Traveling Ethically: How to Talk About the World Fairly?

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Summary of Action

Tourism narratives often portray the Global South in a superior, stereotypical, and exoticizing way, which remains common in Poland, both in personal travel stories and through travel agencies’ materials.

The project “Ethically About Travel: How to Talk About the World?” aims to provide clear guidelines on how to discuss travel in a respectful and fair way, avoiding exoticization and stereotyping. Travel agencies, festival organizers, and popular travelers will be involved in consultations to understand their attitudes and needs. A clear and simple publication will be created, addressing ethical tourism narratives, offering easy to implement guidelines and featuring voices from the Global South.

Go’n’Act will also participate in 5 travel events and conduct 2 webinars — one for professionals in the tourism industry and another for a broader audience of travelers and those interested in global education. The project will be supported by 8 educational posts on the popular Instagram channel “Akcja Dekolonizacja.” The goals are: 1) promote critical reflection on travel narratives, 2) encourage change among travelers, guides, and event organizers who often perpetuate harmful stereotypes, and 3) provide clear, lasting guidance on how to speak ethically about visited countries, with input from self-advocates and experts from the Global South.

Sustainable Development Goals

This project supports the following SDGs.

Contact

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