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After 15 years, Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for a tourism boycott has been lifted. But debate around travelling in Burma remains relevant.

10 mindful trips that will change the way you travel

Presents given with the best intentions can have disastrous results. 

When it comes to volunteering abroad, advertising matters.

As volunteering overseas takes off, growing pains lead to new challenges for the field and for volunteers.

Today is national coffee day! While you sip your decaf, non-fat soy latte, think about the fact that over 80 percent of Canadians drink coffee regularly, according to the Coffee Association of Canada, and in 2008 sales of coffee amounted to 16 percent of non-alcoholic beverage sales in Canada. So this just leaves the question: do you know where your coffee comes from?

A pain-free guide for travel martyrs.

Volunteering abroad can be extremely rewarding—but how can you be sure you're really helping?

Our photos can have a major effect on the people and places we visit. Here are some ways to help make it a positive one.

A fair-trade coffee cooperative in Nicaragua uses tourism to put much-needed dollars to work in their communities.