BEN KEENE'S BLOG
enter the geo-tourists...
Tags: Tribe / Local / Global
Jonathan Tourtellot is a classic product of this infamous society I’m sitting in: wise, whimsical and, despite a head cold, full of wonder for the world – he is the stereotypical adventurous professor leading an ambassadorial training session deep inside the arteries of natgeoHQ, Washington DC.
And the subject of his images of Norweigan fjords and Costa del Concrete? Geotourism” *. Coined and defined by Tourtellot as:
“tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of the place, such as its culture, environment, heritage, and the well-being of its residents.”*
In other words, tourism that doesn’t have …
Read More >>>tripbods, awards and orangutans: my world travel market top ten
Tags: Global
See the world under one roof! The biggest global travel market gathered for its 30th – and hopefully – the end of one the toughest years for the industry.
I carefully handpicked the people I was keen to catch up with and talks I was going to attend. The …
Read More >>>Responsible and fairly traded tourism at Tribewanted
Tags: Tribe / Fiji / Partners
Fair trade is an attempt to slow down economic activity to match the pace of culture; it is commerce with a conscience. For those of us who travel, it doesn’t take long to realize that the resilience of culture will wear thin and eventually break when it is made to …
Read More >>>Geotourism winners announced
Brilliant competition which I was fortunate to be part of announced its winners this week from over 600 entries
http://geotourism.changemakers.com/“
congrats to Pepy Cambodia, Nature Air and the innovative Wikiloc
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Read More >>>Cahill family to lead Vorovoro in year four
Tags: Press / Team / Fiji
Congratulations to Jimmy, Jenny and their three children, Lucas, Bethany and Oliver from Indiana, USA, for beating strong competition to be appointed to run Vorovoro during the fourth year.
Jimmy will be Project Director and Jenny on-island Tribe Manager, working alongside the full-time Fijian team. They will return to …
Read More >>>Tribewanted celebrates its three year island anniversary as the project continues
Tags: Tribe / Press / Fiji
- 1000 ‘tribe members’ have spent an average of two weeks on Vorovoro Island
- $2,000,000fj (£630,000) has been injected into the local economy through the project as agreement with landowners extended for further five years
- The celebration included traditional Fijian meke …
party time poetry
Tags: Tribe
sunrise with orange eyes across our village creationthe kriss-cross of tribal traffic tread sands of celebration
earth oven fires the chosen beasts and rooted cropslashes of smoked lightcarved by giant leafy drops
bamboo boys walk on waterto base sound of hollow shella hymn before a beachskims on the …
Read More >>>To chief or not to chief?
Tags: Chiefs
Last week we had a forum on Vorovoro about whether the role of Tribewanted on-island chief should carry on into the forurth year. After contributions from tribe members, team fiji and tribewanted team the vote was unanimous.
We have had 34 elected chiefs in the last three years. Team …
Read More >>>Yo, developers wanted: exchange tech work for island time
BootStrap Camp” is a community and online service built and supported by a network of entrepreneurs active in the digital sector in the UK.
BootStrap Camp has been set up to allow early-stage entrepreneurs & startups to connect with each other in order to help each other boot strap …
Read More >>>TRIBEWANTED FOR BOOTSTRAP CAMP LAUNCH
Tribewanted has spent the last three years building a cross-cultural community on the Fijian Island of Vorovoro.
1000 ‘tribe members’ have participated in the project and thousands more have been involved with the story online.
Through the publicity the project has gained (BBC doc, book, national geographic cover …
Read More >>>Top 10 Team Fiji tour moments to remember...
Tags: Team / Fijian / Global
1. Walking into the Weir pub” an hour after their arrival and Leavi greeting those having a quiet evening meal by the canal with a: ‘Bula, we are here!’ Indeed they were.
2. The team arriving day one of build at Hampton Court in hard hats, yellow reflector jackets …
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