The pathway from Starfish to Path DMC
The pathway from Starfish to Path DMC In January 2003 I arrived in Thailand for a three month volunteer experience combining teaching and elephant conservation. My original plan was simply to enjoy a career break before returning home, but I quickly fell completely in love with Thailand and everything about the lifestyle here – the […]
An alternative approach to tourism
An alternative approach to tourism I recently read an interesting analysis by Andrew Holden (Director for the Centre for Research into Environment and Sustainable Tourism at the University of Bedfordshire) in which he describes the characteristics of “alternative tourism” as opposed to traditional mass (neoliberal) tourism. We all know how damaging mass tourism can become […]
An Operator’s Choice: Western versus Local Tour Guides
An Operator’s Choice: Western versus Local Tour Guides It wasn’t too long ago that pretty much every adventure travel trip had a ‘Western’ tour guide leading it or, at the very least, accompanying local tour guides. Then over the last 20 years, more and more tour operators started marketing that their trips were operated with […]