14/08/2024
TRAVEL EXPLOITATION NEEDS TO STOP ✋
If you visit a local village, appreciate the craftsmanship, capture your instagrammable moment, and then head back to your luxury hotel without any meaningful exchange with the people you’ve encountered, you might be taking part in travel commodification or exploitation.
We all want an “authentic local experience,” but if you’re not actually contributing to the community, and just using the local culture as a backdrop for your experience, are you really engaging in anything more than a staged show?
True authenticity goes deeper. It means supporting the community in meaningful ways and understanding their way of life beyond just photo ops.
While others are content to drop you into a community for a few hours, take a picture, and move on, ODD Travel goes beyond that.
What sets us apart is our commitment to 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
We aim to work hand in hand with locals to ensure that our presence is beneficial, not just for us but for them as well. We intend to partner with local communities, learn their craft, and support their livelihood.
Instead of extracting value, we’re adding to it. It means we are traveling with a meaningful purpose.
In essence, when you travel with ODD Travel, you’re not just seeing the world, you’re making it better.
ODD Travel is a movement.
