Cultural Conduct: Why Hotels and Tour Companies Must Put Community First
The tourism industry is dominated by hospitality companies that prioritize profitability over social and environmental responsibility. As travel trends and demands change, however, more and more organizations are investing in the communities they call home.
For Here Magazine's 10th issue, we talked to the people behind these socially-conscious enterprises to find out how leaders in the travel space can be responsible to their environments—and why doing so is important to the future of the industry.
"It’s no different than coming into a place and ripping the oil out of it and leaving. That’s why we’re so used to saying, ‘Oh, we’ve got to get there before it’s ruined,’ and it’s so sad that that’s the nomenclature of what travel is—it’s just about extraction."
Photo courtesy of Cottars.
