Let’s reinvent travel.
Leisure Lab is a think tank and media lab to promote sustainable tourism, or as we like to call it BREAK-EVEN TOURISM. In this LAB REPORTS section we publish news articles and create inspirational travel stories to help bring about positive change in the way we travel.
How Tourism is Empowering Local Women in Modern Mongolia
Stuart Kenny, author at Much Better Adventures, explains how local women in Mongolia are finding confidence, financial security and a love of hiking by guiding international travellers.
The Maasai school teacher using tourism to empower women
Giving girls an education—instead of being sold as a bride for 10 cows—is what motivated Hellen Nkuraiya, herself a child bride, to start a school in Kenya’s Maasai community—even amidst public and family disapproval. Lisa Scott meets her.