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How Your Travel Choices Can Help Women Thrive Around the World
As travelers, we too can have an impact and help women around the world thrive. We can use our travel choices and purchasing power to help enhance gender equality around the world and provide more women with sustainable employment through the travel industry. Travelers can support women’s jobs in the global hospitality industry by choosing women-led travel outfitters, employing female guides, supporting women-owned businesses and local non-profits in the places they visit.
Check out these tips on how you as a traveler can use your purchasing power to make a difference in women’s lives.
How Travelers Can Find Sustainable Travel Experiences
(and how the travel industry can promote them)
7 Reasons to Travel in the Off-Season
Discover the benefits of traveling during a destination’s off-season.
Partnership Announcement: GLP Films and the Good Tourism Institute
GLP Films partners with the Good Tourism Institute to push sustainable tourism forward.
To Market Stewardship, Use Local Voices: Sedona, AZ
Written by GLP’s Holly Prievo, this article zeros in on how a strategic video campaign can leverage local participation in order to shift a destination away from “destination marketing” and toward “destination management.” This shift can help destinations all over the globe avoid overtourism, increase responsible stewardship, and ensure long-term sustainability.
Repurposing Tourism in the Climate Emergency: The Blue Yonder
The Blue Yonder's Mission to Build Climate Resilience. Learn how The Blue Yonder repurposes tourism to support the humanitarian sector, collaborate with communities, and provide practical solutions for climate challenges. Discover their award-winning initiatives and global collaboration for a sustainable and resilient future.
Equity Global Treks: A Slow Travel Initiative Preserving Nomadic Culture
Equity Global Treks - Khusvegi English & Nomadic Culture Camp is a community-led, women of color-founded 30-day slow tourism initiative that invites a limited number of tourists to live with eagle hunting families while teaching English to young nomads.
Creating Safer Spaces: The Inclusive Guide's Mission to Promote Social Justice
Learn more about the Inclusive Guide, an online community that ranks safe and welcoming spaces for anyone who faces discrimination.
GLP Announces Sustainability & Storytelling Workshops
GLP announces hands-on, customizable workshops designed to help destinations & tourism businesses educate and inspire their stakeholders in this new travel era.
ESG Storytelling Through Video
Turn your ESG metrics into compelling stories that drive people to experience your tourism offerings.
Pacific Island Food Revolution: Celebrating Culinary Roots
Pacific Island Food Revolution is all about the restoration of Pacific Island food culture. And what’s the best way to bring local food back to the main stage? Reality TV, of course.
The Growth Of Sustainable Tourism In Europe: Norway, Switzerland, Croatia
Sustainable tourism is growing in Europe and Norway, Switzerland, and Croatia are leading the way.
Behind the Lens: On-Location in The Azores
Travel with our team on location for a behind-the-scenes look at our latest campaign in the Azores.
African Scenic Safaris: Advocating for Kilimanjaro’s Porters
Meet the winner of GLP’s Sustainability Storytelling Competition (SSC) in the “Sustainable & Regenerative Tourism” category: African Scenic Safaris. Founded in 2009, African Scenic Safaris is a sustainable tour operator based in Moshi, Tanzania, that specializes in personalized safari itineraries and ethical climbs.
Holistic Awareness and Curiosity as Foundations for Sustainable Travel
Sustainability in travel and tourism became a trend shaping the whole industry. Whereas in general it’s a very positive approach, you have to have holistic awareness and curiosity to perform it well and avoid mistakes made despite good intentions.
For better or for worse - How are your guests impacting your local ecosystems?
Companies & Tourism Boards can encourage guests to embrace LNT principles, thus preserving and even enhancing the natural beauty of their locale.