Sharing Stories

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It’s not often that we link from Make Travel Fair to articles published on other sites.  When we’re not writing material ourselves or editing submissions we’re establishing agreements with companies, bloggers and organisations to bring in full, relevant articles supporting the ‘good guys’ and spreading plenty of love through outbound links. Occasionally though we’ll discover a story written elsewhere that we want to share with you all and the best way to do that is by providing a link.  If you’re following us on Twitter you’ll be able to see the stories we think are worth sharing but for those who aren’t we’ve decided to post a few links here.

• Why is the BBC flexing media muscle in the travel market?: We’ve intended to write an article about this for while, especially with the launch of a new Lonely Planet/BBC magazine threatening the long time independent Wanderlust.

• Just How Wrong Can the New York Times BE about Travel?: whl.travel discuss the creation of destination lists like those we often see at the end of the year, when companies attempt to dish out their predictions and rankings of popular places to visit.  We’ve thought for a long time that such lists are often purely self-serving and do nothing to quell the ‘tick that box’ culture that has led to the demise of so many destinations around the world.

• Mobile City Guides: We’ve recently got our hands on an iPhone and as a result are beginning to appreciate the potential that exists for Mobile applications and travel content.

• Is Voluntourism a Dirty Word?: Lucy Corne writes for BootsnAll Travel about the debate surrounding Volunteering, as discussed recently here by Sally Broom in What’s The Deal With Volunteering These Days?.

• Prison break: Vicky Baker recently took a paid tour of the unusual San Pedro Prison in La Paz, Bolivia (soon to be the subject of a Hollywood movie) and offers her thoughts on the experience in an article for the Guardian.  We can remember hearing about these tours back in 2001 when we were in Laz Paz but never made it into the prison.