When REI Adventures, one of the top outdoor adventure companies in the world suddenly and unexpectedly shut down its international trips division a few months ago, it left a lot of adventurous travelers at loose ends. It also left in the lurch local tour operators—like Terracotta Journeys in Portugal and Spain—that had supplied that big

Treading Lightly   There is no doubt that travelling and exploring new places is good—good for self-development, good for international understanding, good for local economies. But as mass tourism exploded in a pre-COVID19-shutdown world, it became obvious that tourism as an industry has some downsides, too. Overcrowded tourist sites, wrecked environments and angry, inconvenienced local residents