by annapollock@me.com | Oct 18, 2013 | Biodiversity, Conscious Travel, Cultural Diversity, Culture, MOVE, Place, Protection
Excitement is mounting! In less than four hours I start my journey to Namibia to participate in the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s annual World Summit (2013). It’s such a privilege for many reasons: 1. Namibia leads the world in wildlife conservancy...
by annapollock@me.com | Jun 30, 2013 | Indigenous Values, Mindsets, MOVE, Place, Value & Views
A core tenet of Conscious Travel is an understanding that each place is alive and sacred. Host providers will develop truly sustainable livelihoods that benefit their communities when they come into right relationship with all life. Our indigenous brothers and sisters...
by annapollock@me.com | Oct 23, 2012 | Conscious Travel, Mindsets, MOVE, Place, Value & Views
If I had to summarize what Conscious Travel is all about in just three words I’d use: Value, Mindset, Place Value The biggest tragedy associated with mass, industrial tourism is that it is selling itself, the rest of humanity and the planet short. Ironically, this is...
by annapollock@me.com | Oct 16, 2012 | Conscious Travel, Indigenous Values, MOVE, Pace
At WINTA’s Indigenous Tourism Forum held as the concluding day of the Adventure Travel World Summit 2012, my role was to explain why Indigenous Tourism is an approach whose time has most definitely come (slide deck here). When guests are received and hosted by...
by annapollock@me.com | Aug 1, 2012 | MOVE
After years of travelling, I shall be stepping on the South American continent for the first time on or around September 9th, 2012 when I am privileged to have the opportunity to speak at the UNWTO’s Ethics and Tourism Congress. The provisional program can be...
