JoAnna Haugen, Author at Rooted

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If You Couldn’t Promote It, Would You Still Do It?

In the age of greenwashing, travel companies need to ask themselves if they’re making decisions for the right reasons.

Small is Significant: How Little Actions Can Create Cataclysmic Change in Tourism

Some people question the relevance of pledges, but initiatives like the Glasgow Declaration offer incentive to act — even in small ways.

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Consent and the Right Not to Share Stories

The move toward diversifying storytellers should not become a new form of extraction within the tourism industry.

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Writing the Wrongs in Travel Media

Developments across the media landscape indicate changes may be afoot for how publishers, editors, and writers approach travel journalism.

Writing the Wrongs in Travel Media

Why Sustainability Must Be Tourism’s Default Mode

The new Google Maps upgrade is an example of what it looks like for the tourism industry to operate sustainably and responsibly be default.

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In Defining Destinations, We’ve Lost the Power of Place

The tourism industry aggressively markets destinations, but its tactics have flattened the vibrancy and complexity of places.

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