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Empower Rwandan women and youth. Support Red Rocks Cultural Campsite.

April 27, 2023

Red Rocks Cultural Campsit empowers Rwandan women and youth by instilling pride and joy in cultural performance and preservation

Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Rwanda’s Musan­ze dis­trict offers an excel­lent oppor­tun­ity for travel agents and tour oper­at­ors to recom­mend a unique and mean­ing­ful exper­i­ence to their cli­ents. By pro­mot­ing this com­munity-based organ­isa­tion, travel pro­fes­sion­als can help empower Rwandan women and youth through its arts and crafts pro­gramme, while also provid­ing an authen­t­ic cul­tur­al experience […]

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An exemplar of nature-based and community-based agritourism in Rwanda: Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

April 21, 2023
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Agritourism in Rwanda at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite. Image by Kate Webster at www.travellerkate.com

Agri­t­our­ism show­cases agri­cul­ture, rur­al tra­di­tions, and nat­ur­al resources, provid­ing vis­it­ors with an oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence and learn about these ele­ments through tour­ism. The Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Musan­ze, Rwanda is an excep­tion­al mod­el of both nature-based agri­t­our­ism and com­munity-based agri­t­our­ism in Rwanda, show­cas­ing the vital­ity of the Afric­an nation. Sur­roun­ded by stun­ning scenery and […]

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Earth Day news: TPCC gathering scientific knowledge on tourism and climate change in time for COP28

April 18, 2023

Tourism Panel on Climate Change (TPCC)

A stock­take of tour­ism-related cli­mate sci­ence, indic­at­ors of sec­tor cli­mate risk, and pro­gress on cli­mate action is a key first deliv­er­able for the Tour­ism Pan­el on Cli­mate Change (TPCC) in 2023.  The TPCC has announced this ahead of Earth Day this Sat­urday, April 22. The first TPCC Stock­take will be the basis for future sci­ence ana­lys­is. Sixty-six […]

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Greg Bakunzi: From Rwandan refugee to founding force

March 27, 2023

Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Rwanda

Greg Bak­un­zi grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, hav­ing fled the extreme viol­ence of the Rwandan gen­o­cide in the 1990s.  Raised under “extremely chal­len­ging” con­di­tions, the young Greg had little access to form­al edu­ca­tion.  Des­pite these ori­gins, the Greg Bak­un­zi of the 2020s is a renowned pion­eer, trail­blazer, and innov­at­or in com­munity-based tour­ism in […]

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Women’s and youth empowerment in one of the world’s ‘best tourism villages’

March 16, 2023

Women's and youth empowerment in Rwanda with Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ives for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment runs con­­ser­­va­­tion- and com­munity-based tour­ism pro­jects in and around the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in Rwanda. Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park is most fam­ous for being one of the last hab­it­ats for moun­tain gor­il­las. Our ini­ti­at­ives include advan­cing the import­ant cause of women’s and youth empower­ment with­in our com­munit­ies. The non­profit Red […]

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World’s 46 Least Developed Countries to have Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters by September: Lipman

March 7, 2023

Strong Climate Friendly Travel Chapters to help world's least developed coutnries (LDCs). Photo by Miguel Bruna via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/@mbrunacr

DOHA, QATAR, MARCH 7, 2023: SUNx Malta will set up Strong Cli­mate Friendly Travel Chapters in all 46 least developed coun­tries (LDCs), plus select small island states. Chapters will work loc­ally to advance SUNx’ ambi­tious and action­able Cli­mate Friendly Travel (CFT) agenda, which is focused on a Par­is 1.5°C tar­get. SUNx co-founder and pres­id­ent Geoffrey […]

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