responsible travel partners
To keep up to date with Responsible Travel news and discussion we partner with many international and local organisations to tap into their areas of expertise.
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
The International Ecotourism Society is an international nonprofit organisation with members in more than 70 countries. This unique professional group, founded in 1990, brings together worldwide expertise from the travel industry, international and local conservation organisations, and analysts from many fields, including biology, park management, community development and environmental education. TIES diverse international network has worked to create unique low-impact travel experiences around the globe.
The mission of TIES is to make ecotourism a responsible way to travel that contributes to the conservation of natural areas and the well-being of local people. With your help, the highest standards of sustainability will become the standard practice throughout the world.
make a difference
The travel industry is rapidly growing and changing. how it grows and changes is up to you - the travel consumer. We challenge you to make a positive contribution to the sustainable future of travel, the environment, and local cultures and economies around the world. Though the benefits of Responsible Travel to you and the planet are clear to see, your support and encouragement of these efforts are necessary to ensure their survival.
You can do your bit by educating yourself, speaking out and supporting ecotourism groups, nature conservancies, cultural preservation institutions and other organisations
Please visit www.ecotourism.org for more information on how your travel choice can make a difference.
Australian Volunteers International
Australian Volunteers International (AVI) is Australia's largest and most experienced international volunteer sending agency. Every year, AVI recruit, prepare and support hundreds of Australians who volunteer to live, work and learn alongside people of other cultures in developing communities.
Since 1951, when Australia's first international volunteer, Herb Feith, departed for Indonesia, AVI have provided more than 6000 placements for Australians in Asia, the Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and in indigenous Australian communities.
In recent years Intrepid have supported 3 volunteer placements in Vietnam and 2 in Sabah, Malaysia
Intrepid Travel is proud to work in partnership with AVI. The organisations share common values and learn through experience by working with local communities. Please visit www.australianvolunteers.com for more information.
sustainable travel international (STI)
Founded in 2002, Sustainable Travel International (STI) is a not-for-profit organization, dedicated to providing education and outreach services that will lessen the toll that travel and tourism takes on the environment and local cultures.
Some of STIs current priorities include providing and assisting travellers and travel providers in making positive contributions to environmental conservation and socio-cultural sustainability. STI do this by developing, adopting and marketing sustainable tourism standards and practices through their programs.
By promoting responsible travel and eco tourism we can learn how to protect the cultures and environments we visit.
Find out how you can support sustainable tourism and responsible travel with STI http://www.sustainabletravelinternational.org/
International Institute For Peace through Tourism (IIPT)
IIPT are dedicated to making travel and tourism the world's first global peace industry by promoting the belief that every traveller is potentially an 'Ambassador for Peace'. IIPT aims to mobilize the travel and tourism industry to be a leading force for poverty reduction.
IIPT Credo of the Peaceful Traveller
Grateful for the opportunity to travel and experience the world and because peace begins with the individual, I affirm my personal responsibility and commitment to:
- Journey with an open mind and gentle heart
- Accept with grace and gratitude the diversity I encounter
- Revere and protect the natural environment which sustains all life
- Appreciate all cultures I discover
- Respect and thank my hosts for their welcome
- Offer my hand in friendship to everyone I meet
- Support travel services that share these views and act upon them and,
- By my spirit, words and actions, encourage others to travel the world in peace
© International Institute For Peace Through Tourism
For further information about IIPT please go to www.iipt.org
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