If you’ve heard of the Dakar Rally, then you’ve heard of Senegal. Located on the northwestern coast of Africa, Senegal borders Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia, as well as the North Atlantic Ocean. Until recently, ‘sustainable tourism’ in Senegal was a label used by local tour operators only as a means to attract responsible travellers…
Read More >>Archive for April, 2009
Spreading the whl.travel Word
whl.travel is slowly but surely lifting into more visible flying space. Despite the tumult of these financially unstable times and while other travel companies contract, whl.travel continues to expand, reaching across and deep into new destinations, refining content and improving access to it, striking up new collaborative relationships with other players that share sustainable and…
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The Mindful Tourist: Telling It Like It Is
On March 31, the Mindful Tourist (MT) blog posted an interview of Len Cordiner, CEO of whl.travel. In a preamble to the question-and-answer, the interviewer kindly recognised that whl.travel is ‘truly doing good work’. Thanks MT for acknowledging that our efforts are as genuine as the passion our local operators feel for the home destinations….
Read More >>Yet Another New Local Travel Knowledge Site?
‘Local travel’ feels like it’s hit the big time at the moment. Although there are mixed thoughts on whether ‘local travel’ refers to utilising the help of people native to a destination or to utilising tips from fellow travellers who have been there, or both, everyone wants a piece of the ‘local travel’ action, to join a web start-up and wrestle to become the next big thing in travel.
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Asia / Cambodia / South-Eastern Asia / WHL Group newsletter / children / ecotours / human interests / responsible travel / voluntourism / women
PEPY Magic: Under an NGO Spell in Rural Cambodia
I had no idea that a trip with PEPY would have such an impact on my life. Well, actually that’s a slight lie. The friend who had recommended the Cambodia-based NGO to me had warned that it would, but I didn’t quite believe it. After all, I had volunteered before, I had travelled Southeast Asia…
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Asia / Nepal / South-Central Asia / WHL Group news / local knowledge / mountains / new local connections / responsible travel
Outdoor Himalayan Treks Joins the Ranks of the whl.travel Global Grassroots Travel Network
Independent travellers to Nepal and hoteliers in Kathmandu have both celebrated the early-April launch of www.kathmanduhotel-link.com. A locally owned and operated travel-booking portal, it propels Kathmandu-based small- and medium-sized tourism operators into the global e-marketplace.
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