The statistics tell us so: more and more of us want to give back and do good when we travel. This is heartening, right? Now we just have to start figuring out the best ways to contribute to the places we visit, in genuinely useful ways - and some of these are described in this episode.
First up, I chat with Roger Smith of Echidna Walkabout who gives a good overview of giving back, and shares his wisdom from a tour operator perspective. I wish every tour operator thought like Roger!
Next, I speak to Meg Jerrard and Mar Pages, two hardworking women I've known for many years, who now run small group tours under their Solo Female Travelers Club brand. Through this work, they've been giving back in Tanzania, and explain the story of Glory Thobias, who runs the Tanzanian Women Guides Foundation and trains female porters and guides to work in the lucrative tourism industry at Mount Kilimanjaro.
Finally, I talk to Peter Baines, founder of Hands Across the Water, a company offering cycling tours of Thailand with a very important giving back purpose, aided by compulsory fundraising for the tour participants. It's a great model that's proven vital for helping some at-risk groups of children in Thailand.
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303 Digital Nomad Life
302 Chiang Rai - Thailand's Far North
Book Club 19: Landlines by Raynor Winn
301 Community-Based Tourism
300 Thailand: First Post-Covid Adventure Abroad
299 Van Travel
298 Conservation Travel
297 Travels in Iraq
296 Connecting with Local People When You Travel
295 Overnight Train Travel
294 Raynor Winn: Deep Dive Into Thoughtful Travel
293 Citizen Science for Travellers
292 Ethical Animal Experiences on Your Travels
291 Things Going Wrong on Our Travels
Book Club 18: Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves
290 Kununurra and Seven Years of Podcasting
289 Behind the Scenes of Travel Media and Public Relations
288 Is Volunteer Tourism Good or Bad?
287 Not Your Typical Cruise
286 Melbourne, Victoria, and Sports Travel
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