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> I read and bookmarked your EXCELLENT article [|Practical Guide to El Cielo] by Scott Walker and am planning a trip very soon. Please give me some much needed advice for this trip. I'm a 59 y/o single male fluent in Spanish and will be traveling with my small dog in a 2002 Toyota Tacoma pickup. I've been to Mexico many times, but not by car for many years. All my friends are TERRIFIED of my travel plans. Truly how risky is road travel from Brownsville or McAllen to the Biosphere these days? Any preferred route?
 * Email from Bill (01.2011)**

Need for improved administration. We can't build sustainable tourism on red tape.
 * Suggestion from Carlos (01.2011)**

In a globalized world we are more hyperlocal than ever. Travelers are seeking out experiences in which they can meet others face to face. Quoting Chris Anderson: “Everyone’s taste departs from the mainstream somewhere. The more we explore alternatives the more we are drawn to them.”

We crave the carrotmobs and cater to a growing wave of couchsurfers. Locals are using [|Flickr] to show off neighborhood events and visitors are seeking out what makes places unique -- the people.

Strong, local travel providers contribute to their localities as catalysts of creativity, innovation and employment. Strengthening - or at the very least not undermining these operators - will go a long way toward building the resilience of local economies in uncertain times. My personal 'reading' of local travel focuses more on developing the capacity to develop the capacity of locals so that they can make the most of their visitors without treating them as walking wallets.

Local travel to me is a world beyond 'bums on seats' and delves into the face-to-face contact that many locals and travelers are seeking via the longtail. In this sense I see a clear path ahead in terms of bringing locals up to speed on what those of us with smartphones and Twitter and Flickr and the like are prattling on about. This is the movement in which we can nurture the nexus of local-visitor interaction simply by exploring this together.

Local Travel Movement
[|Planeta.com] is a proud partner of the [|Local Travel Movement] — the main goal of which is to make ‘local travel’ a key travel trend, aka buzzword that percolates on the Web and on the street. The movement is a celebration of the long tail writ in the world of travel. Small is indeed beautiful!

Speaking with [|Ethan Gelber], it’s refreshing to see how in-sync we are about where the travel industry is today and the possibilities of where it can go. Says Ethan: “The local travel movement adds momentum to a growing movement, to a growing sense of awareness within the industry that there is a still a disconnect with the traveler.”

Ethan sees the movement – spread across the web using web 2.0 channels including LinkedIn and Twitter – as an opportunity to create a nexus that shows travelers how to successfully engage with locals.

Given the diversity of partner companies, the Local Travel Movement is not overly prescriptive. Rather than define the ingredients of ‘local travel,’ the Local Travel Movement simply places value on an approach to travel that is mindful of local people, the local environment, local culture and the local economy.

Notas Es critico collaborar alcanzar nuestras metas

Hay que interactuar con los competitores o seas aislado.

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