This Country Offers the Best Healthcare for American Expats and Digital Nomads
In a world where the boundaries between job and lifestyle have vanished, digital nomadism has emerged as a game-changing phenomenon in how we conceptualise jobs, holidays, and life. With a laptop, a good internet connection, and a taste for cultural experiences, millions have taken to the road. Similarly, American expatriates — retirees, remote workers, or […]
The Emergence of Black Travel Crews: Community and Adventure Twined
Something truly beautiful has recently changed in international travel: the emergence of Black travel crews. These crews, long envisioned and planned by Black travelers, have developed secure, empowering, and culturally empowering spaces for Black travelers to travel globally as a community. Far more than tourism itself, these types are a blend of community, cultural experience, […]
The Art of Return: Black Americans Return Home to Africa
During the past decades, a massive cultural and spiritual movement has been underway among Black Americans: the pilgrimage “back to Africa.” No longer a metaphor or political slogan, this pilgrimage—psychic and physical alike—has developed into a mass movement in Black American travel, identity, and consciousness. For others, going to Africa is not a journey; it’s […]
Soul Food Journeys: Culinary Travel Through the Black American South
The American South has a rich history, culture, and tradition. It is an environment about food that speaks volumes about enduring, existing, creative, and rejoicing. Soul food, born out of African, Native American, and European foods, is not just a cooking style, but a cultural heritage passed down through generations. Black American South culinary tourism […]
Safe and Welcome: Black Explorer-Friendly Travel Guides
Travel is possibly the best thing about having it anywhere—traveling to the world, learning something new, and knowing about other people’s cultures. The experience, however, for Black travelers, is usually marred by concerns of security, representation, and inclusion. The presence of social media, color communities, and travel communities of digital nomads has given Black travelers […]
Outside of the Hashtag: The True Power of #BlackTravelMatters
In recent years, the hashtag #BlackTravelMatters has been a rallying point, a call to arms, and a cause. More than that, however, it’s been a cross-sectional demand for representation, equivalence, and cultural truth throughout the tourism sector. Like the broader #BlackLivesMatter movement, #BlackTravelMatters is not only a call for exposure and representation but, further, an […]
Inside: SHEIN Factories in Guangzhou, China
Shein’s factories in Guangzhou, China, have been scrutinised because ethical issues and infringements of labourers’ rights have been brought against them. During investigations, long working hours, poor pay, and lax safety protocols have been called out. Working Hours and Conditions There have been reports of Shein employees in supplier factories working abysmal hours, with some […]
Historic Sites: Along the Trail of the Civil Rights Movement
Most sites of significance of the Civil Rights Movement are situated there, where he can stroll where history-makers strolled, hear the struggle for equal rights, and remember the constantly unfolding quest for justice. Montgomery, Alabama: The Cradle of the Movement This is one of the churches that people go to on pilgrimage so they can […]
Black Travel Influencers Shaping the Future of Tourism
In our more globalized world, the social media, the faces and voices that write global travel narratives, are more multicultural than ever. Among them are Black travel influencers, who are becoming a power to be dealt with. They’re breaking down stereotypes, disseminating off-the-beaten-path travel, promoting inclusive tourism, and inviting a global community to visit with […]
Black Heritage Tours: Unlocking Ancestry from Ghana to the Carolinas
Part of the ongoing process of reconnecting, healing, and reclaiming culture, Black Heritage Tours is a living archive for individuals of African descent—and those interested in African diaspora history—investigating their origins, traversing ancestral paths, and experiencing the living heritage of Black resiliency and cultural accomplishment. From Ghana’s Gold Coast forts to the Carolinas’ rice paddies, […]