Travel Policy - The European Nature Trust

We aim to develop long-term relationships with our partners overseas so that the economic benefit to local business is ongoing.
We aim to ensure that our type and scale of tourism is appropriate to local conditions and does not overload local infrastructure.
We aim to offer our clients every opportunity to reduce their use single use plastic by providing reusable water bottles.
We always take into consideration economic, environmental and cultural issues when looking at new destinations.
We maintain a zero litter policy everywhere.
We will attempt to operate our holidays in a way that encourages positive cultural exchanges.
We will encourage our clients, through our literature, staff and leaders, to act in a socially responsible way.
We will attempt to impart an insight and understanding of the host culture and community to our clients so that they can gain more from visiting them.
We will encourage and train our local partners and staff to gain an insight into the culture and way of life of our clients.
We will attempt to integrate the ethos of responsible travel throughout our organisation.
We will run our head office in a responsible manner by using fair-trade products, monitoring, and where possible reducing, our energy usage, as well as recycling.
We will provide regular and ongoing training in the principles and practices of responsible travel, both to our office staff and those employed directly or indirectly around the world.

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