Blog Stats
- 216,340 hits
Twitter Updates
Tweets by dianhasansd- Adventure Travel
- Alternative Transportation
- Animal Habitat
- Bali
- Bamboo
- Biodiversity
- Community Empowerment
- Eco-Tourism
- Eco-Travel
- Ecotourism
- Education
- Elephants
- Endangered Species
- Environment
- Extreme Sports Destinations
- Favela Tourism
- Flora & Fauna
- Global Warming
- Green Architecture
- Green Buildings
- Green Design
- Green Hotels & Resorts
- Green Travel
- Habitat Destruction
- Humanitarian
- Humanitarian Travel
- Illegal Logging
- India
- Indigenous Tribes
- Indonesia
- Johannesburg
- Kangaroo
- Kenya
- Luxury Safaris
- Malaysia
- Nairobi
- Natural Disaster
- Orang Utan
- Orphans
- Philantrophic Travel
- Poverty Alleviation & Eradication
- Poverty Tourism
- Rainforest
- Responsible Tourism
- Responsible Travel
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rwanda
- Saba Island
- Saving Turtles
- Social Change
- Social Entrepreneur
- South Africa
- Sumatra
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Tourism
- Sustainable Travel
- Tanzania
- The Carribean
- The Maldives
- Uganda
- Unique Travel Destinations
- Unique Travel Experience
- Urban Blight
- Urban Matters
- Urban Poverty
- Urban Travel Destinations
- Volunteering Abroad
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Volunteer Travel
- VolunTourism
- Waste Management
- Water Problem
- Wildlife
- Wildlife Watching
- World Animal Day
- Adventure Travel Africa Biodiversity Brazil Earth Matters Eco-Responsible Eco Matters Ecotourism Endangered Species Favela Tourism Global Warming Green Green Travel Humanitarian Iceland Illegal Logging Indonesia Low Carbon Footprint Natural Disaster Philantrophic Travel Poverty Eradication & Alleviation Rainforest Destruction Responsible Tourism Sustainability Sustainable Development Sustainable Tourism Sustainable Travel Tourism USA VolunTourism
Category Archives: Favela Tourism
Favela Art Installation, Rio de Janeiro [2]
Favella Painting is the brainchild of Dutch artist due Hass&Hahn, who, in 2006, developed the idea of creating ‘community-driven art interventions in Brazil’. Inspiration: Ideas Inspiring Innovation
Posted in Brazil, Favela Tourism
Tagged Responsible Tourism, Unique Travel Experience
Leave a comment
Favela Art Installation, Rio de Janeiro [1]
It is often said that Art inspires us to do good things, it provides us with the humanity that makes us the most unique and able of all species (read: creative) to walk this earth. Art is of course also … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Favela Tourism
Tagged Responsible Tourism, Unique Travel Experience
Leave a comment
Voyeurism or Philanthropy? Jakarta Poverty Tours Spark Debate
Wati is 23 years old and already a mother of five. She carries her youngest child in her arms, a 5-month-old girl who has a slight fever. Wati’s husband works at the port, where he earns about Rp 20,000 ($2) … Continue reading
Can Slum Tourism Be Done Right? Eric Weiner Says Yes.
With the success of the Oscar winning film, Slumdog Millionaire, “slum tourism” is on the rise. This type of travel, sometimes referred to as “poorism,” guides tourists through the slums of cities in India, Africa, and Mexico, among other destinations. These … Continue reading
Posted in Favela Tourism
Tagged Favela Tourism, India, Urban Matters, Urban Poverty, Urban Solutions
3 Comments
Why We Need Micro Loans Instead Of Slum Tourism
Recent articles by the BBC, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, The Smithsonian Magazine, and others have discussed various aspects of “slum tourism.” This phenomenon, which began in Rio de Janeiro around 1992 and has now been popularized in Buenos Aires, New Delhi, Johannesburg, … Continue reading
Posted in Favela Tourism
Tagged Brazil, Buenos Aires, Favela Tourism, India, Johannesburg, Kenya, Micro Loans, Nairobi, New Delhi, South Africa, Urban Blight, Urban Matters, Urban Poverty, Urban Solutions
Leave a comment
Slum Tours: Real Tourism or Real Exploitation?
By Dian Hasan | October 5, 2009 The Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire has made the world’s poor urban districts a popular tourist destination. Is it supportive or exploitive? National Geographic Traveler takes a look. There was a time when most … Continue reading
First-person look ~ Visiting favelas (Rio’s slums) for a life-altering experience
By Dian Hasan | October 8, 2009 If you’ve always wondered how compelling direct face-to-face travel experience really is, especially when it deals with uncommon environments, situations and places that are totally foreign to you (I’m aware this may sound … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Favela Tourism
Tagged Favela Tourism, Poverty, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha Favela, Urban Poverty
2 Comments
Rio’s Favela Tourism ~ a first-person look
By Dian Hasan | September18, 2009 With the growing popularity of “do good” travel or “doing good while traveling” of today, fueled by people’s increased awareness of the planet and its contents, one area of travel that has received renewed … Continue reading
Poverty-stricken townships in South Africa drawing large number of tourists
South Africa is drawing large number of tourists these days. If you are thinking that it is some museum or any other tourist spot that is luring large number of people, then i must tell you that you are wrong. … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Favela Tourism, Philantrophic Travel, Poverty Tourism, Water Scarcity
Tagged Favela Tourism, Humanitarian, Humanitarian Travel, Johannesburg, Poverty Tourism, South Africa, Soweto, Unique Travel Destinations, Unique Travel Experience, Urban Blight, Urban Matters, Urban Poverty
3 Comments
Reality Tourism ~ Kenya’s Kibera slum Tours
Looking beyond its wildlife and nature’s endowments there is much poverty and destitution in Africa. James Asudi, general manager of Kenyan-based Victoria Safaris has come up with a novel idea to show case the same; Slum Tours. One-day visitors tread … Continue reading
Endangered Eden 