Award Winning Responsible Travel Blog From India
Once the lockdown is lifted slowly, the idea of travelling will still be far-fetched. Flying, coming in contact of strangers will not be safe for the next few months. One a plus side, the local tourist spots of every city will be comparatively emptier because of low tourist footfall.
It feels like the market won’t revive itself before 2021 so the situation is not good for those who had limited resources and were dependent on the market to meet their livelihood. But there are certain ways to support the individuals who rely on travel industry. Without travelling, we can support the jobs that were dependent on travel industry.
Volunteering is a popular trend among backpackers around the world. In India, it doesn’t receive much attention, despite the fact that there are non profit groups that look for volunteers for various operations, on both long term and short term basis. This article will take you through everything in detail on how you can volunteer and travel in India.
Travel industry supports a lot of jobs and small businesses. With travel industry going down, a great number of folks are sitting at home jobless, totally dependent on agencies for food and other necessary items. Here is how you can support small businesses while sitting at home.
With the rising popularity of air travel a lot of problems have started to find spotlight that usually comes from the side of travellers. Misbehavior with ground staff as well as the flight attendants has been really common and this needs to be eradicated. Here are a couple of practices that you should follow while travelling in flights.
Volunteering with a local NGO is a very unique experience for travellers. Nothing can be more rewarding than making a difference in the lives of the locals. Today, there are a number of NGOs operating in various districts of Himachal Pradesh that work in fields of cleanup to education.
Recently, I won silver at Outlook Traveller Responsible Tourism Awards 2020. In this blog, I share some thoughts about how it will impact my work and challenges associated with my work.
Climate Change in Ladakh has created a number of issues. Glaciers have melted while ongoing road projects have destroyed the traditional pathways for many animals including Snow Leopard who used these trails from the memory since generations and are now entering human habitats.
Plastic alternatives are the objects that you can use in place of a plastic. While the hipster folks will relate this with bamboo toothbrushes and metal straws, there are alternatives that are easy to source and available to everyone.
