Articles tagged “wildlife tourism”

News Blog

Klook’s New Animal Welfare Policy Puts Cruelty-Free Experiences in Focus

Online travel marketplace Klook is ending the sale of certain exploitative wildlife attractions on its platform, with a new animal welfare policy, set to come into effect on 31 October. The experiences platform will stop selling circus-style performances involving elephants, dolphins, and tigers, animal shows performances, and animal-photo experiences. It has since removed experiences for…

Selene Brophy | 8 months ago

Tourism

Skift India Daily: India’s Push on ‘Greenfield’ Airports

The greenfield airports would not just connect smaller cities to the rest of the country, but would also help popularize tourism to off-beat destinations.

Amrita Ghosh | 1 year ago

Skift India Daily: India’s Push on ‘Greenfield’ Airports

Online Travel

Airbnb Upgrades Search and More Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Airbnb makes a major modification, Tripadvisor appoints a new CEO, and the endangered status of giraffes exposes the fragility of Africa's wildlife tourism.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Airbnb Upgrades Search and More Travel Stories This Week

Tourism

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism

The quiet, mesmerizing beauty of giraffes makes them marketing gold for Africa's wildlife tourism industry. But the world's tallest mammals are under threat from multiple forces, poachers, diseases, even climate change. Economics aside, conservationists are in a mad dash to hasten their decline.

Harriet Akinyi, Skift | 2 years ago

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism