There has been more publicity promoting responsible travel recently as Foreign Office Minister Ian Pearson has encouraged more travel firms to back UK charity Travel Foundation. The Travel Foundation works with governments, NGO’s and industry to achieve sustainable patterns of tourism globally.
Attention was drawn to the charity when 10 leading travel firms met to discuss ways in which tourism could have a positive impact on their holiday destinations. Mr Pearson pointed out that tourism is the world’s biggest industry and, if utilised to positive effect, could be hugely beneficial both environmentally and in community development. The meeting went on to discuss the possibility of a customer donation scheme which would see a small percentage of their holiday cost going to help local communities.
All of this is hugely exciting, demonstrating a growing awareness about the need to protect as well as enjoy all the destinations we’re keen to visit.
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