Articles tagged “tours”

Whether it's Uganda or New York City, guides serve as a country's brand ambassadors, represent local residents, and make a lasting impression on foreign tourists, and they're often an afterthought at best at tourism boards.

Isn’t half the fun of travel figuring it out as you go? Legacy tour operators and a crop of startups are offering these millionaires the façade of an adventure while making sure they never actually have to get too dirty.

Segway tours are perfect for resorts: they can charge a ton for the novel experience (up to $125 for one hour), cater to an older group of guests, and give the resort the chance to show off its manicured property.

A competitive tourism market has been saturated by cheaply built companies who have learned to cut operating costs with joint online marketing and by promoting partners' packages, but have often left the consumer out of the equation.

Taking the news off the page and putting it on the street for people to understand can be more interesting than waiting for it to show up in history books, even if that does mean you'll alienate certain customers with politics.

This obviously isn't a way to properly visit a country because the everyday people you encounter can be the most meaningful part of a trip. But, with North Korea, there appears to be little other choice.