NR | Documentary | 2 Hours 25 Minutes | General Admission/ Members
The Last Tourist documentary highlights the harm overtourism can cause to the global communities we set out to explore. The film ultimately helps us understand the importance of becoming conscientious travelers.
Join us for this timely, eye-opening documentary of the global travel industry and take away reasons to be hopeful about how small changes in the way we choose to travel the world can create a positive ripple effect.
The film will be followed by a panel discussion with two experts in the responsible travel industry:
Priscilla Plummer, director of Global Sojourns, has been crafting responsible travel experiences in Africa since 1997. Her company’s Safari, Culture & Philanthropy tour was name in National Geographic Traveler’s Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime. She also founded the Global Sojourns Giving Circle, a nonprofit empowering youth, especially girls, in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Madagascar. With a deep passion for Africa, Priscilla is committed to conservation, community upliftment, and helping travelers explore the continent responsibly while having a trip of a lifetime.
Martha Honey, Ph.D., is CEO of Responsible Travel Consulting based in Rhinebeck, New York. She is also Director Emeritus and was co-founder and Executive Director (2003- 2019) of the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), headquartered in Washington, DC. Martha brings three decades of sustainable tourism experience in leading field projects; directing teams of experts; conducting research; writing and publishing studies, articles, and books; public speaking and university lecturing; organizing conferences, symposiums, and think tanks; leading training workshops; and curating and leading international and domestic ecotourism trips.