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K A L I M AN T A NSustain
Borneo |
The Reasons to TRAVEL with Us
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Our major points are summarised below. • Reduce environmental impacts when developing tourism. • Use natural resources sustainably. • Maintain biodiversity. Community Training and Capacity Building • Assist locals to prepare business plans and funding proposals. • Link local communities and help with skills training and capacity building. • Help coordinate or fund training programmes to develop local business skills. Promote a Local Tourism Culture • Offer to provide tourism lectures at local schools. • Invite local school children to visit tourism attractions • Work with other tourism initiatives, to promote a tourism culture. |
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Respect Local Culture • Negotiate with host communities the notice required for tourist visits, what activities are acceptable and what size groups are suitable. Ask whether it is appropriate for tourists to visit people’s homes. • Treat cultural heritage with dignity and respect. Inform guests about local customs and traditions and appropriate behaviour. Ensure that tourists ask permission to take photographs or to videotape people. Ensure that clients do not damage or remove religious or cultural artefacts. |
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Fauna
and Flora Conservation
• Support a local wildlife or nature conservation programme by providing funds. • Buy crafts that are sustainably produced and avoid curios or furniture made of indigenous hardwoods. • Be responsible in the use of wood for fires e.g. use wood from bush-clearing operations. Our Responsible Tourism Guidelines encourage Locals to grow their businesses whilst providing social and economic benefits to local communities and respecting the environment. |
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Sound
waste
management and water treatment create a safer environment for staff and
local
communities, reducing illness and disease and enhancing quality of
life. Moreover, good environmental
practice translates into direct cost savings by reducing
energy and
waste disposal costs. In terms of the bottom line, good environmental practice makes
perfect economic sense.
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Tourism establishments that fail to protect their environmental surroundings impact on the very attractions on which most depend for success – clean air, safe water and beautiful surroundings. Nature-based tourism operations have a particular responsibility towards their natural nvironment in terms of ensuring ecologically sensitive land and habitat management and conserving biodiversity. |
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