Through this program, the nonprofit provides small grants of up to $3,000 USD, as well as community-specific training and mentorship to help local entrepreneurs and communities scale up and improve existing experiences.

Eighteen organisations worldwide have been chosen to receive financial support from the Planeterra Foundation’s Global Community Tourism Fund.

Tourism can be more than just traveling for entertainment and Bruce Poon Tip had a clear vision from the very beginning. He envisioned using tourism to do good things around the world and that is how the Planeterra Foundation came into being.

Travel’s biggest community tourism summit – GX – has been announced to take place in Peru, and will also feature the 2023 Change Makers agent incentive.

Upon arrival at Oodles of Noodles in Hoi An, Vietnam, travellers will watch a video that features once-homeless and at-risk youth sharing stories about how a bowl of noodles can make all the difference.

Planeterra, the world’s non-profit dedicated to uplifting communities through travel, has announced the launch of the second round of the Global Community Tourism Fund, a grant program that fosters entrepreneurship and innovation for community tourism enterprises worldwide.

This International Women’s Day we celebrate some of the women around the world who are busy dismantling stereotypes, by doing jobs typically the preserve of men in their societies, from Maasai engineers to Mokoro polers.

From volunteering for ecotourism projects to developing one himself, from studying the subject under expert guidance to implementing them in practicality, Thomas’s journey is a dose of inspiration you don’t want to miss reading.

As 2023 gets underway, the future of travel continues to look bright. The U.S. Travel Foundation projected in a recent report that despite inflation, all segments of travel will continue to surge at least over the short term, due to post-covid demand.

Small group travel specialist G Adventures is forming a new holding company for its existing brands and acquisitions called G Travel Community (GTC).

Sustainability editor Juliet Kinsman takes a trip around Delhi, Agra and Kathmandu with G Adventures – and gets a glimpse of some lesser-seen projects.

TTG teamed up with G Touring (Just You and Travelsphere) to take a group of agents to Vietnam as part of the TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes initiative, so they could learn what responsible tourism really means and how to sell it better. Here they share their highlights and top takeaways!

All of the funds raised for Planeterra will be directed to supporting an Indigenous San Community in Botswana, who have been hard-hit due to the tourism drought caused by the global pandemic.

Sustainable, regenerative, responsible, meaningful — the buzzwords of pandemic-era travel reflect a change in the way many people are thinking about the world, and how they interact with it on vacation.

What is community tourism, why are local communities embracing it and where can you go to join a community tourism project?

Planeterra has been recognized in Condé Nast Traveler’s first-ever Bright Ideas in Travel list for its Global Community Tourism fund, a grant program that supports community-based tourism initiatives.

More than £30,000 has been raised for charity after a travel industry team trekked to the top of Mount Toubkal – North Africa’s highest peak.

Members of the UK travel industry have raised more than £30,000 for charity by climbing Mount Toubkal, the highest point in North Africa. The trek, organised by G Adventures and named G Trek for Good, saw the group climb the 4,167 metre summit and exceed their £20,000 target.

What are some good examples of tourism organizations investing in people, promoting decent work and meaningful careers, and supporting innovations that put people at the center?

It’s like sustainable tourism 2.0—with a focus on leaving destinations better than we found them.

An integral part of the global economy, the tourism industry has grown rapidly over the past few decades and is expected to continue its growth well into the future.

On Tuesday (Aug. 12), agents visited a Planeterra-supported women’s handicraft shop in the seaside town Ayvalık called Çöp(m)adam, which sells accessories made from throw-away materials.

El “Proyecto de Turismo Sostenible en Áreas Protegidas en un Mundo Post-COVID”, liderado por la UICN y co-implementado por la Fundación Internacional Planeterra, llevó a cabo una serie de capacitaciones sobre seguridad y salud para 160 personas en nueve comunidades amazónicas en las áreas protegidas de Río Abiseo y Amarakaeri.

Non-profit plans to grant “holiday wishes” to community tourism initiatives worldwide.

TORONTO — After the deals and discounts of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, corporations and other organizations are giving back today, on Giving Tuesday.

The Wish List allows supporters of Planeterra and community tourism, to be part of making “wishes” come true this holiday season after a difficult two years with limited income from international travel.

The tourism industry has been turning away from a mass tourism model toward a more locally focused one. Yet this surge in interest is also paired with uncertainty: What does “local” even mean? 

Non-profit organisation Planeterra has appointed five women as members of its international board of directors.

Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) travelers visiting Cambodia’s legendary Angkor Wat also often make a later stop in nearby villages, where the tour operator has helped provide water wells for many impoverished local families.

The country’s new sustainable tourism master plan could set a precedent for the region if the government puts its money where its mouth is. But is Panama’s private sector ready to embrace sharing the tourism pie after a major downturn?

Has the global pandemic hit the tourism reset button? Industry insiders weigh in on what post-pandemic travel could—or should—look like.

El Proyecto de Turismo Communitario Jamao Ecotours ha sido escogido como miembro de la “Red Global de Turismo Comunitario”, una Red Mundial creada por Planeterra, organización sin fines de lucro que ha reunido a más de 200 negocios turísticos comunitarios en 68 países.

Planeterra launched the Around the World Challenge, encouraging travel lovers to join the non-profit’s movement to support community tourism enterprises as travel reemerges post-COVID, all while celebrating the diversity and power of community tourism.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) on Friday said it is collaborating with a Canada-based non-profit organisation to support community tourism in CTO member countries.

In the Asia-Pacific region, an interest in ecotourism and nature-based tourism is gathering significant momentum. The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) claims that nature-based tourism is now the fastest growing tourism sector globally!

With sustainability being the need of the hour, the tourism industry is gradually, yet consistently, moving forward to embrace responsible and mindful ways of travelling, which minimises environmental harm to a great extent.

The COVID-19 pandemic has no doubt been a challenging time for us all, not least the travel industry, but it’s also provided an opportunity to rethink and reset our path towards a more sustainable future.

BRIDGETOWN — Planeterra and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) have a new partnership to scale up community tourism and change lives across the Caribbean.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and Canada-based global community tourism non-profit Planeterra have joined forces to support community tourism in CTO member countries.

We celebrate the corners of this sprawling world of ours that are extra special when it comes to enriching the lives of people and protecting nature

BRIDGETOWN — Planeterra and the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) have a new partnership to scale up community tourism and change lives across the Caribbean.

Last year’s Planeterra Trek Challenge saw hundreds of industry professionals and travel lovers virtually climb the distance to the iconic Everest Base Camp trek – while raising over $100,000. Building on that success, Planeterra is launching the 2nd annual virtual Trek Challenge.

Apoyar a las empresas de turismo comunitario tiene el potencial de cambiar millones de vidas a mejor mientras el mundo comienza a viajar de nuevo, así como de ofrecer experiencias locales inolvidables a los viajeros. Pero son pocas los negocios comunitarios que cuentan con el conocimiento y los recursos para poder aprovechar al máximo la cadena global de suministro del turismo.

Non-profit organisation Planeterra has created a network of more than 200 community tourism enterprises from 68 countries to share experiences and lessons.

The concept of community-based tourism, in which businesses are owned and operated by local communities with revenue, in turn, targeting rural development, dates back to the 1970s. Pre-pandemic, a greater number of community enterprises were entering the tourism value chain as travelers increasingly sought culturally immersive experiences with travel dollars going directly to local communities.