Darlene

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1 11, 2010

Tourism, Conservation and Displacement

By |November 1st, 2010|Africa, Climate change, Ungategorized|2 Comments

Ecotourism -as opposed to mass tourism- along with wildlife conservation are seen as increasingly important, given the sustainability issues of our time. Ironically, these very practices are causing displacement of indigenous peoples in some parts of the world, threatening their livelihoods.

24 09, 2010

The future of ancestral tourism?

By |September 24th, 2010|Ungategorized|5 Comments

Ancestral tourism, often referred to as genealogy tourism, can be defined as travelling to an ancestral homeland in order to connect on some level to a familial past. This type of tourist, where circumstances allow, traditionally spends time at a destination scouring through local libraries, national archives and genealogy centers.

However, in the past few […]