The “Decolonial Travel Guide Tanzania” centres local perspectives and presents travel as a shared learning process.

Travel guidebooks shape what is considered worth seeing – often overlooking the lives and perspectives of local communities.

Social media shapes travel decisions, puts destinations in the spotlight, but can also reinforce overtourism and stereotypical portrayals.

Digital travel guides make it easier to navigate destinations, but local knowledge often becomes accessible only through personal encounters.

Study: Perceptions of home influence how travellers view destinations – and which places they find most attractive.

Applications for the TO DO Award 2027 are open until 31 July 2026. The award recognises tourism initiatives involving local communities.

The tourism sector is becoming increasingly vulnerable to crises – yet new impulses remain scarce. Tourism Watch offers its assessment of ITB 2026.

For Alba Sud, overtourism is merely a symptom of the touristification—sustainable tourism requires an analysis of capitalist structures.

“Child protection in tourism is still being neglected.” ECPAT Germany CEO on taboos, successes, and the power of cooperation and education.

Clear social standards along the tourism supply chain can improve worker protection and effectively reduce human rights risks.