Policies that Guide us

Responsible tourism is about creating better places for people to live in and to visit. 

We use the guidelines for responsible tourism that were chartered in Cape Town in 2002 as our guiding tool to create our responsible tourism policy.

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As a company, we are very conscious of the various forms that exploitation can happen with children in the world of tourism. This can range from underage work all the way to sexual exploitation, and the company works actively with teams, and with our suppliers to work on best practices to ensure proper protection of Children in Tourism.

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As a company committed to Responsible Tourism, we strongly believe that tourism can be a force for good, and can help wildlife efforts. Yet, the right practice has to be adopted so the understanding of the human-animal conflict and our relations with animals that are fostered by tourism is balanced with best practices that do not exploit or endanger animals for the pleasure of humans.

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As we deal with multiple clients and a lot of data changes hands, from the moment an enquiry is made to the point where a sale is followed through, we need a privacy policy that will protect the data of our clients. We reassure you that we are very strict and meticulous about this. We consider it to be one of the ways to address our first value ‘respect for every individual’ apart from being a sound business practice.

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Climate Action Plan | 2020 has indeed been a different year for everyone involved in the tourism industry. For Ethical Travel Portal, it has given us a chance to look forward and follow up on our Tourism Declares Declaration we joined through Tourism Declares Climate emergency initiative. We have spent time to create our action plan on how to reduce our carbon emission and create better and more environmentally friendly journeys.

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