tourism
How to Find the Best Vegan Food When Traveling
Traveling is best done with a good bit of planning. Where will you stay? What will you see? And when in search of the best vegan food, it can take a little extra planning....
Airbnb Will No Longer Offer Experiences That Harm Animals
Airbnb will no longer promote tourism that harms animals. The home-sharing platform introduced "Airbnb Animal Experiences," a new standalone category that tourists can pick from on Thursday. “We realized people want to reconnect with animals,” Mikel...
India Gets Its First Elephant Hospital
India just got its first hospital specifically dedicated to helping elephants. Although elephants are a fundamental part of Indian culture, many are exploited for tourist attractions, used in festival parades, and forced to perform. Opening last week...
You Can Now Join an All-Vegan Climbing Expedition to Mt. Kilimanjaro
A team of vegan mountain climbers are set to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak. Called the Vegan Kilimanjaro 2 Plant-Based Nutrition Challenge (VK2), the event aims to demonstrate the physical feats that can...
Major UK Travel Company Insight Guides Removes Elephant Rides From Its Tour Promotions
International travel company Insight Guides has promised to end its promotion of elephant rides, in a bid to tackle tourist-funded animal exploitation. The travel group will no longer advertise tours involving elephant rides, including its "Rajasthan:...
Major Publishing Company DK Stops Promotion of Exotic Animal Rides
DK, a British multinational publishing company and part of renowned publishing group Penguin Random House, will no longer advertise animal rides in its travel guides. The decision comes after the company spoke with People for...
All-Female Vegan Climbers to Scale Active Volcano in the Philippines
A two-day, women-only vegan climbing event is set to take place later this week in the Philippines. Reported by Rappler, a mountaineering event called "Bobay Climb" will take place in the Davao region, located on...
Israel Named Top Destination for Vegan Tourism
An article by Intermountain Jewish News has explored Israel's booming vegan industry, naming the country as "tops for vegan tourism". Similarly, Roy Dado of Be Tel Aviv Tours named Israel as "the world's No. 1 vegan destination". The...
India Bans Use of All Animals in Circuses After Concerning Investigations
A ban on the use of all wild animals in circuses throughout India has been put in place. According to India Today, the ban was started by India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change after...
6 Ways You Can Help Save the Elephant Before It’s Too Late
Notorious for being practically everyone's favourite animal, elephants even have their own 'day' (World Elephant Day). Although many of us claim to love these majestic animals, treatment of elephants throughout the world is disturbingly poor....