Archive for July, 2010
Weaving goodbye – going local in Peru
Nina Fogelman and Ancient Summit, Inc., are the inspiration for and the host of a new documentary (see the trailer below) that was filmed in the summer of 2009. The documentary features five American teenagers with a strong desire to go local, to immerse themselves in a different culture and forge a bond through the […]
Our own Spotted by Locals experience
Since we started Spotted by Locals in 2008, we’ve been visiting “our” 29 cities frequently to meet the local writers (“Spotters”) who share their passion for their city by writing about their favorite local spots in the city they love. Of course, it’s the best part of our job! The last few weeks, we visited […]
Outdoor Albania’s view on local travel
Laura Payne, co-founder of Outdoor Albania and local travel activist, believes that local traveling is about meeting and connecting with the locals and experiencing their culture, as well as about preserving nature and bringing economical benefits to those who need it most. Six years ago, Laura paid her first visit to Albania and directly fell […]
Go local in Iceland initiative
North of Iceland, Dalvík – a small fishing village with 1500 inhabitants hidden in the longest fjord of Iceland, Eyjafjordur. It is a peak of the summer season, middle of July with long days, and the sun hardly setting down….and one wonders, how come that there are only very few tourists, who make it all […]
Travel as a local in Los Cabos: the new wave that is changing our destination
What first comes to mind when you hear “travel to Los Cabos”? Wonderful beaches with crystalline water? Luxury hotels with modern and amazing buildings and fine golf facilities? A sport fishing adventure? Being known as a premiere vacation spot in México is not weird; Los Cabos is often described as a strictly luxury beach destination. […]
The Local Travel Movement: How to make your vacations more meaningful
No doubt you’ve heard of the “locavore” movement – the idea of eating food that is grown or raised close to home, sometimes within a 50 or 100 mile radius – but have you heard of the Local Travel Movement? Despite its name, LTM is not, I repeat not, a staycation, the recently coined word […]
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. Be heard, be active, take the argument where it makes a difference Let’s face it, who else reads these but the […]
The Local Travel Movement in movement
When the Local Travel Movement soft-launched on March 10 of this year, we had high hopes but no real sense of what would happen. Now, nearly four short months later (exactly three months since we started pressing word to the general public), we’re very pleased. We trust that you too have found some value in […]
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. Liziwes Bed & Breakfast in Cape Town, South Africa As a long but growing list of travellers has already discovered, little rivals the cultural experience of staying […]