I received the following sensible advice from one of the more experienced responsible tour operators, AWOL Tours:
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
How to choose a local tour operator
Choosing a local tour operator can be a challenge for travellers, particularly when booking in advance and coming from another country. For the ethically-minded traveller, the insistence on a responsible tour operator adds to the challenge (given that certification schemes are relatively new, expensive for operators to attain and keep, and unfamiliar to most travellers).
I received the following sensible advice from one of the more experienced responsible tour operators, AWOL Tours:
I received the following sensible advice from one of the more experienced responsible tour operators, AWOL Tours:
Monday, 21 February 2011
A Country Imagined wins 2011 SAFTA award
The TV doccie, A Country Imagined, won the SAFTA award category for Best Factual / Educational Programme. Just a bit of celebration in cyberspace. Woohoo! SAFTAs are the Academy Awards of South Africa.For those who don't know, A Country Imagined is a BBC-style epic series of 13 x one hour episodes with amazing aerial footage as well as interactions with amazing South African artists. A-List South African musician, Johnny Clegg, is the narrator and 'everyman' who criss-crosses the country engaging with the landscape and representations of it.
The link between this project and responsible travel? More substantial than you might think. My thoughts here.
So nice to have worked on an amazing project like this and to have others recognise the quality of the result. Congratulations to the entire team (especially Tracy!), and to Curious Pictures for making it all happen.
Missed the series on TV (even though it was re-broadcast)? You can buy it on DVD.
Woohoo!
Monday, 14 February 2011
Friday, 11 February 2011
Interview with Planeta.com about RT Week 2011
Video of my recent interview with Planeta.com editor and founder of RT Week, Ron Mader, about how Cape Town is preparing to participate in RT Week 2011 (14-18 February).
I've been moonlighting as editor of ResponsibleCapeTown.co.za, so apologies if there's overlap between content. I'm trying to keep that minimised.
I've been moonlighting as editor of ResponsibleCapeTown.co.za, so apologies if there's overlap between content. I'm trying to keep that minimised.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Cape Town's Woodstock in NY Times...again
So back in May 2010 the NY Times ran a lovely wet-kiss piece about the Woodstock neighbourhood of Cape Town in its "surfacing" series as part of the Travel section. Now, 8 months later, Woodstock is in again, this time in the Arts section in its "scene/seen" series.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
RT Week 2011 shaping up to be big in Cape Town
Responsible Tourism Week 2011 is 14 - 18 February, and Cape Town looks set to participate in a significant way. This is the third year of RT Week, and it seems to be gaining real traction.
I'm involved with the team at Responsible Cape Town (www.responsiblecapetown.co.za), and I can tell you that there will be a good number of Cape Town RT stories shared during RT Week by various people involved in RT (and related activities) in the Mother City. The mainstream media looks like it is also getting the bug, and we may have some coverage of RT Week as well.
I'm involved with the team at Responsible Cape Town (www.responsiblecapetown.co.za), and I can tell you that there will be a good number of Cape Town RT stories shared during RT Week by various people involved in RT (and related activities) in the Mother City. The mainstream media looks like it is also getting the bug, and we may have some coverage of RT Week as well.
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