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Amazonas Explorer, Peru– LA300
Highlighting WTM WRTD for the first time this year, Amazonas Explorer annually plant between 8 and 14,000 native polyepolis trees in the Lares Valley, high in the Andes, working with local communities to reforest vital areas. The organisation has been involved in planting 67,000 trees since 2001 and they are planning to plant about 40,000 trees for 2010. |
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Condor Travel, Peru – LA401
Supporting WTM WRTD for the fourth year and will be highlighting the day by showing a video and printed material celebrating their first 100% self run project in a local community in Cusco, Mullak’as Missminay. The organisation continues to focus on their staff’s well being and promoting sustainable tourism within the local communities and their own organisation |
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Consulting 27, Brazil
Consulting 27 are supporting WTM WRTD for another year and as a consulting firm with a portfolio of services based on the corporate social responsibility practices for the tourism and hospitality industry, and a sustainable tourism developer and certificator; they intend to publish the WTM WRTD logo with their documents, messages and media throughout the year. |
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Cultura Ya’ax, Mexico
Cultura Ya’ax produces cultural and ecological TV programmes in Mexico and also represent ecological hotels in Tulum. Cultura Ya’ax travel around the Peninsula de Yucatan to discover the natural and cultural heritage and transmit their message of ‘preservation’ to the local communities. The company’s message is also transmitted through their web pages to tourists and tour operators. |
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DUOC UC, Chile
Supporting the WTM WRTD for the first time this year, DUOC UC (educational institution) will be organizing a seminar that will cover many important aspects about Responsible Tourism in Chile, including local speakers who have had experience with Responsible Tourism in their own companies. DUOC UC aims its programs at those who don't have access to a university education thus empowering them with knowledge and abilities that help them find work. |
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DyTours Bolivi, Bolivia
Supporting WTM WRTD for the first time, DyTours Bolivi is a tourism magazine that gives information about the diversity, cultures and places to visit in Bolivia. They will be highlighting WTM WRTD by publishing an article in their November issue relating to responsible tourism and the Cape Town Declaration. |
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ETHOSBC, Canada
To highlight WTM WRTD 2010, Ethos BC will be launching their industry led third party verified National Certification Program in Sustainable Tourism. |
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Exploring Horizons Ltd, USA
Supporting WTM WRTD for the first time this year, Exploring Horizons Ltd are a travel agency who are promoting eco-friendly and responsible tourism, offering both leisure and cultural & educational travel. They are planning to highlight WTM WRTD 2010 on their website, by posting their responsible tourism goals in their Mission Statement, providing a link to the Cape Town Declaration and encouraging customers to choose more sustainable and responsible choices. |
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Generación Par, Argentina
Celebrating WTM WRTD for the second year, Generación Par are organizing a conference as members of the Responsible Tourist Network for private, public and social institutions on Wednesday 10 November 2010. |
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Huaorani Ecolodge, Ecuador
The Huaorani are a timeless tribe who live in the forests of the Amazon. When faced with the destruction of their surroundings and the possible disappearance of their way of life, the Huaorani chose to resist. By inviting small numbers of people to share their world for short periods they intend to keep their culture alive. They have opted for sustainable tourism, The Huaorani Ecolodge. Supporting WTM WRTD for the first time this year, their principle objective is the conservation of nature and respect for tribal people and cultures. The project jointly with the local community are developing a nature reserve to raise awareness about the intrinsic value of cultural or natural attractions, or the necessity to preserve and support endangered peoples in their efforts to survive and protect their environments. The Ecolodge are focusing on improving the experience of their guests by working to gain the internationally recognised Smart Voyager certificate and are involved in an initiative looking at ways to save water. |
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ICRT Belize, Belize
ICRT Belize are organizing their fourth tourism related trade show of NGOs involved in green tourism in the south of Belize, TOLTEX 2010. |
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ICRT Canada
SupportingWTM WRTD for another year, ICRT Canada are developing a video highlighting responsible tourism experiences in the province of Alberta.
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LATITUD SUR, Peru
Latitud Sur is Peruvian & Ecuadorian non-governmental organization of development, intending to strengthen the autonomy and the capacity of self-management of the native populations, in particular in the domains of land preservation, traditional medicines and solidarity tourism. Their projects are ongoing and include the the “Selva Viva”, a boat built to help with recovering traditional medicine in the Peruvian northern Amazon region, theorganization of an autochthonous network of health care on Shuar territory (Ecuador), the creation and technical support for the Shuar Department of Traditional Medicine (Ecuador), the conservation of Huichol pilgrimage places and paths (Mexico, the Zero Deforestation Action: Refund of Shiwiars Zapara and territories (Ecuador) and Solidarity Tourism in Ecuador, Peru and Mexico to name a few. |
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Mayaland Resorts, Mexico
Mayaland Resorts have been supporting WTM WRTD for the last three years. This year they are planning a reforestation project in the Mayan tropical forests of the surrounding areas of Chichen Itza and Uxmal. They will be showing the local community how to plant the trees and how to be responsible with their fragile environment. |
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Metropolitan Touring, Ecuador
Supporting WTM WRTD for the third year, Metropolitan Touring will be sharing their latest updates on the Fundacion Galapagos-Ecuador projects through their Commitment Magazine, September 2010 edition, with their goal to motivate more clients to become actively involved in their sustainability efforts. |
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Mountain Lodges of Peru, Peru – LA300/300b
Mountain Lodges of Peru will be highlighting WTM WRTD through their brochure, flyers, their website and via their blog, FaceBook and Twitter. The organisation is involved with about 40 projects involving the communities and area of the Salkantay Route and together with their EcoTeam they work hard to protect and preserve their environment for example conducting recycling and reforestation campaigns. |
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Prairiemango, Canada
Prairiemango are supporting WTM WRTD for their second year and will be highlighting the day on their website. Prairiemango is working towards creating awareness and understanding of the diverse cultures and peoples of Manitoba, Canada. They are working to give their rural communities a voice and to bridge the gap between the city and these rural areas. Prairiemango through its day-to-day operations promotes the advantages of sustainable, responsible and green tourism. |
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Pure Brasil by Venturas, Brazil – LA6000
This year Venturas have created a blog to promote ways to help the environment and local communities. The blog will also be used to promote two non profit trips each year to help a different area of Brasil with volunteer work. |
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Red de Turismo Responsable, Argentina
Celebrating WTM WRTD for the second year, Red de Turismo Responsable are organizing a Responsible Tourism Conference in order to promote the concept of Responsible Tourism and the application of new members into the Net.
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TerraCurve.com, USA
TerraCurve.com is an unbiased news resource featuring the best green-travel related news, places, people and events from across the globe. TerraCurve.com is supporting WTM WRTD for another year by reporting on its initiatives as well as providing user-generated feedback.
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The Lodge at Big Falls, Belize
The owners of The Lodge at Big Falls are organising The Toledo Tourism Expo (TOLTEX) for a fourth year and highlighting WTM WRTD for a third. The Toledo Tourism Expo includes food stalls, music, crafts and traditional healers from different ethnic communities, bringing the cultural diversity of Toledo together.
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Tropical Journeys in Nature, Ecuador
Tropic Journeys in Nature are an award–winning ecotourism company specializing in providing high quality travel experiences in Ecuador’s most spectacular natural areas in the company of its native people. The organisation sees ecotourism as an ongoing project for sustainable development and their goal, together with their foundation, Conservation in Action, is to ensure that the local people receive the benefit that ecotourism gives. One of the community managed sustainable development programmes that they support is their new lodge that has been developed with the Huaorani community, Huaorani Ecolodge. Tropical Journeys in Nature also support the Galapagos Walking program. |
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TrotaMexico, Mexico
TrotaMexico is supporting WTM WRTD for the first time and will be highlighting the day through online Responsible Tourism articles on their Spanish and English websites. During November they will be promoting the day through their online campaigns, their Newsletter and their online community. |
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Tumul K’in Center of Learning, Belize
Tumul K’in Center of Learning’s philosophy is based on Mayan values and they are an organisation that is culturally centered and environmentally conscious. As part of their tourism initiative they are looking at two ventures, firstly as a tour operator and secondly the opening of a craft shop. The tours will be ‘green conscious’ tours with policies against the exploitation of the local community and will be carried out to benefit local tour guides and sites. The craft shop will sell original indigenous products. As a culmination of their efforts “Maya Day” will be held under the theme of ‘celebrating our identity’ and will commemorate the Mayan culture, values, spirituality and philosophy through various activities such as tortilla baking contest, corn husking and shelling competition to name a few. |
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