Responsible Travel

Most travellers, donors and volunteers just want to help, but it’s an industry that’s doing more harm than good. Something needs to change.

Just outside the Old Town in Hanoi sits one of the most important buildings in Vietnam, though you wouldn’t know it from the outside…

Orphanage tourism is what happens when good intentions and reality don’t quite synch up. This is why it’s not such a good idea.

When we travel, we face moral dilemmas every day. It’s up to us to decide what kind of travellers we want to be.

Along with mint tea, souks and tagines, snake charming was to me quintessentially Moroccan, and I was desperate to see a ‘performance’.