G crown


Six agents travelled to G Adventures’ offices in north London to battle it out to be crowned one of two Responsible Travel Ambassadors of the Year. A trip to India to experience one of the operator’s social enterprise projects was also up for grabs. LUCY HUXLEY joined the judging panel


MITZI VOASE Flight Centre, Aberdeen Mitzi told the panel all about her work with a grassroots, community-led charity, Childreach


International, which involved her cycling from Saigon to Siem Reap and organising a trek along the Great Wall of China to raise money for a restaurant training project in Cambodia. The restaurant supported adults in employment while caring for their children on site. She said: “Responsible travel is the key to the travel industry’s longevity. It is very difficult to keep a country’s authenticity if the operators that go there employ a ‘take from’ rather than a ‘work with’ mentality.”


MEL SALLIS, Journeys A La Carte, Uttoxeter Single mum-of-two Mel has recently been given responsibility in her upmarket agency for developing


adventure and responsible travel. Mel said: “Responsible travel is about connecting with the environment and the local people and appreciating


36 travelweekly.co.uk 10 November 2016


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