Tourist excursions are an excellent opportunity to create economic benefits for local people, but if not managed well, they can have negative impacts on local wildlife, the environment and local communities.
Some of our projects have focused specifically on making excursions more sustainable in a destination, through training tour guides and working with governments.
Make it Count Guide: for outbound tour operators and ground agents
This guide, packed with case studies, will help you make your excursions more beneficial to local people and the environment.
Rastafari Indigenous Village
The Rastafari Indigenous Village (RIV) is a shining example of how small-scale attractions can become market ready. Read our case study.
Roots Village Excursion
The ‘Roots’ project was about supporting local livelihoods and improving the tourist experience…
Leading the way – tour guide training
In 2016, we teamed-up with the Dutch Travel Association, ANVR, to support their members to improve the impact and quality of tours. The resulting online training course, called ‘Leading the Way’, has been completed by over 500 tour guides and managers across 17 countries, from the Netherlands to Nepal.
Maasai Village Tourism Experience
Developing & Marketing a Sustainable Maasai Village Tourism Experience in Kenya.
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How to sell excursions to UK tour operators
The aim of this manual is to help small tourism enterprises or community groups offering excursions expand their market away from direct sales by learning how to supply their products to UK tour operators.