Here’s a short test. As you read this, stop and contemplate the plans for your day – what you’ve done so far, what you’ve yet to do and what you need to do but probably won’t have time to do. Does anything in your day involve ‘taking time out?’ And by that, I don’t mean a punishing circuits class at…
There are trends and cycles in tourism just as with other areas of influence. One of the current shifts is towards a more authentic experience. It’s there in these three tag lines – ‘travel like a local’, ‘don’t just visit, live it’, and ‘be where you belong’. All from three quite major tour or accommodation suppliers. The focus is on…
Let’s start this post with a recent experience I had. I’m originally from the rural county of Devon in the UK, based in a small town on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. I return there when I’m not in Mongolia, and it was during one of my visits that I had an eye-opening moment about the importance of supporting…
Menstruation. It’s not a topic that typically comes to mind when you think of adventure travel or even Mongolia, but that’s exactly where this blog post is heading. You might wonder why I’m bringing this up, especially in the context of our work here at Eternal Landscapes Mongolia (EL). The MMiEEP (Managing Menstruation in Extreme Environments Project) is a long-term…
Overtourism is a term that hit the headlines in the summer of 2017 – look for articles on the internet by media and the travel industry on the consequences of tourism on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, the effect of Airbnb on communities in Barcelona, the impact of cruise ship tourism to Venice and Dubrovnik. Even Iceland has expressed concerns.