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How Airbnb went wrong – and how to fix it
Here in Brighton – where Responsible Travel is based – the tourism slogan is ‘Never Normal’. We’re a city, a community, that prides itself on being a little bit weird. We even have silent disco walking tours – this is an actual thing.
By Responsible Travelabout a year ago in Wander
How will climate change affect holidays to Spain?
Climate change is made up of big losses, and small ones too. There are the apocalyptic news stories, and then there are the small things, noticed, but not considered newsworthy: the tree in the garden that has borne no fruit this year; the secret beaches that are being eaten away by the sea.
By Responsible Travelabout a year ago in Wander
Culture in Benin
In 2022 a white lorry rounded a corner in the city of Cotonou, Benin, and was greeted with a cheering crowd. Through the sea of waving hands, you could just read the message on the side of the van. It said, ‘Restitution des tresors royaux de Benin’. The lorry contained 26 works of sculpture and cultural artefacts which, after 130 years of absence, had just been returned to Benin by France. French soldiers stole the art after invading the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892.
By Responsible Travelabout a year ago in Wander
