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The Bureau of Land Management’s Tourism and Community Services program promotes public lands to our local communities and travelers from across the country, and around the world. The BLM is responsible for managing public lands and waters that people visit and experience every day.  The program sustains domestic tourism opportunities that provide valuable community amenities, attract businesses, protect sensitive resources, and helps diversify and stabilize the economies of local communities.  These remarkably places are not only appreciated for their scenic values, but they are also part of working landscapes, and provide opportunities for activities ranging from ranching, mining, logging and energy development, to hunting, fishing and other recreational activities. Tourism provides an opportunity for visitors to learn about public lands. These lands provide valuable, tangible goods and materials we rely on and use every day to heat our homes, but also to build the roads that connect people to places and experiences that create lifelong memories for American families. 

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BLM released an action plan to provide a path forward to help the BLM attract and welcome domestic and international visitors within the United States. This action plan provides a comprehensive framework for managing travel and tourism. It identifies sustainable tourism-based actions that the BLM will take to provide exceptional opportunities for domestic and international visitors, contribute to the economy and communities, and conserve America’s public lands for future generations. The BLM works with federal, state, local, tribal partners and travel and tourism industry organizations to implement this plan.

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Tourism Action Clubs hereafter referred to as TAC is managed through the Tourism Awareness Unit of the Jamaica Tourist Board. One of the mandates of the Tourism Awareness Unit is to sensitize Jamaicans on the value of tourism to Jamaica and most important the role each of us can play in ensuring that Jamaica remains the premier Caribbean Tourist Destination.

One of the main selling point for Jamaica as a tourist destination is the warmth and hospitality of the Jamaican people and we would love to keep it that way.

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What do TAC members do?

TAC activities are based on three main components:

Community Involvement . The activities of the Club are aimed at reinforcing the link between communities and tourism by engag-ing students in community-related projects.

Education . The TAC aims to build a greater awareness of the tourist industry among members and seeks to develop individuals through various activities involving specialty speakers, informative films or videos, debates, skills training, classroom learning competitions etc.

Recreation . The Club encourages and provide an outlet for fun activities including nature walks, familiarization trips, games, etc.

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DOT launches Tourist Assistance Call Center

Manila, Philippines —Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco herself made the first call to the first-ever centralized and multi-platform Tourist Assistance Call Center launched on Monday (Oct. 2) at the Department of Tourism (DOT) Central Office in Makati City. 

The newest tourism innovation of is in line with the Marcos administration’s thrust to revitalize the tourism industry as an engine for economic growth and fulfill one of the objectives of the National Tourism Development Plan (NTDP) 2023 to 2028 to enhance the overall tourist experience in the Philippines. 

According to the tourism chief, the Tourist Assistance Call Center shall serve as the hotline and one-stop shop for local and foreign tourists, made available to provide tourism- and travel-related information and extend assistance if any to untoward incidents that may occur during the tourist visit. 

“We are delighted to launch today the Tourist Assistance Call Center that aims to fulfill our President’s vision to enhance the overall tourist experience in the country. This is a first for the Department of Tourism where we have consolidated the modes of assistance that can be given to tourists from the national government agencies and regional offices that will then coordinate with our local government units,”  Secretary Frasco said in a message during the launch.   

“One of the strategic approaches of the National Tourism Development Plan approved by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is on the aspect of convenience. The convenience of travelers must be the central focus of our efforts and programs,”  she added, noting that the goal is not just to lure more tourists but to also gain repeat customers. 

The Secretary herself was the first client of the call center agent who personally relayed her queries on diving in Mindanao, to which the agent based in Angeles City, Pampanga enthusiastically answered her questions. 

A first DOT-led nationwide tourism telecommunication assistance 

During the launch, Secretary Frasco emphasized the importance of the project, as the first professional nationwide online and telecommunication assistance center established by the DOT. 

There are an initial eight tourist assistance agents fluent in English and Filipino languages who will be working on shifts as well as two quality assurance team members, and two trainers. They are outsourced agents of service provider Universal Access & Systems Solutions (UAS), an IT solutions company. The tourism chief also mentioned plans to expand and “add foreign language-trained agents in time to come”.  

However, the Secretary noted that the DOT will not limit the number of agents who will be working for the call center, should the need arise. 

The agents have also been trained for three months, with extensive knowledge of tourism and travel services, including the Filipino Brand of Service Excellence (FBSE). 

The agents are ready to receive inquiries beginning today, from local and international tourists traveling to and around the country. 

The public can relay their queries through multi-platform support via hotline number 151-TOUR / 151-8687 or mobile by dialing +63995-835-5155. They may also opt to contact via email at [email protected]; or through Facebook messenger at https://www.facebook.com/DepartmentOfTourism; web chat at https://philippines.travel/ and https://beta.tourism.gov.ph/; or via https://philippines.travel/ and https://beta.tourism.gov.ph. 

The Tourist Assistance Call Center will also cater to tourists from different time zones and will be open 24/7,  even on public holidays to ensure uninterrupted service. The operating hours or service levels will be the same for weekends and weekdays. 

Call center agents will be taking all kinds of queries as they come, including general tourism inquiries, even those concerning the local level, DOT accreditation guidance, travel assistance, complaint resolution, and emergency assistance, among others. 

However, complex queries will be resolved by the concerned unit and followed through by the call center until resolution. 

All transactions are recorded in a customer relationship management (CRM) with a ticketing system. General Inquiries are resolved within the call or chat. If the concern is for escalation, this is endorsed to the respective DOT regional office (RO), local government unit (LGU), attached agency, or national government agency (NGA) via email. 

”Tourism is one of the strongest pillars of our economy. And therefore, the effort of the Department of Tourism is to ensure that we continue to provide innovative services to the industry that correspond to the demands of our customers and clients. We foresee that by providing this tourist assistance call center, this will increase the tourism experience. This will also assist in providing further livelihood and employment opportunities for those in the tourism value chain,”  Secretary Frasco also emphasized. 

Published:October 2, 2023

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Frasco hails first-ever North Luzon Travel Fair as critical to revitalizing tourism; reiterates the Philippines’ readiness for visitors

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PHL visitor arrivals reach 2M; tourism revenue hit 100B – DOT Chief

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PHITEX 2022 yields record high 173M sales leads

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DOT targets increased inoculation of tourism workers in more destinations

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How to develop community-based tourism (7 tips).

• July 14, 2023
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• What is community-based tourism?

Community-based tourism is a way of sustainable tourism that allows travellers to closely connect to local communities. Tourism where travellers are invited into local homes. Experiencing the actual local culture, the diversity, local rituals and beliefs.

The aim of community-based tourism is directly benefiting local communities financially, while travellers experience local way of life. Communities that participate in community-based tourism are strong, resilient and committed to show travellers their culture.

Be aware that community-based tourism is a very sensitive segment. That’s why, it’s essential that it’s developed and operated correctly to ensure actual benefits for the local communities. It’s a growing niche market , as more and more travellers are looking for authentic experiences that create benefits locally.

“75% seek authentic experiences that are representative of the local culture”. – booking.com (2023)

This article gives you the basic tools to develop community-based tourism experiences yourself and to create win-win-win situations.

In this article

What are the benefits of community-based tourism, community-based tourism examples.

• Community-based tourism in practice
• Negative impacts of community-based tourism

Developing cultural experiences on local terms

7 tips to develop community-based tourism.

The unique feature of community-based tourism is that the tourism experiences are hosted and managed by local communities. It is a promising niche tourism experience with lots of opportunities. More and more travellers are interested in learning about local cultures and ways to genuinely interact with local communities. Among others, the key benefits of community-based tourism are that it:

• Sustains local culture for future generations
• Facilitates local employment
• Directly benefits locals financially
• Is fairly easy to develop with the right network
• Creates and empowers resilient and strong communities
• Adds value to your business with authentic experiences
• Allows travellers to experience the diversity and customs of local cultures
• Encourages travellers to truly connect and interact with local communities
• Stimulates increased awareness and knowledge of other cultures and traditions
• Takes your business and travellers off the beaten track into rural areas
• Supports the movement of good tourism

While every destination and local cultures are different, the key concept of community-based tourism is fairly similar. That’s to say, the activities can also be applied and developed in almost all destinations. Also, it’s important to stay away from staged activities and to include interaction.

“69% want the money they spend when traveling to go back to the local community”. – booking.com (2023)

Examples of community-based tourism experiences

• Cooking and tasting local food
• Visiting a local market
• Walk through the village
• Working on the field
• Experiencing the coffee process
• Fishing or sailing with locals
• Biking tour around the village
• Handcrafting or painting
• Storytelling by elders
• Homestay or farmstay

Community-based tourism examples in practice

Tour operators come in all sizes and all have a different impact on tourism destinations. Among these tour operators, there are some inspiring businesses that solely focus on benefitting local communities. Their aim is to use tourism as a tool to create a better life and future for locals and to protect the environment at the same time.

Be inspired by the following community-based projects that benefit local communities while offering travellers an authentic experience.

• Preserving cultural heritage in the Karamoja region in Uganda
• Nature community experience in Mida Creek in Kenya
• Connecting locals and travellers in food experiences
• Trekking the Calchaquíes valley in Argentina with local families

Potential negative impacts of community-based tourism

As mentioned, community-based tourism is a very sensitive segment. This means that it can have negative impacts and challenges if not organised and managed correctly and with care.

Community-based tourism is becoming more popular among tour operators. They’re looking to both benefit and involve local communities while developing new tourism experiences for their travellers. Therefore, it’s essential to not only explain the benefits and the development steps of community-based tourism, but also the potential negative impacts and challenges.

The main challenge within community-based tourism is community participation. And without community participation, it’s very difficult to create a successful community-based tourism experience. Community participation is influenced by:

1. Elitism and leadership conflict

Communities with a (visible) hierarchy have challenges with elitism and leadership conflict. Elite members of the communities take on leadership as they believe only these members are fit to rule. Often at the expense of the whole community itself resulting in conflict on resource ownership. One where only the few powerful and influential local elite manage and benefit from community-based tourism.

How to avoid

Avoid this by having many conversations with the community members and all stakeholders and to agree on a fair management structure.

2. Greed and corruption

For extremely poor communities, greed and corruption can become a real challenge. Especially when (some) locals feel they don’t benefit enough they’ll try and get money another way. For example, by abusing assigned power for personal gain. Thereby, it creates a begging culture where tourists are seen as walking ATMs. This creates uncomfortable situations for all involved.

Avoid this by making sure all community members are equally benefitted but also based on their role in the community-based tourism experience.

3. Capacity issues within the community

Managing a community-based tourism experience is hard work and time consuming. Not all locals understand the work it requires to welcome travellers into their homes. When there are too many travellers visiting, locals might feel overwhelmed and dissatisfied with the tourism concept. It also raises issues for the quality of the community-based tourism experience for travellers.

Avoid this by agreeing on the carrying capacity beforehand and making sure that the local community understands what it means to work in tourism.

4. Language issues

Many locals from rural communities aren’t able to communicate with visiting travellers in English. When they don’t know how to communicate, they’re unable to participate. And if they can’t participate in tourism, they tend to resent it. It also won’t allow them to connect with travellers in an authentic way, to explain about their daily lives and to exchange experiences.

Avoid this by working with translators and invest in teaching English to the (younger) community members to develop and empower themselves.

5. Lack of funding and skills

Managing a community-based tourism experience is similar to managing a starting business. In the beginning, you’d need starting capital, finances, skills, and knowledge to organise and manage the experience. Without this, it’s difficult to make it a long-term success. Even though there might be funding from stakeholders, they’ll need to be able to support themselves on the long-term.

Avoid this by supporting the local community with funding and support during the start-up phase, but with the aim for them to be self-managing in the future.

When developing new cultural experiences, it is crucial to consider the potential negative impacts of community-based tourism. Without active community participation, it is challenging to offer travellers an authentic and truly local experience.

To ensure community participation and satisfaction, adopting a comprehensive approach is essential: develop cultural experiences on local terms. The key question to ask is: What aspects of their culture do locals want to share?

By allowing locals to determine what they are willing to share and to what extent, you can achieve the following:

1. Gain the support of the local community

Involving locals in decision-making ensures that the cultural experiences have their support. This support is vital for creating a sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship between the community and your business.

2. Make a positive impact

Developing cultural experiences based on local terms provides an opportunity to generate tangible benefits for the destination. By respecting the locals’ wishes, you can contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage, promote economic growth, and support community development.

3. Differentiate from competitors

Offering travel experiences that truly reflect the desires and values of the local community sets you apart from the competition. Authenticity is increasingly valued by travelers seeking meaningful and immersive experiences, and aligning with local terms helps fulfill these desires.

It is important to note that, as a tourism business, you can still bring your expertise to the table. With insights into the industry, market trends , and traveler demands, you can collaborate with the local community to transform their ideas into compelling travel experiences.

Case study: Bali in the 1960’s

To give you an idea about a local conflict, let me take you back to the 1960’s when mass tourism reached Bali for the first time. Where immediately, travellers became fascinated with the sacred Balinese dances.

The Balinese welcomed travellers to enter their temples and watch the dancing for a small fee. But as more people visited, it got crowded and chaotic. And because temples are not particularly comfortable and could only host small groups, the Balinese decided to move their dances to the tourist resorts.

All good you’d say. But some of the Western visitors were shocked. These were sacred dances and holy art! They couldn’t understand the Balinese sacrificing their holy dances and rituals. This led to a conflict between the locals and visitors.

But only because the visitors didn’t allow the locals to decide what and how they wanted to share their culture. They should have taken into account the local terms.

When developing community-based tourism according to the above-mentioned steps, there are more key aspects to remember and to pay close attention to. As said before, CBT is a sensitive form of tourism. Above all, it’s important that both the local community as the traveller enjoys the experience.

1. Connect with the local community

The local community is the key element of your experience. Connect with them, build trust, and think about tourism together. What is unique about their culture and what are they willing to share? To what extent do they want to change their lives? Make sure to collaborate and to give them responsibility and a voice in the entire experience.

2. Train locals in tourism

Interacting with travellers from different cultures can be a challenge for local communities. It’s important to teach communities how to communicate with travellers. How and which information to share and to make them feel welcome. Always use guides from the community itself as they know all the ins and outs of the community. This also ensures the profits stay in the community.

3. Create independency

Community-based tourism is not developed for the sake of tour operators. Local communities want to improve their livelihood and build their own future. Construct cooperative ownership. The success rate of the tourism experience depends on the communities’ sense of ownership. Let them take care of their own tourism product and enjoy the benefits.

4. Include interactive elements

In the experience economy , travellers request experiences to be entertaining, educational, imaginative and attractive. They are looking for experiences where they can participate instead of only watching and visiting. Engage them in the local culture, have them do, try and taste things and give them a truly authentic experience.

5. Think about the language

Travellers are looking for experiences with interaction. Therefore, language is an important aspect for community-based tourism. How are your travellers going to communicate with the host? The best solution is to have an English-speaking guide who is able to communicate with both the host as travellers in an enthusiastic manner.

6. Decide on the duration

Most travellers step out of their own comfort zone when doing a community-based tourism experience. Therefore, it’s important that your experiences are not too long and uncomfortable for the traveller. When you start with community-based tourism, focus on (half) day experiences first. This way, travellers can ease into it and they are also easier to develop.

7. Ensure safety

As travellers are entering an unknown area, they trust upon the guide to keep them safe. It’s important that the guide is trained in emergency situations and also knows how to explain safety issues to the travellers. Thereby, hygiene and sanitation of the local community is also very important. Especially for experiences involving food and drinks.

Happy developing!

When done right, community-based tourism is the ultimate way of good tourism. It’s in the perfect position to create better lives for local communities, to share their stories, and to offer travellers authentic experiences. Keep the challenges and development tips in mind when developing community-based experiences to ensure success stories. Never forget the purpose, focus on creating win-win-win situations and commit yourself to good tourism for communities and travellers.

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Hi, I would like to ask some questions:

– When do we know as a tourist if the trip chosen is a real community-based tourism, where locals get the main benefit and tourists experience the culture and the local’s way of living?

Hi Ane, very good question! This is always difficult and there is not a one size fits all approach. However, there are some guidelines that can help you find out if the community-based trip is genuine.

You’ll know if it’s a real community-based tourism program when the company is very transparant about how it’s run and there is plenty information available. Look for information about ownership (ideally by local initiatives and local communities), the type of activities (really daily life and experiencing local culture instead of only visiting) and if they employ local people and use/buy local products.

Also have a look at this article that I’ve written a few years ago: https://fairsayari.com/blog/how-to-select-a-sustainable-tour-operator

Dear Anne. I have passion to develop community tourism in a region underserved by services like roads and electricity. Are there possible funders to service communities of this nature and develop the products and services?

Hi Anna, very good to hear you have a passion to develop community tourism, what region are you working in? Unfortunately, I don’t have experience with improving roads and electricity but I am assuming this is arranged by government authorities. Perhaps teaming up with local tour operators and accommodations will provide opportunities of making changes happen. Good luck!

This is a problem that I am analysing as well.. Beside the problem of blindness of governance to advantage “some not complying agencies”. From outside it looks like a fantastic green and sustainable initiative of the destination.. Anne please feel free to contact me through LinkedIn, I am on the CBT since a while and I gathered a lot of guidelines and documents giving some steps, good examples, funds ideas.. I would be more than happy to exchange. I am actually creating a responsible tourism agency…

Very good to hear you’ve been analysing this as well Deborah. There are so many sides to community-based tourism but it only provides local positive impact if managed well. I’ve reached out on LinkedIn, happy to connect!

Dear Anne. Our local registered association has recently registered a local company license with the government and plan to embark on tourism as our project. We have passion on that, so we’re looking for any interested partner to join with us since we’re legally registered with the government. Can you find any interested partner for us? We’re located in the South Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands.

Hi there, I passed through your wonderful CBT explanation, and I am so excited as you have inspired me to contact my University Research about CBT. Will you please help me of some CBT definitions which will be so suitable in my Research. thank you in advance.

Thank you for your comment and good to hear we’ve inspired you! Actually, there is only one main CBT definition that’s important and covers everything.

“CBT is a way of sustainable tourism that allows travellers to closely connect to local communities. The aim of CBT is directly benefiting local communities financially, while travellers experience local way of life. The tourism experiences are hosted and/or managed by local communities.”

Wow ,this is quite helpful

So good to hear @ojambo – are you also thinking about developing community-based tourism?

Yes Anne, am also thinking and planning to develop community tourism as one of my products. Thank you.

Hi Anne, this very interesting topic. I enjoy read your explanation and i love to colaborate with you if you have any research project in the future. Im from Indonesia. We have been implementing this in our community. Yet, the challange we face so far is our community have problem in using English.This is not easy to solve. Any advice is welcom.thanks

Hi Muhammad, very good to hear! Yes, it’s a very complex type of tourism and many destinations have similar challenges. To overcome the language barrier, you can start working with a local translator. Perhaps the younger generation in the community or a local student is able to translate when travellers visit. Keep in mind that not everyone has to be able to speak English fluently. As long there is someone who can explain and translate, the others are fine with a few words to welcome them.

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MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—A few new activities will be held during this year’s Mandaue City’s Mid-Year Cultural Summit.

During the launching of the cultural summit on Wednesday, April 19, it was revealed that the new activities that will be conducted are the Vispop concert, Airsoft Cup, Bon Odori, bike race, motocross, karetedo competition, and drum and bugle corp competition. There will also be a concert featuring Parokya ni Edgar and Sponge Cola.  

“[These are] new activities that we wanted to introduce to Mandauehanons, not just Mandauehanons but also to the world,” said Kristian Marc Cabahug, executive director of the Mandaue Investment Promotions Tourism Action Center (MIPTAC).

“[This is to make it] more fun this year. For example, the Japanese who will   participate in the Bon Odori, it’s always nice to feel that we will learn more another culture and we will exchange [learnings]. It’s more on culture and heritage experience. There are also a lot of sports events. We mixed everything so that everybody can participate,” said City Counilor Jennifer Del Mar, executive chairperson of mid-year cultural summit 2023.

At least P15 million from the city government and stakeholders was allocated for the celebration, which ends May 28, said Cabahug.

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Linzy Del Mar from Cebu City, using sign language, explained that she is joining the pageant to be an inspiration to other deaf-mutes.  

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Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes, in his message delivered by Vice Mayor Glenn Bercede, said that the launching of the mid-year cultural summit with the theme “Bridging Cultures and Uniting Communities for a More Progressive and Resilient Mandaue” is a testament of the city government’s desire in promoting unity, diversity, and resiliency.

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In an effort to increase tourism to Palm Beach County during the summer off-season, Discover the Palm Beaches has launched “ The Palm Beach Collection ” campaign, a questionnaire visitors can fill out to create an itinerary curated to their niche interests.  

It’s part of a slew of initiatives launched by Discover the Palm Beaches aimed at improving the county’s tourism sector, CEO Milton Segarra told business leaders attending the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce members breakfast at The Breakers on Tuesday. 

As part of these improvements, Discover the Palm Beaches, a nonprofit corporation tasked with marketing the county as a tourism destination, has invested significantly into its technological capabilities, including the launch of a new website featuring a customer service live chat and improving the organization's marketing software, he said.  

Segarra noted that the organization also has plans for a Certified Tourism Ambassador program , an industry-recognized certification program that gives workers, business leaders, and officials the opportunity to become an expert guide on the county’s various entertainment offerings.     

Looking to the future, Segarra said Discover the Palm Beaches will work with the county’s Tourism Development Council and a yet-to-be-chosen private consultant to draft a Tourism Master Plan to set the long-term guiding principles for the tourism sector.  

With drafting expected to begin in July or August, he called on business leaders at the Chamber Breakfast to join in during the drafting process.  

"We want to listen to you, we want to know exactly what are your expectations, what are your recommendations— to make sure we can craft a plan that will define the path for tourism in the next 10 to 20 years,” he said.   

All these changes come after a record-breaking year for the county's tourism sector. Some 9.5 million tourists visited the county during 2023 — a gain of 300,000 over the previous year, Segarra said. That amounted to a total of $10.3 billion funneled into the county, with $7.08 billion directly spent at private businesses, he said, adding that the tourism sector makes up just over 11% of the county's economy.

Segarra also highlighted the sector's employment opportunities, noting that 85,000 residents are working in tourism-related businesses.  

“It’s important to understand the strategic and practical value of our industry in the big picture of the county’s economy,” Segarra said. 

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Thanks to NPCA’s decades-long work, a new visitor center has opened at Flamingo in Everglades National Park and the area’s namesake birds are returning.

Flamingos have been exceptionally rare in Florida over the past hundred years but sightings have increased recently. The birds are easily disturbed by people, so visitors are advised to keep their distance. 

Flamingo is experiencing a rebirth.

After years of ecological harm caused by development, this southern tip of Everglades National Park — named for its once-famous pink residents — is now seeing the return of clean water and wildlife. The recovery, in large part, reflects the successful Everglades restoration initiatives that NPCA has been advocating for since the 1980s.

At the same time, our work to secure National Park Service funding to rebuild Flamingo’s hurricane-condemned visitor facilities deep in the Everglades has led to the grand opening of the Guy Bradley Visitor Center and a new Flamingo Lodge and Restaurant , each designed and rebuilt with storm protection and resiliency to withstand sea-level rise from climate change. Visitors can also enjoy eco‐tents for “glamping” and recreational amenities such as kayak rentals and Florida Bay boat tours.

The reconstructed and renamed Guy Bradley Visitor Center in Everglades National Park’s Flamingo area. 

It’s fitting that the Park Service named the visitor center for a conservation officer who was killed trying to protect wildlife from poachers at Flamingo in 1905; the dedication/reopening occurred as flamingo sightings have been increasing over the past decade.

During a recent stay at the newly opened lodge, we saw over 50 flamingos — one of the largest flocks in decades!

NPCA never stopped fighting for Flamingo. We’re excited that this combination of more accessible facilities plus increased wildlife sightings means that people can once again experience the wonder of this wild, remote section of the greater Everglades.

From ‘River of Grass’ to environmental degradation

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Before development in South Florida, the Everglades existed as a massive, flowing ecosystem twice the size of New Jersey. Water flowed slowly from the Kissimmee River to Florida Bay across the flat South Florida landscape known as the “River of Grass.”

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In the early 20th century, people drained the Everglades for farms, cities and highways — displacing wildlife, Tribal communities and the namesake grass. More than 70% of the water flow was lost, resulting in less water for South Florida residents and keeping Everglades National Park consistently in drought.

A water quality crisis in Florida Bay in the 1980s became the catalyst for efforts to restore the Everglades, which set into motion many of the projects NPCA has championed for years.

Lack of clean freshwater coming through the Everglades and into Florida Bay led to widespread seagrass die-offs and fish kills that forever changed the ecosystem and local economy. Plume hunting in the 19th century combined with environmental changes of the 20th century led the colorful flamingos — once so abundant in Florida Bay — to breed instead in Mexico and Cuba.

A flock of flamingos in Florida Bay as seen in November 2023 by NPCA staff. 

NPCA has long fought for various restoration projects that keep water flowing south in its more natural pattern. NPCA led the campaign to elevate Tamiami Trail – the road from Tampa to Miami built in 1929 – so that the flow of water would pass unimpeded into the deepest part of Everglades National Park, known as Shark Valley Slough.

Our advocacy for improved water quality and quantity flowing into the park led to improved operations of the water management system, the installation of the underground wall in Miami-Dade County that prevents water from seeping into the Las Palmas community that’s in a corner of the Everglades, and the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, now under construction, to store more water that will make its way to Florida Bay.

NPCA’s Cara Capp speaks from the welcome desk at the new Guy Bradley Visitor Center in Flamingo during the dedication ceremony in October 2023. 

Some people worry that Everglades restoration will take too long and won’t be worth the effort amid the reality of climate change and sea level rise. NPCA disagrees. The wildlife already tells us that we are making progress. After the Kissimmee River was restored by rebuilding the river’s natural curve, egrets, ibises, storks and herons flocked back . Now, wildlife is returning to Florida Bay, too. Environmental groups shared at 2023’s Everglades Coalition Conference that they see increased numbers of nesting birds and alligators, as well as more areas of Everglades National Park staying hydrated.

The huge flock of flamingoes in Flamingo this year shows more evidence of success in Everglades restoration. Giving better habitat to wildlife is critical if we hope to support native species with time to adapt in a changing climate.

From shambles to climate resilience

Hurricane damage to Flamingo’s visitor center in 2017.

We can achieve and celebrate incremental progress along the restoration journey. Last October, the Park Service invited us to speak and help cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony for new Guy Bradley Visitor Center and new lodging facilities in recognition of NPCA’s longstanding work at Flamingo, including our contributions to envisioning how the area could be rebuilt in a walkable and environmentally sustainable way.

It was amazing, and frankly unbelievable, to stand inside the gorgeous visitor center after seeing the site in complete disrepair after Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005, and again after Hurricane Irma in 2017 blew the roof off a temporary visitor center created after the first two hurricanes. Finally having overnight accommodations again — almost 20 years since the disasters — gives a new generation of visitors and anglers a chance to experience this place as it was so long ago.

The rebuilt Flamingo Lodge & Restaurant in Everglades National Park. 

In addition to pushing for Everglades restoration, NPCA led the charge in advocating to Congress that Flamingo must be rebuilt in a way that exemplifies sustainability and climate resilience. We worked to secure funding through the Great American Outdoors Act and hurricane emergency resources to reopen the facilities and incorporate the latest construction standards of elevated and hardened structures in their design.

We appreciate how, in the rebuilding, the Park Service also placed special emphasis on preserving the visitor center’s distinctive color and mid-20th century architecture from the Mission 66 campaign , which was the Park Service’s initiative to expand and modernize park facilities in advance of the agency’s 50th anniversary in 1966.

Exhibits inside the newly rebuilt Guy Bradley Visitor Center at Flamingo, in Everglades National Park. 

For decades, this pink visitor center with its nearby lodge and campground had welcomed adventurers and anglers to Florida Bay’s launching point. The modern building on the water became one of the national park’s premier and most beloved areas. Visitors came to see the namesake 4-foot-tall birds, manatees, American crocodiles and fish that made Everglades National Park a world-renowned angling destination. For nearly 40 years, the Flamingo Lodge and Restaurant proved equally as popular, as people needed an air-conditioned place to eat and rest in this off-the-beaten-path area of the park.

Now visitors and flamingos are flocking once again.

NPCA considers Flamingo’s re‐opening a huge victory for accessibility and public engagement — and it could not have happened without the dedicated, continued support of park advocates. This new, vibrant era for Flamingo is a testament to the importance of Park Service funding and what can be accomplished when we step up to support our parks and the environments they protect.

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A tower viewer inside Guy Bradley Visitor Center looks out onto Florida Bay.

Everglades National Park consists of 1.5 million acres, and Flamingo is one of its four visitor centers. The Guy Bradley Visitor Center and Flamingo Lodge and Restaurant are located 40 miles south of the main park visitor center in Homestead, Florida, and over an hour’s drive from downtown Miami. Thanks to a successful public transit initiative led by NPCA, you can take a train or bus from Miami to the Homestead entrance. However, a car is needed to make your way to Flamingo, as there is no public transportation within the Flamingo area as there was in the 1960s. Flamingo also is out of reach of most cell/internet service.

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Audience members are the guests at the party for the graduating high schooler. When the bespectacled Alex (Mel Schaffer) greets us at the start of the evening, there is a bit of uncertainty in the air. Or, as the grad (pronouns they/them) joked with a kind of aw-shucks charm, “Maybe I should say ‘I’m both melancholy and exhilarated to be graduating.’”

The celebration is the work of Alex’s parents, Victoria (Betty Hart) and Jacob (Mark Collins), aided by Barb (Maggie Tisdale), owner of Touch of Barb! Event Planning,  Barb wears a pink-and-orange (it works!) skirt ensemble that resembles that of a flight attendant. She comes off a little high-strung, not the sort of antsy demeanor you’d want during turbulence, but she’s kind and turns out to have quite the agenda for the increasingly flummoxed teen’s night.

Alex’s hippie aunt Bertie (Joan Bruemmer-Holden) attends. And cousin Cygna (Min Kyung “Cecillia” Kim) has flown in from New York, where she’s becoming something of a star. All are there to send the youngster off on their next adventure. While no one proselytizes plastics and there’s no Mrs. Robinson flirting, there are plenty of guests with advice for the graduate.

Family members take turns saluting Alex. When Alex’s very proud, slightly bossy mom hands them the gift of a pocket watch, Alex’s mixed feelings bubble up. “Thanks, Mom. This is … wow,” they say with a pause, “an heirloom and a lot of pressure.”

To add to that sense of weightiness, Alex’s mom, dad, Aunt Bertie and Cygna begin to echo one another: “Time is ticking … time is ticking … time is ticking.” Clocks chime madly and off goes Alex — and as many as four separate “guest” groups — heading deeper into the museum’s invitingly landscaped 2.5-acre sculpture garden.

Looking-glass confidential

By now you have gathered that Alex and “Impossible Things” share DNA with a young girl named Alice and her travels to Wonderland. The looking glass that the graduate and guests pass through is one where the questions pertinent to high schoolers (and often the rest of us, too) hinge on making decisions — even if outcomes aren’t certain —  and making the most of time, even when we don’t quite understand all the things time means and demands.

As the Queen will soon tell Alex, “Here you have all the time you need … not all the time you want.”

In “Impossible Things,” Alex’s family members play their whimsical doubles in the world of Alex’s — and our — adventure. In front of a bronze sculpture of the White Rabbit, Alice and the Mad Hatter, Hart is clad in a royal embellishment of Alex’s mom’s chic attire (zany and fetching costumes by Jayne Harnet-Hargrove). The Queen requests the guests address her as “Your Royal Highness,” “Your Majesty,” or “ma’am-pronounced-like-mum.” With precise royal-ME diction, she engages the guests, asking them to play a game (which she’ll no doubt win) and riffing on what a Queen wants, what a Queen needs and what a Queen does (hint: a lot).

Down a path stands a little booth manned by a puppeteer (who looks a lot like Alex’s dad). Back when the party started it was clear Alex’s father — head of a security firm — worried about his kid’s safety out in the wider world. So, of course, his doppelganger, Mr. Grimm, mans a wee theater where stories of adventure become tales of misadventure, and none seem to end well.

It is a family affair, and Aunt Bertie will make her appearance as Mother Goose, inviting guests to sit on the lawn and listen to her string theories. In a colorful caravan tent, a once ugly duckling turned celebrity swan shares her story. If Duckling’s a little vain, she’s earned it.

The Hanzon touch

No matter which group you find yourself traveling the adventure with, it’s unlikely the Cabinet of Curiosities won’t be the night’s centerpiece. Up a tiny berm, the space is the creation of local artist Lonnie Hanzon (of “Camp Christmas” fame). It’s chockful of fairy-tale fodder and nursery-rhyme artifacts, mementos of the natural world and other “impossible things.”

This permanent installation used to be at the museum’s former headquarters, and the show christens its new location. The wonderfully peculiar, obsessively curated Cabinet is striking on its own. (I’d return just to browse each crack and crevice, toy and novelty.) But it is Austgen’s writing and actor Chris Kendall’s embodiment of the melancholy, touchingly humane Collector of the evocative cache that add a profound dimension to the visit. The beverage the Collector offers his guests by way of a parting toast (a special concoction of artistic director Wilson, a darn inventive mixologist) didn’t hurt, either.

In “The Book of (More) Delights,” poet-essayist-mensch Ross Gay riffs on wonder and what René Descartes didn’t get quite right. The French philosopher thought it only came into being when it encountered the new, the novel. But, writes Gay, “most everything is new — or becomes so when we look longer or closer.”

Longer. Closer. Ahh. That’s what the cabinet and Alex’s adventure did for this one audience member. I can’t imagine it not doing something similar for you.

Lisa Kennedy is a freelance writer specializing in film and theater. 

“Impossible Things”: Written by Jessica Austgen. Directed by Amanda Berg Wilson. Creative direction Lonnie Hanzon. Featuring Joan Bruemmer-Holden, Mark Collins, Betty Hart, Chris Kendall, Min Kyung (Cecillia) Kim, Mel Schaffer, and Maggie Tisdale. At the Museum of  Outdoor Art,  6331 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village. Through June 16. Tickets at thecatamounts.org.

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‘A Call to Action’: Carter Center celebrates book anniversary and Women’s History Month

I n 2014, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter released  A Call to Action , a book about what he labeled the “No. 1 challenge in the world today”: the abuse of women and girls. Carter’s writing was the result of the Carter Center’s work with faith leaders to advance human rights and women’s rights.

Carter lists 23 action items in the chapters for governments, institutions and community organizations, including directives such as publicizing U.N. Security Resolutions, abandoning the death penalty, pushing for domestic and international Violence Against Women legislation, and convincing nations to elevate the end of the widespread scourge of human trafficking. 

After the book’s release, President Carter made several appearances to support the topic,  including a 2015 TED talk , in which he told a global audience, “Scriptures are misinterpreted to keep men in an ascendant position” — and called out religious hypocrisy, systematic gender-based violence and misleading laws about sex work.

Today, 10 years after  A Call to Action , as the Carter Center continues its focus on improving women’s rights, nearly all of the suggestions Carter made in 2014 still apply.

At the Carter Center on March 11, 2024, a multigenerational group of women gathered to revisit chapters in the book and engage in a workshop to help find solutions for all-too-common incursions of inequality, harassment, and exploitation. We found that a lot has changed in a decade — namely, that many women now view progress as something to first tackle on the hyper-local level as much as in the “big picture” worldview.

During a breakfast, attendees first heard from a panel of some of Jimmy Carter’s closest advisors at the Carter Center, including Beth Davis and Lauren Gay who managed his schedule and provided professional and personal assistance; Judy Langford Carter, a longtime Equal Rights Amendment campaigner who is the former daughter-in-law of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter (and the mother of Jason Carter, Chair of the Carter Center Board of Trustees); and Meredith Evans, Ph.D., Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Aklima Khondoker, a senior program advisor to the Carter Center, moderated the discussion.

While the women shared personal stories of their interactions with the Carters — some happening across decades — they also talked about how working with the former president bolstered them as colleagues. The words they spoke about their bosses included feeling “empowered,” “welcomed” and that their careers had been nurtured in workplaces that were “trusting spaces” for women.  

Carter Center leadership also assured attendees the organization is dedicated to continuing its work in the years ahead. The event was dedicated to the memory of late first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023 but left behind an incredible legacy for women herself, including being  the nation’s leading mental health advocate for more than 50 years.

When it was time to discuss topics in a coffee breakout session, each group of six to eight women worked together to present a list of observations and actions, from promoting women’s voices and safety to mobilizing women to become advocates or lawmakers and making problems easier to solve by bringing parties together on common ground.

Topics ranged from equal rights, equal pay, bodily autonomy, and freedom from discrimination to respect on the job.

The concepts were complex, but as one participant at a table said: “A culture shift is needed … in legal reform, popular culture and religion” to challenge power structures.

“Women need to start finding comfort in difficult conversations,” she said.

This story comes to Rough Draft Atlanta through a reporting partnership with GPB News , a non-profit newsroom covering the state of Georgia.

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