associated with the country’s rich cultural heritage, was an opportunity to learn more about what tourists want. One million...
Africa Travel Week
Harold Goodwin
Jeremy Smith
The Conversation Africa