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Found: Lost pictures of New York blizzard

By ⋅ June 16, 2011 ⋅ One comment

I won’t weigh this post down with words. Just please take a few minutes out of your day to watch the videos below. Start with the first (of course) and then you’ll find that you have to make time for parts 2 and 3. It isn’t until part 3 that the connection to Local Travel […]

10 Reasons the Local Travel Movement is here to stay

By ⋅ June 9, 2011 ⋅ One comment

(and why we are proud to be a part of it!) 1. Like Slow Food, Slow Travel (aka Local Travel) was created by the curious and passionate, for the curious and passionate. 2. Because a vacation with a ‘local contact experience’ will not just help you compete with the Joneses, but will help you surpass […]

Nine labels for ethical tourism

By ⋅ June 3, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Can tourism have a positive impact on people’s lives and on the planet? More and more, environmental and humanitarian projects are learning how to harness tourism dollars to make a difference. Dignified livelihoods are being created in the field of tourism. In some places, ecosystems are better protected and researched, with tourism to thank. This […]

What Local Travel means to local travel experts

By ⋅ May 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Every month, the WHL Group delves into the travel experiences of travel experts in its extended network through interviews that appear on The Travel Word. One of the requests made of each of these local partners is for them to briefly explain what they think local travel is. What follows is a revealing selection of […]

We suck at collaboration

By ⋅ May 12, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

In early May, 2011, Ron Mader, founder and editor of Planeta.com and 2010 winner of The International Ecotourism Society’s Innovation Award, gave a slideshow presentation at the Responsible Tourism Cities Conference in Durban, South Africa. Entitled Why We Suck at Collaboration, it “addresses failure in many guises, including massive tree failure and online tourism promotion […]

Local Travel tips by Tony Wheeler

By ⋅ May 5, 2011 ⋅ One comment

A slightly outdated video (2009) geared towards business travelers with Local Travel tips by Tony Wheeler – founder of Lonely Planet, but with some good local travel tips.

Traveling like a local is the best way to go

By ⋅ May 2, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

After every trip we’ve taken, the most significant memories were those that included the people and the friendships we have created along the way. They’ve given us perspective and even inspired us to create a community of people who share the same passion for traveling and connecting with like-minded locals – Triptrotting. Here is a […]

“Authentic travel” is about accepting things as they are

By ⋅ April 28, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments

I have just read an interesting article, which I don’t agree with: 7 Reasons Why the ‘Authentic’ Travel Experience Is a Myth by Gary Arndt (@EverywhereTrip on Twitter). Gary Arndt writes: One reason people travel is to have an “authentic experience.” They envision traveling to a foreign country and living, eating, and doing the things […]

It’s hip to be local

By ⋅ April 20, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Here it is proof that “going local” is fashionable. I spotted this “I love locals” T-shirt being worn by someone on the streets of a hip part of Buenos Aires last week. I instantly wondered where it came from and, through the wonders of the internet, I tracked it down by typing simply “I love […]

Bringing responsible tourism to the hills of Darjeeling, India

By ⋅ April 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Set against the jaw-droppingly gorgeous backdrop of the snow-covered Himalayas and surrounded by the phenomenal forests and streams of rural Darjeeling, India, the little village of Mineral Spring is a community knit together by strong cultural values that have made it a model of sustainable growth. Two of these values are commitments to traditional agriculture […]

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