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Promoting Indigenous Tourism

By mindfultourist

With all the different types of tourism, sometimes it’s hard to sift through and find the ones that are truly worth the effort.  Poorism?  Not so much a fan, thanks.  Staycation?  Uh, no. But here’s one that absosmurfly should be on your radar screen if you’re interested in socially conscious tourism, ecotourism, or sustainable tourism:... »

Calling Poverty Tourism by its True Name

By mindfultourist

With the popularity of Slumdog Millionaire, we began to see more and more articles about poverty or slum tourism.  Since it left a bad taste in our mouth, we did a little research (also known as sitting on our arse and websurfing) here and there but couldn’t bring ourselves to write a post about it… until... »

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