In the decade or so since their beginnings as matchmakers for lonely spare rooms, online letting platforms in the new sharing economy have mushroomed, and morphed into popular players in the holiday property rental market. But the internet is humming with fury and anxiety about the havoc this new travel phenomenom is causing. Is […]
Ethical Animal Encounters
It always surprises me how long it’s taken for the world to realise that most of the animal tourism activities we have participated in for many years involves the harm and exploitation of animals. Only recently have animal activists begun to break through the social media feeds to shed light on the harmful effects of […]
The alarming massification process of the Rainbow Mountain
A returning visitor’s perspective It was 2016 and I had been living in Cusco, Peru, for about a year. Passing by tourist agencies with attractive posters selling tours to Machu Picchu, Titicaca Lake, Salkantay Trek and Tambopata Natural Reserve-among others- was basically daily routine. But one day something changed. It took a while until […]
A Guide to Ethical Roadtrip Travel in the UK
This is a guest post contribution from Jane Fournier, a freelance content manager and writer. Thanks again, Jane, for writing and sharing your article with us. Britain is projected to have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025 – as reported by Visit Brian – which is just under 10% of UK GDP. […]
Sustainable Accommodation and Travel: Why Airbnb may not be the Answer.
It seems that finding sustainable accommodation, or responsible accommodation is rarely a simple task. My experience has been that it’s certainly not as easy as it should be. With a myriad of accommodation options out there for our travels, it can be hard to pick the right one, let alone be able to know which […]
Impacts of mega-events on human trafficking in Brazil
The article was written by Tereza Kubistova, Tourism Concern volunteer and student at the University of Northampton. She is looking into doing her master’s in social impacts of Tourism, which will lead her career towards focusing on human rights, economic leakage and human trafficking. This article was primarily used as an academic paper and then […]
4th Modern Slavery & Human Rights in Supply Chain Conference
The latest figures reveal that there are approximately 40 million people living in modern slavery worldwide. According to the International Labour Organisation, 25 million people are trapped in forced labour while children account for 10 million of the overall total. Interestingly, modern slavery used to be perceived as an issue that existed in third world […]
International Seminar on Tourism and Rights
The “International Seminar on Tourism and Rights – a Map of Contradictions” took place between 12 and 13 June at Sesc 24 de Maio, São Paulo. The conference was a chance to reflect on the democratisation of access and the impacts of tourist practices. Tourism Concern has worked with SESC previously and Mark Watson was […]
