Voluntourism

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Beyond ‘voluntourism’: Can you help Rwanda with sustainable tourism and community development?

February 23, 2023

Can you help Red Rocks with sustainable tourism and community development in Rwanda?

Drip­ping with sus­tain­able tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment poten­tial, the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in north­west­ern Rwanda, along with the Vir­unga Park in the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of Congo (DRC) and the Bwindi Park in Uganda, make up the fam­ous Vir­unga Mas­sif whose eight vol­ca­noes are the only hab­it­at in the world for moun­tain gor­il­las. In Rwanda, Volcanoes […]

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Posted in "GT" Destinations & Places, "Good Tourism" in Africa, "GT" news & events, "GT" news from Africa, "GT" Partner messages, “Good Tourism” in Rwanda, Red Rocks Rwanda & Red Rocks Initatives
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WWOOF! An alternative tourism in times of turmoil

March 3, 2021

Insta-worthy WWOOFing experiences; a screen capture from the WWOOF Instagram page

Not to be con­fused with dog­ging, WWOOF­ing is a rur­al tour­ism concept that com­bines volun­tour­ism with organ­ic farm­ing and cul­tur­al exchange. In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, former WWOOF­er and cur­rent aca­dem­ic Yana Wen­gel explains why WWOOF and oth­er altern­at­ive forms of tour­ism could be just what we need. [Thanks to Joseph M Cheer for invit­ing Dr […]

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How a small South African backpackers is making a big community-based difference

February 28, 2020
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Elundini Backpackers homestead. Image supplied by author.

The Hogs­back region in the East­ern Cape of South Africa attracts vis­it­ors to its indi­gen­ous forests, lush moun­tain­ous land­scape, and breath­tak­ing hikes. Lieve Claessen and part­ner Elli­ot Son­jani oper­ate Elundini Back­pack­ers in a rur­al com­munity at the edge of Hogs­back. In this won­der-filled “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Lieve shares some of the ongo­ing chal­lenges facing Elundini […]

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Efficacy of “advocacy tourism” debatable

June 5, 2017

Grafitti, Getsemani, Cartagena Colombia. Source: Bryan Pocius; flickr.com/photos/pocius

Fight traf­fick­ing on the beaches — “advocacy tour­ism” is here Bored of the beach? Done with mini breaks? Time to take an “advocacy jour­ney” and spend a bliss­ful few days in the Carib­bean fight­ing human traf­fick­ing. In the latest offer­ing from the tour­ism industry, trips with a mis­sion are now on offer to trav­el­lers who want more from […]

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