Of course, some can seem meaningful because you’re travelling with a local, supporting their businesses, discovering ...

Tours of deprived parts of Asia’s cities are increasingly popular with tourists. But do they help or exploit? Eco-Business reviews slum tours in Mumbai, Jakarta and Manila. Home to thousands of people ...

Reality Tours and Travel in Mumbai set up its own charitable organization, which runs a community centre, kindergarten and cricket program in the slum of Dharavi, founder Chris Way said. The ...

Reality Tours and Travel in Mumbai set up its own charitable organization, which runs a community centre, kindergarten and cricket program in the slum of Dharavi, founder Chris Way said. The ...

Michael Cronin’s job as a college admissions officer took him to India two or three times a year, so he had already seen the usual sites — temples, monuments, markets — when one d… ...

Slum tours: Is this what you really want for your kids? Rakesh Krishnan 11:26, Jul 29 2013 ...

As slum tourism becomes more widespread, so too does the risk that more tours follow the Kibera model—even if they advertise otherwise. Past examples from other facets of tourism exemplify this ...

Some say slum tours raise awareness about the reality of poverty and contribute to the community, but others argue that even if the tours bring financial benefit, they could be dehumanising for the ...

There's a scene in "Slumdog Millionaire" when a group of American tourists ask to visit the "real India." They drive up to a slum in a Mercedes and take a walking tour -- only to find their tires ...

Despite the rising popularity of India’s slum tours, activists have raised their voices against slum tourism enterprises which they feel encourage an unabashed and unhealthy interest in poor ...

Favela tours. Favelas (Portuguese for ‘slum’ or ‘shanty town’) are urban neighbourhoods of high density informal or unplanned housing. They exist in all major Brazilian cities, range in ...