Communicating with travellers

Travellers can play a huge part in responsible travel if they are made to feel part of something. We provide some examples of codes of conduct for travellers.

The Green Passport

Designed by the United Nations to introduce travellers to ways in which they can support sustainability while on holiday. See the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Green Passport

The Responsible Traveller - Canada

The organization published these “Tips to a better holiday” to enhance visitor’s understanding of sustainable travel and give instructions for responsible behaviour. See the full list of tips from The Responsible Traveller

Responsible Tourism Code for the Pacific

Developed by Dev-Zone, New Zealand , a resource centre on international development and global issues and supported by the Pacific Island Association of Non-Governmental Organisations, the code may encourage visitors to amend their behaviour to sustainable practices and tourism businesses are encouraged to include it in their promotional material. View the full Responsible Tourism Code for the Pacific

Step Up Travel guidelines for Responsible Travel

Step Up Travel, a classifieds site, established to allow responsible local small entrepreneurs publish advertisements of their own unique cultural services, offers a compact list of guidelines for the Responsible Traveler. The content is endorsed by the U.N.W.T.O. and approved by the World Committee on Tourism Ethics. View the full Step Up guidelines

Do your bit Checklist

Published by the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT), a post-graduate research centre at Leeds Metropolitan University and leading agent in the responsible tourism and hospitality movement through research and development work, the 'Do Your Bit Checklist' offers an opportunity to the vsitor for self-examination and practical guidance. View the full 'Do your bit Checklist'

Further reading
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