Thought leadership and insights from the field.

Tea and Forestry Plantations near Kotmale, Sri Lanka by C. Perera

Editorials and opinions

  • Decolonising tourism through tea: an opportunity to course correct

    Could the decolonisation of tourism be the travel industry's largest opportunity to course-correct, transform and genuinely make a 'positive social impact' in the 21st century? Can crucial ecological concerns, too, be addressed in the process?

    Tourism destinations across the Global South carry the burden of a colonial inheritance, providing their host communities, and native ecosystems, with a valuable opportunity to reclaim ownership, redirect the development agenda and set a more conscious and impact-led narrative for the future of travel and tourism in a vast region characterised as being 'low or middle income'.

  • Easy steps to become a more responsible traveller

    Responsible travel is about making mindful choices to ensure local host communities and natural ecosystems benefit from your visit, whilst you still have a great time! RETRACE Hospitality partnered with Parrotfish Collective to publish this lit of quick and easy responsible travel tips.