If we, the “Local Travel” lobby want to make a real difference in the way people travel then it will not be achieved by trying to convert ourselves in perpetuity in these travel blogs.
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A link to this interesting set of photos on Flickr titled ‘Locals and Tourists’ has cropped up in a few places now so you may well have already taken a look, if you haven’t it’s worth a glance.
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Last week a friend and I went to Lisbon to stay with lovely couple who are from Lisbon. They took the week off work to show us around their city and had planned an itinerary for us which was packed full of the ‘tourist sites’.
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Nothing beats the experience of staying with locals and supporting their local communities. The WHL Group puts forward here five of its favourite community-based accommodation initiatives in Africa.
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This week someone told me about a B&B in Buenos Aires called Abode that prides itself on its ‘full English’ breakfast.
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Tripbods in Moscow can give you the local travel advice that will make your stay in Moscow everything that you want it to be.
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My passion for Morocco came to me over 10 years ago during a trip in the south of the country. Since then I have been back many times, but the short visits ended one cold, wet, December afternoon in London
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I just read an interesting post on the At Home in Tuscany blog. In it the author addressed a decision by Grantourismo couple (and local travel supporters) Lara Dunston and Terry Carter to stay in Puglia.
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Lately I’ve been thinking about the relationship between luxury hotels or resorts and the local communities.
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I’ve been commissioning a lot of longterm expats on the guidebook project I’m currently working on. For this type of work, this is the ideal vantage point.
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Local Travel: progress, or self endorsement?
If we, the “Local Travel” lobby want to make a real difference in the way people travel then it will not be achieved by trying to convert ourselves in perpetuity in these travel blogs.
Continue Reading »
Top 10 cities photographed by locals
A link to this interesting set of photos on Flickr titled ‘Locals and Tourists’ has cropped up in a few places now so you may well have already taken a look, if you haven’t it’s worth a glance.
Continue Reading »
Going local in Lisbon, Portugal with Tripbod
Last week a friend and I went to Lisbon to stay with lovely couple who are from Lisbon. They took the week off work to show us around their city and had planned an itinerary for us which was packed full of the ‘tourist sites’.
Continue Reading »
Top five picks for community-based tourism accommodation in sub-equatorial Africa
Nothing beats the experience of staying with locals and supporting their local communities. The WHL Group puts forward here five of its favourite community-based accommodation initiatives in Africa.
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What’s wrong with an English breakfast abroad?
This week someone told me about a B&B in Buenos Aires called Abode that prides itself on its ‘full English’ breakfast.
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Going local in Moscow, Russia with Tripbod
Tripbods in Moscow can give you the local travel advice that will make your stay in Moscow everything that you want it to be.
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Going local in Marrakech, Morocco
My passion for Morocco came to me over 10 years ago during a trip in the south of the country. Since then I have been back many times, but the short visits ended one cold, wet, December afternoon in London
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Going local in a tourist hotspot
I just read an interesting post on the At Home in Tuscany blog. In it the author addressed a decision by Grantourismo couple (and local travel supporters) Lara Dunston and Terry Carter to stay in Puglia.
Continue Reading »
Luxury travel & local communities
Lately I’ve been thinking about the relationship between luxury hotels or resorts and the local communities.
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Do expat’s offer the best local tips?
I’ve been commissioning a lot of longterm expats on the guidebook project I’m currently working on. For this type of work, this is the ideal vantage point.
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