Bianca Caruana
Articles by Bianca Caruana
Volungearing: A New Way to Do Good
By Bianca CaruanaA new kind of volunteer tourism has entered the travel industry with an innovative approach; Volungearing, conceived by TribesForGOOD, taps an individual’s skills to pair him or her successfully in the social impact sector.
Asia Volunteer Travel Social Responsibility
A Walking Tour Highlighting a Mumbai Slum’s Innovative Industry
By Bianca CaruanaDharavi, in central Mumbai, is considered one of the largest slums in Asia, but deep within this neighborhood, below the shanty grey roofs, loosely comprised of scavenged, upcycled metal, lives a resourceful and innovative community that plays an imperative role in Mumbai’s city-wide waste management.
India Off the Beaten Path Social Responsibility
The positive influence of eco-tourism in Sumatra
By Bianca CaruanaIn places like Sumatra, environmentalists are hoping a focus on eco-tourism will influence conservation efforts.
Asia Eco-tourism Sustainability
How Tourists Play a Role in Protecting Thailand’s Elephants
By Bianca CaruanaIn the last century, Thailand has lost roughly 92 percent of its elephant population.
Asia Social Responsibility
Kenya Embraces Sustainable Tourism As The New Normal
By Bianca CaruanaSince 2013, tourism has expanded and evolved in the region, welcoming a more sustainable narrative — one far more inclusive of a positive social and environmental impact than at any time in Kenya’s tourism history.
Africa Social Responsibility
The Coral Rehabilitation Project Reviving the Maldives Reefs
By Bianca CaruanaThe Maldives islands are home to more than a thousand coral reefs, vibrant ecosystems that provide a home for marine life.
Asia Volunteer Travel Preservation
Animal Cruelty for Tourists’ Entertainment: An Industry in Need of Reform
By Bianca CaruanaAs selfies with tigers, primates and other wild species front Instagram and Facebook feeds, tourists are now forced to question the morals and ethics of their encounters with captive animals.
The World Insights Social Responsibility
Cause for a change: The post-pandemic future of Asia’s elephant tourism
By Bianca CaruanaIn a small town in the southwestern region of Nepal, Eva the rescue elephant and her new companion Lhamo are sprouting a charming kinship.
Asia Social Responsibility
Bali battles a plastic ocean while eagerly awaiting economic respite
By Bianca CaruanaAs if Bali hasn’t been suffering enough with the economic blow of COVID-19, locals are also battling a catastrophic environmental disaster as an abnormal amount of plastic washes up along popular tourist beaches Kuta & Seminyak.
Asia Social Responsibility Sustainability