DESTINATIONS WHAT’S NEXT? RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
RIGHT: Kiteta
Secondary School in Kenya
LEFT:
Colombia’s Lost City Wiwa
community
w CLEAN WATER Steph Carr, direct marketing manager, Hayes & Jarvis “About 844 million people across the
world don’t have access to clean drinking water, and a third of the population is without access to adequate sanitation facilities. About 80% of illnesses within developing countries are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions. “Hayes & Jarvis believes it’s important to give something back to local communities and has been supporting water charity Just a Drop for the past nine years. Last year’s project brought safe drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene facilities to 592 pupils and teachers at Kiteta Girls Secondary School in Kenya,
More research is needed to encourage countries to work together to preserve endangered species
w EQUALITY IN TRAVEL Aaron Hocking, UK managing director, Intrepid Travel “At the end of 2017, we signed up to
and this year we’ll be supporting a project in Cambodia. “In the UK, we are all guilty of taking clean water and sanitation for granted. It’s not just what the travel industry could be doing to help the issue, but what more we could all be doing. Small changes, such as turning off the tap while brushing your teeth or cutting down the length of your shower, can have a massive impact.”
the UN’s Women’s Empower Principles, and looking at the diversity of employees within the business has been a major focus for us. What we noticed was that while 65% of our office staff were female, this was true of just 22% of our tour leaders. We have now set a goal to double the number of female tour leaders by 2020. “A good example of this is in India, where being a tour guide has traditionally been viewed as an unsuitable job for a woman. We have worked hard to actively recruit women and we now have 22 female leaders in the region. “Our increased focus on
diversity and inclusion means that our [proportion of] female tour leaders globally has now reached 27%. There is still some way to go to reach our goal, but we are continuing to take proactive steps in countries where female employment in the travel industry is not the cultural norm.”
LEFT: Sana, one of Intrepid’s first female tour leaders in India
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w PREVENTING POACHING Thapelo Motebo, group biodiversity coordinator, Wilderness Safaris “Wildlife crime is
a huge issue at the moment. Poaching of rhinos, elephants, abalone and pangolins leads
to a reduction in numbers and eventually the extinction of these species. “While many companies are making a remarkable impact, serious ecotourism companies now need to migrate the model to less well known and even more-threatened ecosystems. “The industry can certainly
do more around this. More collaboration and research are needed to encourage countries to work together to preserve endangered species. “Most importantly, the
industry needs to ensure that local people also benefit from tourism. Hopefully if local people can make a sustainable living, they are less likely to resort to poaching, which threatens the fauna and flora in the area.”
War on plastic
Explore, Wild Frontiers, Ramblers and Latin Routes have all partnered with Water-to-Go, offering discounts on the brand’s reusable, water-purifying bottles on their tours. The Lata Foundation is working to reduce plastic in the Galapagos. There’s now a complete ban on plastic bottles, straws and bags, and G Adventures has committed to providing reusable water bottles on its trips to the region.
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