Can this airline protect paradise?
Air Tahiti Nui isn’t just flying tourists to paradise; it’s fighting to save it. The airline punches above its weight with a sustainability program that rivals major carriers.
Destinations
A feature about sustainable and authentic destinations around the world.
Can a green hotel (and a side of buffalo milk) save Luang Prabang?
A visit to Luang Prabang in Laos feels like stepping back in time. French colonial buildings line streets next to the slow-moving Mekong River. Buddhist monks in their saffron robes collect alms at dawn. The famous night market, with its street food vendors, beckons you with traditional Lao dishes like Khao Niaw, a sticky rice, or steamed fish.
Travelers to Tokyo are fighting jet lag and stress. Here’s what they’ll find.
No city in the world stresses you out quite like Tokyo. With its narrow streets, densely packed subways and frenetic pace, it’s no wonder the Japanese capital also has a famous wellness culture to treat the inevitable anxiety.
Green apartments, carbon-neutral hotels: How Tokyo is becoming a sustainable destination
In an oversized, wood-paneled boardroom with a view of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace, Tsubasa Yokote is trying to explain the city’s approach to sustainable tourism. And it’s not easy.
In a city known for glitz, this Kuala Lumpur hotel is betting big on green
Kuala Lumpur is known for gleaming skyscrapers and luxury resorts, but not necessarily for sustainable hotels. The Hotel Indigo Kuala Lumpur On The Park is determined to change that.
In Kota Kinabalu, a fragile balance between sustainability and tourism
Kota Kinabalu is the kind of place that seems straight out of your imagination. Not far from the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah, you can find proboscis monkeys swinging through ancient rainforests and giant clams the size of coffee tables lurking beneath turquoise waters.
Borneo’s recipe for sustainable tourism: cultural villages, homestays — and spicy food
The aroma in Trudy’s Tan’s kitchen in Kuching, Malaysia, is intoxicating. It’s a blend of the familiar and the utterly new: garlic and pepper with Terung Iban, the sour eggplant found in Borneo. It’s Gula Apong, also known as Nipah palm sugar, caramelized with fried potato wedges
Under a vast sky, Australia’s Northern Territory grapples with tourism sustainability
Just after sunset on a ranch outside Alice Springs, Australia, the inky blackness of the night sky drapes across the Outback.
Sustainable Sydney: How Australia’s tourism industry is leaning into the green
Margret Campbell stands at the edge of Sydney’s Harbor foreshore, her hand brushing the leaves of a seasonal wattle tree.
How do you make cruising sustainable? Here’s how Aurora Expeditions is trying
Aurora Expeditions, a small Sydney-based cruise line, is on a mission to rewrite the cruise industry’s sustainability narrative in a big way.