Setting Your Responsible Sights on the Southern Balkans Once a well-kept secret, Albania is on the verge of being ‘discovered’ by tourists. Until 1992 a communist country closed off to the rest of the world, Albania has only recently seen greater numbers of foreign travellers venture down to its southern Balkan corner of Europe, bringing…

I’m always favourably surprised by how many people have heard of Montenegro. For such a Lilliputian nation, it seems to have outsized celebrity, although, sadly, still seldom as a place worthy of holiday consideration. Having been an attractive vacation retreat as recently as the 1980s, Montenegro until just a few years ago had fallen off the radar as a tourist destination for anyone outside the region.

On Thursday 4 June, four leading global advocates of responsible tourism spoke and listened at a free public webinar (Web-based seminar) about the present and future of their fast-expanding industry. It was the first in a series of regular online gatherings that will tackle the crosscutting issues and universal appeal of responsible tourism as it applies to a broad range of constituencies in all sectors.

THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE. You probably already know that the Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world. If you are wondering how to get there, you should mark Manaus on your map. It’s where your adventure starts.

THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IS ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE. Every time you hear about São Paulo, you probably think of Brazil’s most populous city (also fourth in the world!). What you might not know is that São Paulo is also the name of a Brazilian state that has one of the country’s most beautiful coastlines.