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The Local Travel Movement launches – TravMonkey
Local travel seems to be an up and coming trend this year, and why not? With benefits for both travellers and locals it seems like a win-win scenario. Travellers gain from some real expert knowledge on the ground whilst saving money spending locally and in return local heritage and culture is respected and nourished. Local […]
Peace and Tourism
Stumbled upon a very interesting article about the increasing role of tourism in achieving peace in the world. I got permission from Dr. Craig Zelizer to publish the first few paragraphs of the article. There are quite a few people who believe that one of the key aspects to promoting increased peace and understanding in […]
Local Travel: connecting independent travelers with people and places
Within the past few weeks, over 40 (and counting) companies and organizations from around the world – representing a diverse range of industry segments and interest areas, from urban travel to wildlife safari, from international companies to community-based groups – have gathered in support of the Local Travel Movement, a new global initiative promoting the […]
Local – from Planeta.com
In a globalized world we are also more hyperlocal than ever. We crave the carrotmobs and cater to a growing wave couchsurfers. Locals are using Flickr to show off neighborhood events and visitors are seeking out what makes places unique. Planeta.com is a proud partner of the Local Travel Movement — the main goal of […]
Learn to travel with the locals
As more attention is given to the preservation and development of a destination’s local culture and character, a new website has launched to embrace, develop, promote and establish “Local Travel” as a responsible way forward in tourism. Responsible travel is a living, evolving entity. As the world economy shifts, travel trends tend to adapt to […]
The Travel 3.0 Era – Local Travel
There is no right or wrong about how we position the Local Travel Movement, but its relevance is obvious As I look at the evolution of travel, we are at the leading edge of what I would call Travel 3.0. Travel 1.0 Travel 1.0 was about the travel professionals and travel experts telling us about […]
Traveling local…. in Hungary
When travelling, it is well known that getting to know, through the local, the real people and places you are visiting allows you to get the most out of your trip. It allows you to really discover the country as if you, yourself were a resident. With the local travel movement building up worldwide, we know know […]
Go local on Obscura Day!
Obscura Day takes place on 20 March in about 80 cities around the globe. It’s a “day of expeditions, back room tours and hidden treasures in your own hometown” and is organized by the people behind Atlas Obscura, a collaborative project that tries to catalogue odd and ”strange” projects left out of traditional travel guidebooks and […]
Best local travel websites
www.MyFriendshotel.com has written a nice article subtitled “Get down with the locals”, with a list of websites that, as they write, allow you to meet locals without having to go the whole hog and actually stay with “one of them”. I do not agree that all the websites they mention have guaranteed tips by locals, […]