Projects - Travel Foundation

Over the past 18 years we have created and run practical, sustainable tourism projects in 27 countries around the world. Our ‘on the ground’ experience and ability to bring the many different tourism stakeholders together to solve complex challenges are two of the reasons that destinations and tour operators come to us for help.

We work with destination communities, local and national governments, and tourism businesses to ensure tourism has a positive impact on the destination.

Small-business owners in Jamaica take part in workshops as part of Big Up Small Business

Stakeholders coming together in Cyprus to reduce plastic waste

Tourism stakeholders coming together in Cyprus to cut consumption of single-use plastic waste

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Climate action projects

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Transforming Value Chains

This project will find ways to reduce the pollution and waste created by tourism, and make it a...

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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...

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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...

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Future of Tourism Coalition

In 2020, the Travel Foundation joined with six other NGOs to launch the Future of Tourism Coalition.

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Climate action in tourism

We are supporting and accelerating climate action through Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency and the Glasgow Declaration

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Destination stewardship projects

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A vision and plan for Vail

We’re taking part in a project to create one of the USA’s first destination stewardship plans, for the...

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Destination stewardship for Lake Tahoe

The Lake Tahoe region is coming together to create a shared vision and destination stewardship plan to better...

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Recovery training, California

We partnered with Visit California to deliver a programme of training tailored to Destination Management Organisations (DMOs), along...

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Tourism Resilience Workshops

We're working with a range of destinations globally to provide practical ideas and training for a smarter, more...

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Sustainable Tourism Online Course

A comprehensive 40-hour online course that will equip destination leaders and practitioners with new knowledge and skills to...

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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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TUI Care Foundation projects

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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...

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Climate action planning in tourism for Scotland

The Travel Foundation supported Scotland to be a leading destination on climate action planning in three locations, Glasgow,...

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The Port A Way

We took part in a project that aimed to bring the community of Port Aransas, Texas together around...

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Keeping Sand and Sea Plastic-free in Cyprus

This initiative with TUI Care Foundation brought together tourists, tourism businesses and residents across Ayia Napa, Protaras and...

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Women on Islands: Leaders of sustainable tourism

Working with the islands of Brownsea (UK), Kerkennah (Tunisia), Paros (Greece), and Lastovo (Croatia), our training supported women...

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Measuring tourism's impact

We set out to measure the impacts of tourism on a destination's economy, society and environment.

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Honey and Jam in Mexico

We set up two projects that enabled small Maya enterprises to access the tourism market, whilst remaining in...

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Lionfish on the Menu

Our goal was to contribute to the eradication of the invasive lionfish species, supporting the conservation of native...

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Blue Wave

The Blue Wave project, or Mavi Dalga (in Turkish), was about improving awareness and understanding of the threats...

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Leading the Way

We worked with ANVR to support their members to drive up sustainability standards within excursions

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Changing the face of tourism in Mombasa

We worked with the Kenya Coast and Tourism Association (KCTA) to improve the opportunities available to beach-sellers, and...