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Inntravel offers community-supporting walking tours Jenny Morris


Walking and cycling holidays specialist Inntravel is offering a village community tour of Nepal this autumn and winter. The operator is collaborating with Village Ways, a responsible tourism enterprise which aims to support rural communities in India, Nepal and Ethiopia. On the Nepal trip, guests are guided from village to village in private, non-group tours in the Sailung Valley of the Nepalese Himalaya. All guides are local villagers and visitors eat food grown in the area, and enjoy


Sailung Valley, Nepal


‘brings employment and a much-needed extra source of income’ to the villages they visit. The tour involves four to five hours’ mountain walking every morning, followed by afternoons spent relaxing.


traditional music and dance. Participants are accommodated in guesthouses built, run and managed by the local community. According to Inntravel, clients should feel comfortable in the knowledge that their holiday


The 10-night Nepal itinerary, which was new in March 2014, is available between September 15 and November 30, and in spring 2015. Prices start at £2,095 per person based on two sharing. Inntravel also offers community tourism holidays in India around the Spice Hills and Kerala, Rajasthan and the Himalayas. inntravel.co.uk


RESPONSIBLE TOURISM NEWS IN BRIEF


Awards longlist revealed The longlist for the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2014 has been released. Nominees will have to prove their responsible credentials to make the shortlist. World Travel Market will host the awards ceremony on November 5. responsibletravel.com/awards


Greek Costa wins award Costa Navarino in Greece won the European Responsible Tourism Award at this year’s World Travel Awards, as voted for by travel and tourism professionals. costanavarino.com


20 • travelweekly.co.uk — 14 August 2014


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