Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast

What does it take to make travel better for people and the planet? Join travel writer Erin Hynes, podcast producer, Kattie Laur, and their guests, as they explore their curiosities about what truly makes travel and tourism responsible.

Curious Tourism is part of the Voyascape Travel Network & you can find more of our travel podcasts from around the world at https://voyascape.com/

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Update frequency: every 12 days
Average duration: 47 minutes
Episodes: 144
Years Active: 2019 - 2025

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S3 Ep57: Let's Diversify #VanLife

#VanLife has been used over 8 million times on Instagram. But, outdoor media is super white. We're diving into #vanlife with Noami Grevemberg, the founder of Diversify Vanlife. She has been living no…

00:38:27 | Wed 16 Dec 2020

S3 Ep56: Traveling with Chronic Illness and Advocating for Yourself Abroad

Our experiences of travel are all unique. As we’ve explored often on this show, our travel experiences can be impacted by so many different factors. So how has a diagnosis of a chronic illness impact…

00:45:51 | Wed 02 Dec 2020

S3 Ep55: Defining Ethical Aid vs. "Voluntourism"

Voluntourism, missionary work, and other forms of aid often carry colonial and racist undertones. Is there a way to volunteer time while traveling, that is ethical? Is the aid sector entirely bad?

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00:42:07 | Wed 18 Nov 2020

S3 Ep54: Exploring the Complexities of Adventure Travel

What do you consider to be an "adventure"?

In this episode we’re chatting with an incredible adventurer Mario Rigby who completed a two year long trek across the continent of Africa and more recentl…

00:40:44 | Wed 04 Nov 2020

S3 Ep53: Fat Girls Travel Too!

Part of the pressures that women feel to have a “beach body”, especially during their travels, are due to a problematic standard of thin-ness - but also because of many stereotypes.

In this episode,…

00:41:24 | Wed 21 Oct 2020

S3 Ep52: How To Travel With Your Pet

These days, it seems like there’s more and more pets appearing in Instagram photos, adventuring around the world with their humans. But what are the logistics of bringing your pet adventuring?

Do c…

00:54:13 | Wed 07 Oct 2020

S3 Ep51: BONUS: The Thoughtful Travel x Curious Tourism

Amanda Kendle of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast joins Erin to discuss responsible travel and their mutual obsessions.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Ea…

00:49:24 | Wed 23 Sep 2020

S3: Curious Tourism: Season 3 Trailer

Back in March this year, Coronavirus halted travel as we know it. And while we might not be able to actually get out there and see the world, we can dream, we can reminisce, and well, we can talk abo…

00:05:22 | Thu 10 Sep 2020

S2 Ep50: How Travel Influencing Works

In the old days, around the year 2014, a "travel influencer" was usually a blogger, who earned a decent amount of hits on their website, and some social media followers. But since then, travel influe…

00:49:59 | Wed 22 Jul 2020

S2 Ep49: Budget Travel 101: The Good, The Bad, The Balance

Do you consider yourself to be a budget traveler? There’s an entire industry built around the idea of budget travel, and I get why - travel is expensive. In this episode, we're joined by Kate McCully…

00:52:00 | Wed 08 Jul 2020

S2 Ep48: Cultural Appropriation: At Home and Abroad

How do you know if something you’re doing, or wearing, is cultural appropriation? What is cultural appropriation? And is it bad? These seem like questions that would have straight-forward answers. Bu…

00:56:31 | Wed 24 Jun 2020

REPOST: The Black Travel Movement

Instead of releasing a new episode, we’re dedicating this week to revisiting episodes that are essential listening, especially right now. Each of these episodes centres the voice of a Black creator, …

00:47:09 | Thu 11 Jun 2020

REPOST: #NoWhiteSaviors

00:54:41 | Wed 10 Jun 2020

REPOST: Travel Through The Lens of a Black, Trans Woman

00:42:38 | Tue 09 Jun 2020

#PodcastersForJustice

We are some of the many podcasters who are uniting to condemn the tragic murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and many many others at the hands of police.

This is a continuation of the system…

00:03:10 | Wed 03 Jun 2020

What Is It Like to Travel Blind?

Traveling blind means adapting and experiencing travel through touch, sound, smell, and human support. Erin chats with Sassy Wyatt from Blind Girl Adventures about what it is like to live with blindn…

00:52:01 | Wed 27 May 2020

S2 Ep46: The Black Travel Movement

The travel community and industry is overwhelmingly white. It’s about time we talk about this, so we are chatting with black travel consultant, Martinique Lewis. Her work strives to change the existi…

00:47:09 | Wed 13 May 2020

S2 Ep45: COVID-19: Travel Writers Weigh in on the Future of Travel

The pandemic has brought worldwide travel to a complete halt, leaving many of us wondering when we'll be able to travel again, and what travel will be like post-pandemic. Join us as we chat with trav…

00:55:43 | Wed 29 Apr 2020

S2 Ep44: No, Where Are You REALLY From?

For most of us, “where we are from” in the geographical sense, is a big part of our identity. ⁠So how does a relationship to homeland impact “travel”?

Travel Blogger, Lily Wunders, joins us in this …

00:53:27 | Wed 15 Apr 2020

S2 Ep43: Extreme Travel: Is Travel to Conflict Zones Okay?

In November 2019, The Guardian published a headline reading,“Concerns over rise in dark tourism in Syria as war enters ninth year.” The piece argued that there’s been a rise of western tourists headi…

00:53:39 | Wed 01 Apr 2020

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