Ready for a great, big family adventure in the Land of the Midnight Sun? Alaska is 663,000 square miles of scenic landscape ranging from rugged coastlines to towering mountain ranges. But less than three in 10 of Alaska’s two million annual visitors venture into the state’s Interior region, where history is so rich that it's impossible to really understand the diverse culture until you're there. The 49th state is a vast, wild place where children thrive among the flora and fa

2017 is the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, and Global Family Travels is excited to share the news that the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is launching a consumer-oriented campaign aimed at raising awareness of the value and contribution that sustainable tourism can make towards development. The ‘Travel.Enjoy.Respect’ campaign (see video) encourages us to be agents of positive change. The campaign reminds tourists “Whenever you travel, wherever

Gender Equality is a key part of economic development and sustainable tourism can play an important role in fostering equitable rights for girls and women worldwide. In our previous blog post, we introduced the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), which Global Family Travels supports through many of our Learn, Serve, and Immerse trips. We highlighted the important role of education (goal # 4) and some o

2017 has been declared as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations (UN) and we at Global Family Travels are honored to play a role by offering immersive journeys in support of quality education that support this UN resolution. A driving force of global economic growth, tourism currently accounts for 1 in 11 jobs worldwide. Through this declaration, the United Nations recognized that this sector has a unique opportunity to contrib