Dear Readers; I apologize for the profanity, but there really is no other way to describe it ……., The U.S. is fucking stupid! They make everyone get a passport to get across the border, and are in the process of building a wall between our two countries, when suddenly they start to panic that tourism [...]

How does one get to Arviat, Nunavut, Canada? During my holidays I was recently given the chance to do a contract assignment in a place that I always wanted to go to but didn’t think I could ever go to.  I had the opportunity to travel to the hamlet …

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The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has launched a new campaign called Explore Canada Like a Local.  Through its website and app, travellers can find trip advice and recommendations from those who know the “real” Canada.  Users are also invited to submit photos, [...]

Prime Minister Harper travels to Washington on Wednesday this week for a “Tete a Tete” with President Obama. It’s expected the two will (finally) announce a conclusion to Canada’s heralded and much anticipated “perimeter security initiative.”…

Dear Readers; Just a short note to remind everyone that the U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday long weekend starts today! More Americans are taking to the road or skies for visits than in recent years and an estimated 43m people are expected to travel before and after the holiday, the highest number since 2007. We here at [...]

Tourism BC has apologized after distributing a marketing brochure telling business owners in the province that they are not allowed to promote gay tourism in China. The brochure, entitled How to Market Your Business in China, states that advertising to gay tourists in China was forbidden by the Chinese National Tourism Administration. The wee problem with [...]

It was my first time on Gran Canaria.   Although I knew it was going to be sunny and warm, ringed with sand and rocky cliffs and gouged with the remnants of volcanic eruptions millions of years ago, I didn’t have any inkling how stunningly beautiful I was going to discover the island to be until I [...]

In April 2011, Clayoquot Wilderness Resort was granted permission to build infrastructure for their own private use in one of Vancouver Island’s oldest and most extensive provincial parks. The Friends of Strathcona Park is dedicated to preserving the…

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last month announced a 20-year plan to protect the Grand Canyon from increasing uranium mining pressures. A bill introduced in Congress this week to “save uranium mining,”…Read the full story …

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The arrival of thousands of pelicans could annoy just about anyone, but few resort to a mass killing to deal with the “problem.” That’s what one Minnesota farmer did this week, and he now faces fines of $15,000 and six months in jai…

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Finally, the inside of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is done. The church, set out to build 125 years ago and expected to be finished in 2026, attracts millions of visitors every year. This is no surprise due to the breathta…

Coastline near Alonissos, Greece. Photo: Anca Pandrea / Creative Commons.

As mega-resorts continue to sprout along much of the Aegean and Mediterranean coastlines, one North Aegean island in Greece is thriving on lower-key, eco-friendly tourism — th…

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Although activities that mess with local ecosystems to let humans experience nature usually seem intrusive, looking at the canopy face to face while slowly traveling in an aerial tram in the Costa Rican rainforest is a fairly …

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An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in As…

Former Philippines Tourism Secretary Guillermina Gabor at the Planet People Peace Conference. Photos: Paula Alvarado.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservati…

The Planet, People, Peace conference in Limon, Costa Rica. Photos: Paula Alvarado.

You would think that attending a conference on sustainable tourism in Costa Rica would be a bit bland: yes, they’re very green, we know. But just because this Central …

Burning Falla. Photo Credit: Manuel Molines

During the Valencia Design Week, the organisers of the FEED, the international bloggers meeting, took us to la Ciudad Fallera, the ‘City of Falles’. This is an industrial area where they build the Falles al…

Posted by Rick McGinnis Christopher Heard remembers the day when he sat in the lobby of the Royal York hotel with his father, waiting for a train to Montreal departing from Union Station, across Front Street. “I told him, ‘I’d like to live in this place. I’d like to come here one day and just [...]

Windsoreats has been selected as a finalist in the Ontario Culinary Tourism Leadership Awards! The award winner will be announced on Tuesday, October 4 in Hamilton as part of the Ontario Tourism Summit. The award, presented by the Ontario Culinary Tour…

As sure as the sun will rise in the morning, the snow too will soon fly over the Great White North. Though hardly a surprise, still it’s a tiny bit disconcerting when by late month each September the overnight temperature in many parts of the country d…