2010 - Worldwide
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Adventure Alternative, UK Adventure Alternative began as a small expedition company and has now developed into an organisation that sets up locally based tourism initiatives, to sell the company’s product, in numerous locations around the world. Adventure Alternative provides financial resources and advice on management principles to ensure no outsourcing or middle-men, plus full employment in the host countries and an executive decision on issues like local salaries, sustainability and environmental concerns. This long term business model and strategy has given Adventure Alternative an advantage in terms of staff loyalty, credibility and client satisfaction and allows people to develop tourism fairly and transparently in their own country and to act as role models for other companies. The organisation helps fund the Moving Mountains charity and supports many ongoing projects and initiatives, for example, investing in the Penan People of Sarawak and committing to an annual planting of 40,000 indigenous trees in the rainforest as part of their company carbon offset, as well as building a community centre in Miri for the Penan People. |
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CHILLOUT365 Ltd, UK based Supporting WTM WRTD for the first time this year, CHILLOUT365 encourage their clients to visit local villages and participate in the local arts and crafts. They also donate money to a school in Sikkim, India which is run by the local monks. They will be highlighting WTM WRTD 2010 on their website. |
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ETOA, UK This year, ETOA will be highlighting WTM WRTD to all of their members which include over 500 international tour operators and European suppliers. ETOA will also be supporting Just a Drop. |
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Future Sense, UK Supporting WTM WRTD for the first time, FutureSense is an ethical business with a strong social motive, committed to promoting the development of local communities and individuals through ethically run volunteer placements and responsible travel. They work with schools, colleges, businesses and charities to organize overseas programmes that benefit local communities in developing countries across the world while providing the group a challenge or learning/development opportunity. All of their initiatives and programmes are ongoing. |
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Much Better Travel Ltd, UK Much Better Travel’s WTM WRTD activity this year is an incentive and reward system to find, encourage and support sustainable practice within the adventure travel sector. They are collating locally and ethically run international adventure travel choices, carefully vetting them and then inviting them to join their website. This system ensures that the organisation is independent, unbiased and accessible to everyone, supporting many small independent operators, community run projects and not for profit organisations and charities. |
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people and places, UK people and places are committed to the empowerment of local communities and enabling volunteers to make a meaningful difference and to highlight WTM WRTD 2010 people and places are launching a tailored specialist volunteer travel insurance website. (www.volunteerinsure.com) . |
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Responsible Photography Holidays, UK 2009 saw Responsible Photography Holidays formally launch their Mountain Village Photo Project website at WTM WRTD. The project involves children from 2 village schools and their families living in the High Atlas Mountains. It is planned to exhibit some of the children's work at WTM WRTD together with photographs taken by some of the local guides who are keenly developing their photographic skills. Responsible Photography Holidays is a very small business that was initially set up to work alongside independent local partners in Morocco and Rwanda to offer photography, walking and Community Tourism holidays that involve and benefit local communities. 2010 sees the introduction of China and Ethiopia. |
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SAGA Volunteer Travel, UK SAGA Volunteer Travel are highlighting WTM WRTD for the first time this year. To celebrate the day, all those involved in SAGA Volunteer Travel will begin the day by either cycling or walking to work to help reduce their carbon footprint. |
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The Rezidor Hotel Group, Belgium – GV330 Highlighting and celebrating WTM WRTD for another year, The Rezidor Hotel Group will be marking the day with their Responsible Business Facebook page. |
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Tourdust, UK
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Travel Matters, UK Travel Matters are finalizing their staff handbook which gives responsible travel tips and are highlighting WTM WRTD through their talks to local primary schools and clients. |
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Tribal Voice Communications, UK In celebration of WTM WRTD Tribal Voice Communications' alternative fuel/ women’s livelihood initiative in Zambia's premier wildlife tourism destination, South Luangwa National Park, is providing safari lodges in the area with samples of alternative fuel briquettes made out of leaves and recycled paper for heating the water for guest showers in Rhodesian boilers instead of using firewood. This initiative is saving local forests as well as providing the local rural women who make the briquettes with an alternative livelihood linked to tourism by selling surplus briquettes that they produce to the safari lodges. On WTM WRTD the women will provide lodges in the area with free samples of briquettes in order for them to pilot these in their lodges, and to hopefully secure orders. |
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Way Out Experiences Ltd, UK Way Out Experiences (WOX) are supporting WTM WRTD for the first time this year and highlighting the day with the official launch of their new website www.responsiblegap.com. They provide sustainable solutions to diminishing populations of endangered animals, such as the orangutans of Borneo. Every year, WOX dedicates 25% of its revenue directly to animal conservation and indigenous community development, based at numerous WOX-operated project sites in Malaysia and Indonesia. But WOX also channels 60% of its annual turnover to deliver a high quality volunteer hospitality service for travelers who wish to make a meaningful difference through responsible volunteering on conservation projects. |
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World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA) Not only is this the fourth year that the WFTGA are celebrating WTM WRTD but it is the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the WFTGA and they are celebrating by using the slogan 25 Years Guiding World Heritage and Culture, sponsored by UNESCO. |
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