What we do

Climate change and inequity are the biggest challenges facing our world and the future of the global tourism industry.

We support tourism organisations to accelerate change towards a resilient tourism model that puts resident communities at its centre.  We challenge the status quo and ask the hard questions, redefining success and enabling tourism organisations to benefit from the solutions that are already out there.

If you manage tourism in a destination, or are part of a tourism business that wants to improve your impact on destinations, we can support you to:

  • Understand how you can be part of the solution.
  • Ensure you and your team are ready to take action on climate change and build resilience.
  • Generate increased benefits from tourism for local residents and businesses.
  • Gain the knowledge and tools to implement place-centred initiatives.

No matter where you are on the journey towards greener, fairer tourism, we can help.

  • Strategy and Planning Support

    We can support you with tools and advice, empowering you to make informed decisions that benefit visitors and locals alike.

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  • Events and Speaking

    Travel Foundation experts speak at leading summits and conferences around the world, advocating for fairer, more inclusive, climate-smart tourism.

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  • Capacity Building

    We offer a range of training solutions and knowledge resources to enable tourism organisations to improve the impacts of tourism.

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  • Advocacy and Research

    We deliver ground breaking research and bring organisations together to increase impact.

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Where we work

Climate action in the Netherlands

Supporting destinations in the Netherlands to build resilience and maximise the benefits of tourism for local communities, while helping to accelerate the travel and tourism sector’s pathway to a Net Zero future.

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Sustainability and resilience planning in British Columbia

We're providing training and mentoring opportunities to BC destinations with the aim of supporting a thriving future for tourism across the province.    

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Destination Stewardship Planning

We support Destination Management Organisations to answer some of the big questions about how tourism can best deliver both quality experiences for visitors and quality of life for residents, enabling them to create stronger, sustainable plans.

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Promoting low carbon travel in Gloucestershire and beyond

We're supporting GCRP to promote rail travel in Gloucestershire (UK) to showcase the potential impact and role of community rail partnerships for tourism.

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Decarbonising the Value Chain

Working with a major tour operator (The Travel Corporation) and a destination (Scotland) the Travel Foundation is developing a structured and facilitated process to better understand a company’s emissions at the destination level, and creating a collaborative action plan to reduce and avoid them.

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Roadmap to Destination Stewardship

In collaboration with easyJet holidays, we will bring together private, public and local community representation to establish a common set of priorities for tourism management and long-term resilience following the COVID-19 pandemic in five destinations.

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Big up Small Business

We're creating new opportunities for small business entrepreneurs in Jamaica, so that more people can benefit from tourism.

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Flavours from the Fields

TUI Care Foundation is helping rural communities in Turkey to benefit from tourism by selling locally made products to hotels, restaurants and gift shops.

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