Dutch Caribbean, Bonaire
The Bed Factory That Couldn't Compete
A tourism employee on foreign management, vanishing trades, and why the tip matters more than people think.
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Please Dress According to Our Standards
A Bonairian woman on independence, childcare, and what she wishes visitors understood before they unpack.
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A Night in Our House, Not the Hotel
Bonaire's youth on windsurfing friendships, a project called Hello Tourist, and an idea they think tourists should try.
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A Hundred Thousand Visitors, No More
Bonaire's local government on the visitor cap, the Green Globe programme, and what tourism owes the island back.
Read more →Ecuador, Bahía de Caráquez
The Mangrove Island Built by Fishermen
A coastal resource manager on rubbish bins, bird colonies, and a project that hands the mangroves back to the people who fish around them.
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Who Profits From a Bottle of Coke
A hotel owner and tour operator on why nobody in Bahía relies on tourism alone, and what he'd like visitors to think about before they order a drink.
Read more →Ecuador, Bahía de Caráquez
Four Families Own the Hotels
A teacher on El Niño, an earthquake, and why she's careful not to give tourism more credit — or blame — than it deserves.
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Fresh Fish, Rising Prices
A fisherman on selling more fish, paying more for everything else, and a new project trying to put fishermen inside the tourism economy instead of beside it.
Read more →Ecuador, Cuyabeno — Playas de Cuyabeno
The Cruise Ship That Brought the Mingas Back
An Indigenous community member on the Flotel, a nearly lost language, and the old tradition of shared work that tourism accidentally revived.
Read more →Ecuador, Cuyabeno
Fast Money in a Slow Season
A Siona woman on souvenirs, corn, and a penalty system that keeps community work from falling apart.
Read more →Ecuador, Cuyabeno — Zabalo
Stealing From the Rich, Legally
A member of the Cofán community of Zabalo on a joint venture with a tour operator, and traditions tourism helped bring back.
Read more →Curaçao
The Woman They Still Call Zus
Everyone in Punda's market calls her Zus — "sister" — a name she's carried since she was a girl small enough to disappear behind the pots. Her mother started the stall decades ago; Zus never really left. Now the government wants to tear the market down.
Read more →Ghana, Volta Region — Amedzofe
Twenty-Five Telephones for the Whole Village
A young man on a promise of jobs that mostly didn't arrive, a forest rule he calls unfair, and the fading novelty of being called obruni.
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What the Reef Can't Afford to Lose
A conservationist on towels, batteries, and the sand-beach idea she hopes never gets built.
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