Everyone’s Talking About Community Tourism – Here’s Why
An approach to travel that’s gaining traction globally, community-based tourism focuses on meaningful journeys that empower a destination’s community members on their own terms. During G Adventures’ tours in New Delhi, for example, drivers from Women with Wheels – a social enterprise that trains impoverished women – greet travelers at the airport. And upon arrival in Jaipur, tour groups learn traditional block printing from artisans at the nonprofit job-skills cooperative Anoothi. “We feel tourism can be a deeper and better experience,” G Adventures founder Bruce Poon Tip says. “We get you close to the community. Your holiday can not only transform your life – it can also transform other people’s lives.”
Just a 90-minute drive from Cape Town, spot southern right whales migrating off the coast, and harvest mussels fresh from the beach at this 11-room oceanfront retreat. As a Virtuoso traveler, opt to donate $100 of your guest rate to The Royal Portfolio Foundation’s ongoing conservation programs.
Travelers on this 14-night expedition from Oslo to Reykjavík stop in the path of totality off Greenland’s east coast to experience the 2026 solar eclipse from the Arctic Circle.
Look for the largest living penguin species during a 13-night round-trip journey from Buenos Aires to Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, home to thousands of mating pairs of the flightless bird.
