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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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