The power of tourism to induce poverty reduction and development constituted the main focus of the UNWTO Workshop held in Guangdong, China. The workshop was conducted under the framework of the agreement signed between UNWTO and the Chimelong Group in 2016 designed to support sustainable tourism and wildlife protection through tourism. Raising awareness on the relevance of the tourism sector […]
Ever take a trip and come back wishing you had taken more pictures? It seems like some trips are like fishing tales with plentiful stories about the perfect shot that got away. If you hate coming home from vacation thinking “We should’ve brought more film!” Then consider a photo expedition that presents some of the most remarkable shots that you’ll […]
Even the most hateful adventurer in the world, getting there will admit that there is nothing thrilling like standing face to face just a few feet away from a wild mountain gorilla in his turf looking right into gorillas incredibly human like eyes. With fewer than 880 mountain gorillas left in the world, gorilla trekking is not just an extraordinary […]
A hot wind is blowing over Botswana’s Okavango Delta. But it doesn’t bother Onks Letsholathebe. The safari guide from Maun has just found a young female leopard relaxing on a floodplain close to Xigera Camp, and he and his guests are enraptured. “She’s very relaxed,” he smiles, accompanied by the sound of fervent camera shutters and various “oohs” and “aahs”. The […]
San Blas is a small town that was formerly used as a base to fight pirates in western Mexico. Perhaps because swashbucklers have ceased to be a threat for some time, the town has developed a forgotten, rather neglected personality. Some of the larger hotels resemble left-over horror movie sets as they are reclaimed by the surrounding jungles, crocodiles are […]
Macaws are massive, long-tailed parrots plumaged in such bright colors that it’s hard to believe they exist outside of a zoo. Despite being more frequently seen at bird shows, on commercials, and travel brochures to tropical locales where they aren’t native (such as Jamaica, Florida, or the Virgin Islands) than in much of their natural range, large numbers of these […]
Hosted by The Programa Andes Tropicales, this is an ideal way to take a walking and horseback tour of the Andes. The area involved is within two national parks in Venezuela; the Sierra Nevada and Sierra la Culata. Along your chosen route there will be a network of supported lodges for your stays. At these points you will have the […]
New research shows that elephant numbers increase when more ecotourists visit the areas with elephant populations. This is in stark contrast to trophy hunting which can have devastating effects on elephant herds. Monitoring the elephants of Mapungubwe Ensuring the long-term survival of elephants is not simply a matter of setting aside protected conservation areas and working to keep them ecologically […]
Tourists take trips to Yellowstone National Park in the United States for exciting encounters with wildlife, to African parks such as Serengeti, Masai Mara, and Kruger for incredible safaris, and to Khao Yai in Thailand to see large Asian mammals. Only a two-hour drive from massive and congested Bangkok, residents of the Thai capital do weekend trips to Khao Yai […]
The Everglades is the largest and most important freshwater, subtropical peat wetland in North America. The Everglades consists of sawgrass prairies, mangrove and cypress swamps, pinelands, and hardwood hammocks, as well as marine and estuarine environments. The varying water depths, diverse habitat types, and abundant food across the Everglades attract large populations of wading birds and threatened and endangered species, […]