How to be a greener traveller isn’t rocket science but it requires a commitment to travelling more sustainably and leaving a lighter footprint, to making more conscious eco-friendly decisions about what you pack, the transport you use, places you stay, things you do, what you eat, and what you buy. It means travelling with a … Read more
These Siem Reap Angkor Wat FAQs have come from readers of Grantourismo, friends who have visited, travellers who have reached out to us on social media and participants of the culinary tours and writing and photography retreats we used to host occasionally. If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, please leave your questions in … Read more
The American author of Overbooked: the Global Business of Travel and Tourism, award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker was in Siem Reap recently for the UNWTO and UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture. I chatted to her about culture, heritage and sustainable tourism in Cambodia. Elizabeth Becker kick-started her writing career in 1972 as a war correspondent … Read more
I’ve been reflecting upon luxury travel, sustainable travel and responsible tourism following a spate of sumptuous experiences, from Relais and Chateaux luxury lodges in New Zealand to a Borneo cruise on a super-yacht with Orion Expeditions, and an Orient Express Eastern & Oriental train journey. So why have these luxury travel experiences had me thinking about responsible tourism more than … Read more
A Mekong River cruise is one of life’s must-do travel experiences as far as we’re concerned and a languid three-day Mekong River Cruise to Luang Prabang on the Luang Say boat was the reason we’d flown from Bangkok to Chiang Rai and driven up to the Thai Border city of Houei Say. The Mekong River runs for … Read more