How To Be An Ethical Traveler

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

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🗓️ 14 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Before the pandemic upended all world travel, we aired a show about what it means to be an ethical traveler. Between masks and vaccinations, COVID-19 has added even more to the ethical baggage we carry with us when we travel. But part of recovering from the pandemic involves getting back out there and seeing the world.

So before you take your next trip abroad, we thought we would revisit some thoughts and advice in that episode. Safe journeys.

This show was produced in partnership with AFAR Magazine, whose May/June 2019 issue on ethical traveling inspired this episode.

Original Air Date: May 25, 2019

Guests:

Elizabeth Becker — Dave Eggers — Kathryn Kellogg — Anu Taranath — Barry Lopez

Interviews In This Hour:

Trying Not To Ruin The World By Visiting It — A Personal Code of Travel Ethics — How to Lessen Your Environmental Impact When You Travel — Traveling Abroad Without Falling Into Guilt Trips — To Travel Well, Be Willing To Listen, Play, Leave The Notebook Behind

Further Reading:

Afar Magazine: Making the World Better, One Traveler at a Time—Afar Magazine: 4 Ways to Explore Venice Responsibly—Afar Magazine: Are We Loving Venice to Death?—Afar Magazine: How to Photograph People When You Travel (Without Being Disrespectful)

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Anne.
0:06.7	Back before the pandemic upended all world travel, we aired this show about what it means to be an ethical traveler.
0:14.4	Between masks and vaccinations, COVID-19 added even more to the ethical baggage we carry with us when we travel.
0:22.3	But part of recovering from the pandemic involves getting back out there and seeing the world.
0:28.7	So before you take your next trip abroad, we thought we'd revisit some of the thoughts and advice in this show.
0:35.1	Safe journeys.
0:43.4	Music in this show. Safe journeys. Wisconsin Public Radio.
0:50.7	It's to the best of our knowledge.
0:52.2	I'm And Strange Champs.
1:03.0	Overtourism is ruining some of our favorite places on Earth. So what does that mean for your next trip?
1:10.0	Last summer, I was invited to the Arctic Circle of Norway, one of the least inhabited
1:16.6	places on Earth.
1:19.6	This is journalist Elizabeth Becker.
1:25.6	In the Lofitan Islands, there's a village called Utakliv,
1:29.3	with a beach so outstanding that National Geographic
1:35.3	called it one of the most romantic in the world.
1:42.3	The people of this little village of Uttikliv, population 13,
1:49.0	are now being invaded by 250,000 tourists on that little beach every year.
2:00.0	This has turned into a stampede that little beach every year.
2:05.6	This is turned into a stampede.
2:10.6	The litter, the litter on this one island is 8,000 tons a weekend.
2:15.6	I'll just say, this's how much you picked up.
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