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Microfinance Tourism: How to Turn Travel Cash into Microcredits
What is poverty? The disturbing reasons for asking this question often look us straight in the eye when we venture into parts of the world notable for extreme wealth disparities. To Mohammad Yunus, the...
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Photo of the Week: A Sunset in Hoi An, Vietnam
Located in central Vietnam, Hoi An is a famous World Heritage-listed town notable for its relaxed way of life, commitment to traditional customs, preserved architecture and fantastic food. Visitors to...
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A Wakeup Call for a Healthier Year: Responsible Travel Week 2013
It starts on Monday, February 11, 2013, and challenges you to be attentive. Over the week that follows, it ups the ante, suggesting on each successive day that you be generous (Tuesday), be creative...
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Exploring a True Wilderness in Peru’s Manu National Park
This article was published by our friends at The International Ecotourism Society, who have agreed to its republication here. View the original article on their Your Travel Choice blog. Peru's Manu...
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Photo of the Week: Rice Paddy Field in the Backwaters of Kerala, India
This shot was taken in the backwaters of Kerala, India, a highly complex network of inland waterways that connect the area’s remote villages. I hopped out of my canoe to watch and photograph this...
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Travel Safety in Peru: the Stories Behind the Headline
Looking at all the Latin American nations emerging from the bleak histories of the last few decades, few have transformed themselves into travel Meccas quite as completely and quickly as has Peru....
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A Perfect Day in Sydney: Travelling Like a Local
In 2005, when I moved to Sydney, Australia, it took a while for me to feel settled. That was only natural; any new foreign resident to any new land undergoes a period of discovery that is both exciting...
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There’s More to Goa, India, Than Just Goa Beautiful Beaches
THIS IS A SPONSORED POST The popularity of India as a holiday destination has been growing steadily in recent years. One of the many hotspots in India is Goa, the famous former Portuguese colony on the...
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The Old Travel Show Is Dead, Long Live the New York Travel Festival
On April 20 and 21, 2013, the New York Travel Festival casts its inaugural spell on the New York metropolitan area. Conceived of and given shape as something more inspiring and more anchored in place...
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Local Travel by Bus in Nicaragua: A Slice of Life
“They hang from the bars like monkeys,” says a Nicaraguan colleague. He’s describing his fellow riders as we discuss the exhausting 1.5-hour one-way trip of about 50 kilometres we undertook daily for...
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The Thermal Greenhouse Town of Hveragerði: Iceland’s Offbeat Hotbed
“Warning! Hot Spring Area” cautions a sign on the outskirts of Hveragerði, Iceland. Bilious clouds of steam rise up from the ground. I take the message as a sign that I’ve found what I was looking for...
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Miraculous El Sauce, Nicaragua
The river swelled and prevented his crossing. When Guadalupe Trejos was ordered to oversee the safe passage of El Christo Negro back to El Guayabal, a number of strange occurrences befell him. The...
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EcoAdventure Media: Walking the Talk
Today, I am proud to announce The Travel Word’s part in the launch of EcoAdventure Media, a group of seasoned media and travel industry professionals – writers, reporters, editors, bloggers,...
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Positive Action in Rio de Janeiro, Not Favela Safari Tours
Rio de Janeiro is a city of spectacular beauty, majestic hills, samba, bright blue seas, strong colours, hot sun, and both opulence and poverty all mixed together in a jumble. It’s a wonderful,...
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The Finalists of the 2013 Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards Are Revealed
This year, The Travel Word has again lent support to the Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards, a contest that rewards accommodations and tour operators committed to spreading responsible tourism across...
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When Planning a Nile Cruise in Egypt, Think About Your Eco-friendly Options
THIS POST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HOLIDAY HYPERMARKET It has been said that a Nile cruise in Egypt is like a trip back in time. At the start, you may set off from Cairo, a city well in the grip of modern...
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An Interview with Rob Greenfield, Bicycle Traveler and Sustainability Advocate
As members of the international traveling community – an informal group of wanderers, adventurers, culture enthusiasts and lovers of the planet – we must accept as imperative our social responsibility...
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Community-Based Tourism in Northern Nicaragua
During a decade-long civil war in the 1980s, Nicaragua‘s mountainous northern regions saw violent clashes between government Sandinista revolutionaries and U.S.-backed Contra forces. These days, people...
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The Fight For Survival: Elephants in Laos
This article was published by our friends at The International Ecotourism Society, who have agreed to its republication here. View the original article on their Your Travel Choice blog. Laos was once...
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Indigenous and Community-Based Tourism in Bolivia
In Bolivia, a country of amazing landscapes, the city of Cochabamba sits in an Andean mountain valley. Its name comes from two Quechua Indian words, meaning ‘lake’ and ‘open plain,’ and it is fittingly...
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