Responsible Travel Holidays - At Exodus we have always believed in three simple guiding principles for the way in which we want to travel.
• We realise that every destination is someone else’s home
• We should leave places as we would like to find them
• We should ensure that communities benefit from our visit
 Tourism is one of the most important and largest industries on the planet. It employs more people worldwide than any other, with millions of families relying on tourism for their daily needs. Of course there are negatives attached.
The last few decades have been dotted with disaster stories where tourism has resulted in over-development, destruction of environments and in cultural misunderstandings and mistrust. It has also recently been embroiled in the debate about global warming and carbon emissions caused by flying. At Exodus we believe that our type of small group, positive impact tourism can bring benefits to many communities, help preserve the environments we travel to see, and provide real and positive social exchanges. Benefits can be obvious in parts of the developing world where the income we provide can mean the difference between economic survival and poverty. However, even in Europe, tourism can help stabilise rural communities by providing much needed employment and give powerful economic reasons to preserve shrinking natural environments. |
 For several years now we have identified specific projects where, as a worldwide tour operator, we are in an ideal position to actively help some of the less fortunate communities that we visit, whilst also encouraging them to protect the very environments and wildlife that we so enjoy seeing. To enable us to fund these projects efficiently, Exodus has entered into a partnership with the registered charity Friends of Conservation.
Established in 1982, Friends of Conservation (FOC) works in all parts of the world to support effective community-based conservation projects. In the struggle to save endangered species and habitats, FOC is committed to work with local people and partners to find sustainable ways of living in harmony with wildlife, ecosystems and the environment. You can find details of some of our Responsible Tourism Projects on individual Project pages using the Our Projects link in the Menu on the left.
In addition we also offer a convenient and very practical way for you to offset carbon emmisions by donating to specific projects. These projects have been audited by TICOS (Travel Industry Carbon Offset Service) to ensure that they represent real and immediate benefits through either carbon emmissions savings or carbon soaks.
You can find more details on this on our Carbon Offset page, which is also listed in the menu on the left.
To make a donation please visit the Friends of Conservation website. |
