'atithi devo bhava'
- vedas

As avenues of traditional sources of income plateau or are being eroded, Responsible Tourism provides an alternative and supplementary source of income to many rural farm and forest fringe communities, artisans and crafts persons who are willing to play host.

The host could be a community, an entrepreneurial family, or a corporate house supporting responsible tourism initiatives in the community.

The Ministry of Tourism and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly started an Endogenous Tourism Project in 36 villages across India in 2005. (www.exploreruralindia.org) The Project has clearly demonstrated that village communities can own, control and manage Tourism ventures in a responsible manner and equally important, earn an income out of it.. A case to point (www.hodka.in)

We are principally geared to supporting the host in creating an experience, which is often ignored in the rush of demands laid on them. Our support for setting up Responsible Tourism venture would include expertise in four critical components namely, Community Ownership, Making it Responsible Tourism, Hospitality Services Management and Marketing (click to know more – link takes you to a pdf file)

Our support would include as per the needs of the host and the scale of venture

• Sensitising on principles of ‘Responsible Tourism’
• Helping you to plan on ‘creating the experience’
• Garnering resources required for execution, be it financial or technical
• Helping in ‘reaching out’ to guests directly or through mainstream travel trade
• Providing access to platforms for learning and improvement

Curious? if you have any query  writetous@travelanotherindia.com and we will commit to revert asap.