Our campaigns

responsibletravel.com is a business with ambitions to change tourism for the long-term benefit of local people, tourists, the environment and the tourism industry.

Part of our commitment is to screen and market responsible holidays.  The other part of our commitment is to campaign for change in the tourism industry.

We are not claiming to be perfect by any means but we do believe we have a voice in the tourism industry and should  use it!

The Daily Telegraph travel company audit

The problem
Distinguishing between "green washers" and "green warriors" in travel

Our objective
To increase accountability and encourage focus on responsible tourism throughout the UK tourism industry

Find out more...



Had enough? Campaign against mass tourism

The problem
Three of the four big UK tourism companies had no policy on responsible tourism.

Our objective
Persuade these companies to create and implement responsible tourism policies through the use of customer petitions on responsibletravel.com

Find out more...


Community Based Tourism

The problem
responsibletravel.com research indicates that for most of the wonderful community based tourism projects out there, occupancy levels are below 5%.  For the projects to be successful, they need to link up with established tour operators to ensure regular bookings.

Our objective
To create marketing links between community based tourism projects and our member tour operators, and to market the projects on responsibletravel.com

Find out more...


Aviation & Global Warming

The problem
1. Lack of acceptance in the tourism industry that we need to fly considerably less
2. Lack of a coherent government strategy to reduce aviation's carbon emissions
3. Misrepresentation of the relative impact of aviation (when compared to other carbon emitting activities)

Our objective
1. Inform people about the importance of flying less as a key element of a lower carbon lifestyle.
2. Lobby government with recommendations on the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions
3. Set the record straight with regard to how consumers can make the biggest reductions in carbon emissions in their day to day lives.

Find out more...