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Want to travel locally? Walk!
One reason that I’ve walked over 6,650 kilometers around the Mediterranean Sea is to connect with local communities and be exposed to new people, places, cultures, cuisine, ideas and socio-political idiosyncrasies. Though I hope to circumnavigate the entire sea within twenty years, which is the amount of time it took Odysseus to return to Ithaca […]
Responsible Tourism Week 2010: May 17-21
For the second year in a row, Planeta.com is proud to announce Responsible Tourism Week, revving up for action from May 17-21, 2010. Created first in 2009 when the Belize Responsible Tourism Conference was cancelled due to the swine flu outbreak, RT Week, scheduled just a few weeks before World Environment Day, is “a free […]
Do as the Umbrians do! Travel local in the Green Heart of Italy.
Situated in the heart of Italy, Umbria is one of the smallest regions in our country. About 70% of the territory is the gentle rolling hills that have made it famous. But it also offers a great variety of other geological characteristics within the gentle landscape – fertile valleys, mountain chains, plateaus and plains that […]
The travel industry’s dilemma
Bridging the gap between independent and organized group travel An age-old conflict exists between travelers who prefer to strike out on their own – independents – and those who prefer to join organized tours – groupies. Independents refuse to part with their sense of self-driven freedom and adventure. The spontaneity of flying solo with a […]
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 Travel Movement – Tour Guys
I think there is a shift happening in the kinds of travel experiences many people are seeking: a drift away from traditional sun and sand vacations towards a more meaningful type of trip. The cruises and resort vacations will always be popular, but it seems more and more people are seeking out moments of cultural […]
Get lost, go local, go loco
A new era in responsible travel? The Local Travel Movement and what it means to Loco2Travel “Safe but Soulless” reads Ethan Gelber’s diagnosis of conventional modern travel (see here). A world of guide books, disassociation and irresponsible economic behaviour. Whilst we may buy Fairtrade at home and carry a bag-for-life around a farmers market in […]
Some first figures
Some first figures, exactly 2 weeks after our launch: 32 partners! (check the list in the right side column) 850 unique visitors from 89 (!) countries in the world …Interested visitors , because they checked out about 3 pages per visit, and stayed online for an average of 3 minutes. 24 comments, on 12 postings. […]
20 partners already!
We soft-launched the Local Travel website five days ago. With hardly any publicity from our side (we’re planning to do that this week), the news of our launch was spread fast, especially on Twitter. We’ve received quite a few e-mails from organizations who are interested in joining our mission. So far, 20 organizations have signed up […]