Bologna (TAN): A startup called FairBnB offers a model for “hosts and guests to connect for meaningful travel and cultural exchange, while minimizing the cost to communities” as an alternative…
Botswana’s elephant hunting proposal triggers debate
Botswana is home to 130,000 elephants. Gaborone (TAN): The Botswana government’s proposal to withdraw its ban on hunting elephants has trigged a big debate on social media. According to reports, the…
Iceland closes Justin Bieber canyon till June
A canyon in Iceland. Reykjavik (TAN): The Iceland government has closed the popular Fjadrargljufur canyon to the public in order to conserve its fragile ecosystem that has been affected by a…
Jane Goodall to sound sustainable tourism bugle in Sierra Leone
Jane Goodall picture from her Facebook profile. Freetown, Sierra Leone (TAN): Jane Goodall, a British primatologist most known for her long-term study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania, began her tryst…
US: Big Little Lies town wakes up to overtourism
Bixby Bridge in Bir Sur, California. Picture from the official website of California Travel and Tourism Commission Monterey County, California (TAN): Overtourism is impacting places such as Venice, which has…