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Renowned for its matchless luxury and protected natural wonders, Riviera Nayarit Mexico stretches along 192 miles of pristine Pacific coastline framed by the majestic Sierra Madre Mountains. With virgin beaches…
Mark Bibby Jackson takes a Tiger Trail adventure to Nong Khiaw to discover 100 waterfalls, homestays and Lao-Lao, and finds himself stumbling around in the dark. Tan lifts his glass…
In the first of two instalments, Marissa Carruthers falls in love with the bounty of natural beauty that Myanmar travel and Kayin State have to offer…
Cambodia tourism industry has evolved in leaps and bounds in the last few decades. As it becomes an increasingly important economic pillar for the Kingdom, Marissa Carruthers looks at the…
One of the last homes for the much endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, Kratie also offers a genuine slice of rural Cambodia, as Marissa Carruthers discovers…
In a country full of images of Genghis Khan and exoticism, Mongolia Travel has found its place firmly on the adventure travel map. Tegan Chapman travels there for a colourful…
With jet black hair that defies her age slicked back in a tight bun, the woman wrapped in a midnight blue sari smacks her lips over her gums. Pointing curiously…
The sturdy truck we have spent the last four-and-a-half hours in jerks to a halt on a muddy patch of grass at the edge of dense jungle. The torrential rain…
Travel Begins at 40 founder and editor, Mark Bibby Jackson sets out his view of what the future face of tourism should be…
Responsible Tourism expert Mike Haynes questions whether community based tourism is the right model for Myanmar…
Our man in Central Asia, Johan Smits, travels to the Fann mountains to discover wonderful trekking in Tajikistan and even takes his parents along with him. Our hired minivan emerges safely…
Dolphins, ibises, butterflies and elephants: Mark Bibby Jackson discovers that slow tourism is mandatory when communing with nature in Cambodia’s wild side. Wild Side: Dolphin Watching The Irrawaddy Dolphin is one…
In search of well-deserved respite, publisher Mark Bibby Jackson tries some waterways travel in Laos and gets caught up in New Year chaos along the way. The boy with the pump-action…
Responsible tourism has become very much in vogue in the last few years and community-based tourism has been at the vanguard of that movemennt. At Travel Begins at 40 we very much endorse the concept.
In essence community-based tourism means to ensure that the benefits of tourism are shared with the community that hosts the tourism activity. But it goes much further than that, including the concept that local communities should own tourism initiatives and shape the way that tourism evolves within their environment.
Also underlying the concept is the belief that we should all benefit from the tourist experience, travellers and hosts. We, as tourists benefit as much from the host’s knowledge and experiences as they do from ours.
Whether it is staying at a homestay in a remote village in Laos drinking the local firewater, getting off the beaten track in Myanmar, or staying in a ger in Mongolia, our pages are full of experiences where we have shared our travels with locals. Let us share them with you too.
