TRAVELLER LOW S E A SON
Issue 8 July 2024
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IS GREENWASHING MISLEADING ECO-CONSCIOUS TRAVELLERS?
FEATURED DESTINATIONS:
Why holidaymakers should learn to separate scams from sustainability.
THE JOY OF TRAIN TRAVEL
Editor Ryan Maley takes a train trip through Europe.
PUGLIA DELIVERS
A low season family escape to Bari, Puglia.
Costa Rica Andermatt, Switzerland Maldives Chiang Mai, Thailand Uganda Swedish Lapland AND MUCH MORE...
MEET THE LOW SEASON TRAVELLERS An interview with Riana Ang-Canning.
Balancing Tourism Seasonality 08 OCTOBER 2024 AT ROUTES WORLD, BAHRAIN
WWW.SEASONALITYSUMMIT.COM
Team and Contributors
Contributors Publishing Team
Ged Brown
Publisher and CEO at Low Season Traveller Ged is the founder and CEO of Low Season Traveller; the world’s first organisation completely dedicated to the promotion of travel during the offpeak seasons in each destination as a way to alleviate the growing problem of over-tourism. A passionate advocate of the advantages of tourism, Ged has spent his entire career working with leading travel and tourism organisations.
Ryan Maley
Editor, Low Season Traveller Ryan is our Content Development and Community Manager, as well as Editor of the Low Season Traveller Magazine. Ryan has worked in the travel industry for almost a decade, developing content and campaigns in his home city of Manchester, UK. He is passionate about sustainable travel, and believes that travel should be accessible to all, as it truly makes for a more well-rounded and culturally intelligent society.
Lisa TE Sonne Editor-at-Large
An award-winning writer who explored seven continents, dove many seas, and wrote for airline, Time-Life, and National Geographic media. Her books include “My Adventures” and “The Great Outdoors” for Quarto Publishers. Wrote for Oscarwinning and Emmy-winning projects. Co-founderCharityChecks.org; member of Space.com’s launch team and The Explorers Club.
Contributors Chris Flynn
Claire has crossed the globe, living and working on 6 continents. She’s now working on Low Season Traveller feature pieces and dreaming of her next adventure from her narrow boat home on a quiet stretch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, where it seems to be permanently low season.
Chris is a member of the LST Advisory Board and is also the Founder & Executive Chairman of The World Tourism Association for Culture and Heritage. With more than 30 years’ experience in international tourism, Chris is a regular speaker at high profile international events and provides insights to leading news media channels such as BBC World News Asia Business Report.
Chris McNicholl
Robert Isenberg
Art Director Chris is a designer with over 20 years experience in the design industry. Working with some of the biggest brands on the planet in top studios and publications in London. Chris has travelled extensively and worked with Low Season Travellor from the the very start. Now based in New Zealand he runs overflowcreative.co.nz
Riana Ang-Canning Riana Ang-Canning is a travel and copywriter based in Vancouver, Canada who is always planning her next trip. You can follow along with Riana’s travels on Twitter (X) and at Teaspoon of Adventure.
Robert is a writer and multimedia producer based in coastal New England. His books include The Green Season, about the two years he spent as a journalist in Costa Rica. He loves cycling and filmmaking, especially when he can do both simultaneously. Visit him at robertisenberg.net.
Tony Hallwood Business Development Director
Tony’s career has covered senior director roles for major travel companies including SAGA, Cosmos, Airtours and My Travel. Tony’s strengths are building strong partnerships with airlines, tour operators and national tourism partners alongside maximising his extensive PR and media experience to promote a wide range of new destinations, routes and services.
Vijay Verghese Vijay Verghese is a Hong Kong-based journalist, columnist and the editor of AsianConversations.com and SmartTravelAsia.com
Stephanie Curtis-Raleigh Steph Curtis-Raleigh is a journalist and publisher of International Glamping Business Magazine, Glamping Business Americas and SHARE – the publication of the Eco Resort Network. She has over 25 years’ experience as an editor of trade publications and is a keen traveller with her family – especially in low season.
Advertising? Get in touch with Tony Hallwood at: Tony@lowseasontraveller.com
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Contents 14 03 Contributors
52 Featured Destination: Maldives
09 Note From the Editor
58 Puglia Delivers – Especially in the Shoulder Season
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Ged’s Update
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Featured Destination: Costa Rica
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22 Is Greenwashing Taking Travellers to the Cleaners?
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62 Featured Destination: Swedish Lapland 70 Featured Photograph 72 Featured Destination: Chiang Mai
28 Featured Destination: Andermatt, Switzerland
80 Cultural Heritage
34 The Joy of Train Travel: A Rail Adventure Through Europe
86 Climate Friendly Accommodation
42 Featured Destination: Uganda
92 Top 5 Travel Podcasts
48 Meet the Low Season Travellers: Riana Ang-Canning lowseasontraveller.com
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