Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
• the need to address high-carbon emissions (especially how to reduce envi-
ronmental impact at an individual level)
• the richness of a travel experience that focuses on locality at a destination
and, for some, the importance of the journey.
Table 4.1
Slow travel websites
Name of
organization
Website address
Explanation of slow travel
Slow Travel
www.slowtrav.com
Focused on holiday accommodation rentals.
Interprets slow travel as spending time in the
immediate vicinity of rental accommodation: 'Slow
down, immerse yourself in the local culture and avoid
the fast pace of rushing from one guidebook “must-
see” to the next.'
Slow
www.slowmovement.com Making connections with the place visited: 'One of
Movement
the defining elements of slow travel is the
opportunity to become part of local life and to
connect to a place and its people. Slow travel is also
about connection to culture.'
Slow Planet
www.slowplanet.com
Slowing the pace of life: 'Slow is not about doing
everything at a snail's pace; it's about working,
playing and living better by doing everything at the
right speed.'
Slow Moves
www.slowmovesblog.
Taking time on the journey to engage with people
blogspot.com/
and place and avoidance of flights: 'Slowmoves is
about enjoying the journey, as well as the
destination. Moving away from budget flights and
quick getaways to faraway places. And moving
towards overnight train journeys, cycle trips and
home-stays. Why not start a holiday from when you
leave your front door, rather than when you enter
your hotel room?'
Slow Travel
www.slowtraveleurope.eu Taking time on the journey to engage with people
Europe
and place and avoidance of flights: 'The journey
becomes a moment to relax, rather than it being a
stressful interlude between home and destination …
Slow travellers explore communities along the way,
dawdle and pause as the mood takes them and
check out spots recommended by the locals. Slow
travel is downbeat, eco-friendly and above all fun.'
Slow Canada www.slowcanada.net
Slowing the pace of life: 'The “SLOW MOVEMENT”
is a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace. It
is more than slow food.'
Slow-travel-for www.slow-travel-for-
The richness of the travel experience: 'With our
-women
women.com
philosophy of Slow Travel for Women, the perceptive
and sensitive traveller will be exposed to a “full
immersion” of sensations: from the visual, to the
audio, to the tactile, the olfative and the gustative. In
this way the memories are deeply imbedded into our
minds.'
