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Friday, April 11, 2008

10 myths about responsible travelling

Many people perceive responsible travel to be about paying a lot of money to stay in a mud hut on a deserted island somewhere in the middle of nowhere. We set the story straight here and we'd love to hear your views...

Labels: myths, responsible travel

2 Comments:

Kayakerkayaker said...: Responsible travelling isnt just about the big things like off setting flt emissions and choosing an operator that has signed up to certain standards.
Its about the way you conduct yourself when travelling.Engaging with locals at every oppourtunity helps you understand how life really is for them. Do they work daft hours, do they have a choice? etc..The benefits are huge and the ability to empathise can only assist your own understanding of the town / country and the people that you have travelled to visit.
A responsible traveller will think not only about their carbon footprint,reusing wet towels,not using too many plastic water bottles, etc... but their personal footprint as well. Perhaps this is the most important? Sometimes its the transient people you come into contact with that can leave the the biggest impression.; 15 April 2008 13:09
Menno said...: 11th myth: it's not possible to go to an exotic destination by train or bike.

Travelers are often looking for exotism much further away than they should...what is an exotic destination? Could we consider Belarus for example as an exotic destination? In our "RebelFarmer" point of view 'yes': this destination, 1 night-train traveling from Düsseldorf, opens directly your eyes on one of the last centrally-planned economies left in the world. It helps you understand how subsistence farming is working and relevant for surviving next to poorly paid job. By doing this actually they safeguarded a tradition that we lost in Western Europe namely the art of organic farming and cooking based on local ingredients including all kind of wild products. Did you know that research from our team revealed that almost all village people in Belarus know at least 10 types of mushrooms! Did you also know that most songs and dances practiced in Belarusian villages are connected to a nature-based religion dating back far before Christianity (pagan rituals)?
RebelFarmer supports the GREENWAYS of Eastern Europe, an sustainable way to discover the exotic Belarusian countryside.

See http://www.rebelfarmer.org/voluntourism.html and www.greenways.by; 15 May 2008 19:02

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