{"id":5087,"date":"2015-11-12T12:15:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T11:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.traveltelling.net\/?p=5087"},"modified":"2016-11-11T02:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T01:09:06","slug":"responsible-travel-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.traveltelling.net\/en\/responsible-travel-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Benefits Of Being A Responsible Traveler"},"content":{"rendered":"

The scenario<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Imagine you are on vacation- either as an individual or on a package holiday. Nice thought, isn\u2019t it!? However, you always find those tourists who see their holiday as a time when they like to pay no attention to good behaviour, are disrespectful, contemptuous, disruptive or crabby. They seem to be too lazy or inconsiderate to make an effort to adapt to cultural or religious differences. Of course, sometimes everyone does that as they just want to leave their worries behind, forget everything for some days and just relax or want to be chauffeured around. Trust me, I do understand. Nevertheless, if you know what I am talking about you may also feel ashamed while seeing those kinds of tourists during your holidays especially if they are from the same country as you. The problem is that it is actually easy not to be like those tourists, but often ones desire and conviction to really want it, is missing!<\/p>\n

Responsible Travel is Cool!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In fact,\u00a0responsible travel\u00a0is actually pretty cool<\/a><\/span>, but most people are not aware of that! When I return from a trip I usually have made dozens of new friends from the country I have been to. They took me to places where you do not find any other tourists, they showed me local spots where I ate food no other tourist had tried and fully integrated me into their daily life by taking me to parties or to their friends and family and gave me small presents to take home. Why? Because I am naturally curious, open-minded and like to travel in a responsible way. Does this kind of travel sound appealing to you? If you really want to, you can do that too!\u00a0 So, let me tell you what\u2019s in it for you \u2013 your benefits of responsible travel.<\/p>\n

Apply the Ethical Principles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First of all, you should be willing and happy to stick to the following ethical principles. But that should not be a major problem as they are mainly a matter of common sense:<\/p>\n