Travel with a place. Not just through it.
An early sustainable-travel concept connecting travellers with local experiences, community projects and small businesses.
Independent concept and mobile interface exploration
Give participation a place in the journey.
The original concept responds to overtourism, waste and pressure on local resources. It proposes connecting travellers, residents, accommodation providers, NGOs and governing bodies around local activities.
Travellers
Discover experiences and nearby projects.
Local communities
Surface needs and promote local businesses.
Organisations
Coordinate participation around community work.
Make nearby opportunities visible.
The home-screen exploration presents experiences in a familiar feed, with nearby project indicators. The intent is to make participation discoverable alongside the rest of a travel itinerary.
Connect experiences to local value.
Project information and accommodation links are paired with proposed wellbeing credits. These are concept mechanisms intended to encourage participation; their effect has not been validated.
Give residents a way to shape the activity.
The local-facing exploration includes a problem-submission form, language switching and progress feedback. It proposes a way for local needs to influence which projects travellers encounter.
Let the conversation outlast the visit.
The chat exploration gives travellers and locals a place to stay connected. A next research step would be testing moderation, incentive quality and the effort required of local participants.
This early project established an enduring interest: designing around the people affected by a service, including those who are not its most obvious users.
Independent design exploration, not a launched product. Research sample details and validated outcomes are not included in the source.
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