What is slow tourism?

Slow tourism is the opposite of mass tourism. It’s an alternative type of tourism that encourages you to take your time, for a change!

Introduced in the 2000s, slow tourism lets you discover enchanting landscapes, immerse yourself in nature, and savor the many pleasures of the table around numerous encounters. It’s a slower form of tourism, where you take the time to enjoy your vacation without a hectic schedule. It’s easier to unwind and discover the world around you. Here, we eat local and seasonal produce, we don’t take the car, preferring non-polluting transport, which takes away even more stress (petrol, parking…).

The benefits of slow tourism are many, both for the planet and for people. Indeed, for the holidaymaker, this type of tourism enables him or her to :

• Take your time
• De-stress
• Regulate your internal clock
• Meet new people and discover new cultures more intensely
• Discover landscapes accessible only on foot, bike or horseback…

What’s more, since this type of tourism is based on a reduction in polluting travel and transport, it contributes to the fight for a cleaner planet. We often stay with local people, we buy locally, in short, we do what it takes to have a vacation with less impact, and it feels good!

We define slow tourism as disconnecting from the world in order to enjoy it. Why not try this concept the next time you go on vacation? And to get the most out of your vacation, why not combine slow tourism with a microadventure ?