I recently read in one of my preferred blogs, Social Media Rock Star, how Burning Man is now the place to be. It’s the cutting edge. Maybe even the bleeding edge.
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Gloria takes inspiration from an article written by Len Cordiner of whl.travel that she found on Twitter via @vallenuova. She offers her thoughts on slow or ‘gentle’ travel.
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Gloria has recently joined the Make Travel Fair Blog Network and drew inspiration from one of our articles to write a very insightful piece of her own on the recent ‘local travel’ trend.
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The Cyprus government has given the go-head to 14 new golf courses in an attempt to boost tourism to the country, despite increasing water scarcity turning the island into a desert during the summer months.
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We are small but resourceful. Most people would be astonished how lively small communities can be. Also, internet really helps.
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The Playing For Change album is a collective statement from over 100 musicians spanning five continents, and is accompanied by an award winning documentary.
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Nick Weston is well into his Treehouse experience, sets about kitting out his new home and shoots a rabbit for dinner.
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Critics of poverty tourism maintain that the tours are voyeuristic and exploitative, and serve no real purpose except to profit from the slums’ destitute conditions and reinforce Western beliefs of cultural superiority and privilege.
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I discovered two new internet travel forums this month, both in the alpha development stage.
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Vicky Baker comments on the media backlash that followed a New York Times article encouraging tourists to visit London’s South East.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
What’s the connection between Burning Man & Social Media?
I recently read in one of my preferred blogs, Social Media Rock Star, how Burning Man is now the place to be. It’s the cutting edge. Maybe even the bleeding edge.
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‘Gentle travel’ is the way to go!
Gloria takes inspiration from an article written by Len Cordiner of whl.travel that she found on Twitter via @vallenuova. She offers her thoughts on slow or ‘gentle’ travel.
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Words matter: ‘local travel’ & other phrases
Gloria has recently joined the Make Travel Fair Blog Network and drew inspiration from one of our articles to write a very insightful piece of her own on the recent ‘local travel’ trend.
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14 new golf courses for parched Cyprus
The Cyprus government has given the go-head to 14 new golf courses in an attempt to boost tourism to the country, despite increasing water scarcity turning the island into a desert during the summer months.
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Village life in the Tuscan countryside
We are small but resourceful. Most people would be astonished how lively small communities can be. Also, internet really helps.
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Be inspired by Playing For Change
The Playing For Change album is a collective statement from over 100 musicians spanning five continents, and is accompanied by an award winning documentary.
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The Treehouse Diaries #5: Busy, busy, busy…knackered!
Nick Weston is well into his Treehouse experience, sets about kitting out his new home and shoots a rabbit for dinner.
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Who is right? The debate on Poverty Tourism
Critics of poverty tourism maintain that the tours are voyeuristic and exploitative, and serve no real purpose except to profit from the slums’ destitute conditions and reinforce Western beliefs of cultural superiority and privilege.
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Another internet travel forum
I discovered two new internet travel forums this month, both in the alpha development stage.
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Going local in Deptford, UK?
Vicky Baker comments on the media backlash that followed a New York Times article encouraging tourists to visit London’s South East.
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