Tanzania, Arusha
A Contact Fee and a Photograph
A traditional healer on tourists cured of headaches, a government campaign against big families, and why having a son still matters most.
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The Women Who Hold Sapa Together
We women carry a lot at once, she says: being a good wife, support the family's income, keeping up traditions, values, and family life, which makes women and men equal.
Read more →Tanzania, Arusha
Ask Before You Take the Picture
Maasai women on souvenir markets, shared profits, and the one thing tourists still get wrong: taking a photograph without asking first.
Read more →Vietnam, Sa Pa
The Girls Who Run Their Own House
A teenage souvenir seller on splitting earnings with friends, learning English from tourists, and missing years of school she says she doesn't regret.
Read more →Tanzania, Lushoto
An Accent You Grow Into
A hotel employee on foreign-only guests, complaints about slow-cooked meals, and why children start begging when tourists walk without guides.
Read more →Tanzania, Arusha
Jambo Instead of Shikamoo
An elder on children greeting tourists the easy way, a house built from money sent home by relatives in the city, and hope that tourism keeps growing.
Read more →Tanzania, Longido — Cultural Tourism Programme
A Week to Change a Price
The tourism project splits every shilling by an agreed formula, and even the guesthouse owner who manages it can't discount a room without calling a village meeting first.
Read more →Vietnam, Sa Pa
Equal, But Still Doing the Cooking
A local woman on unwritten equality between men and women, new cultural shows staged for tourists, and a town changing faster than anyone can control.
Read more →Tanzania, Arusha
Morning, Even in the Evening
A young Maasai on school fees paid by tourism, a shrinking need for shepherds, and archery contests the visitors never manage to win.
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