Responsible Travel
“Origin Vietnam Responsible Tours for sharing the benefit with Local Community”
1. Why is responsible travel?
Tourism is now the world’s fastest growing industry. Travel is all the enlightening, life changing clichés it promises to be. In 1967, International Year of the Tourist; the United Nations recognized that tourism is “a basic and most desirable human activity, deserving the praise and encouragement of all peoples and all governments”. And Responsible travel is the important duty to all travelers to ensure that the environments and cultures will not be upset and destroyed.
Origin Vietnam Travel is one of travel agents in Vietnam and we are aware of conserving these values so we have had the responsibilities not only environments and cultures but also community.
When you travel to Vietnam for relaxation, discovery, adventure and responsible travel in your trip will bring you closer to local people, cultures. Let’s choose the sustainable and responsible tourism!
2. Origin Vietnam Travel’s aim
Responsible tourism creates better places for people to live and visit as well as is the better way to see our world. A small thing we do on our tours can make a big difference so at Origin Vietnam Travel we strive our best to minimize the impacts while giving maximum enjoyments from your traveling experiences.
We aim to our customers to have a holiday in Vietnam with timeless values of traditions, heritages, cultures and environments. We aim to make our contribution to the reinvention the tourism industry for long-term benefits of local community and environment. By using local guides, local suppliers are one of the ways we help to improve local people, greater income for their lives as well as increase benefits in conservation. We take our responsibilities to the environment and local communities accompany our customers will make to improve where possible. All of these are what made Origin Vietnam Travel different from others to have the sustainable and responsible travel with the aim to protect and develop the community and tourism environment as well as help to place a value on the cultural and natural heritage of a destination. This will also make our customers to have unforgettable experiences when you have a contribution to local people and their lives. Whatever transports you travel: train, plane, coach, etc we are pleased to advise to choose the friendliest way to our environment. What we are doing in responsible travel is to maximize the benefits and minimize the negative effects of tourism.
3. Our travel style
Origin Vietnam Travel has a style of travel that has responsible travel with the environment, cultures and society. You can see it when having our trips with the following features:
+ We use the way of travelling which reduce carbon caution such as book direct flights avoiding transfers, use public transport in destinations where possible
+ We have highly recommended for choosing home stays where available and get closer to nature and cultures.
+ We have the aim of giving travelers and local communities to have a sustainable tourism.
+ We ask travelers to read something about local cultures and learn a few words of the local language – travelling with respect earns you respect
+ Our travelers should buy local products in preference to imported goods
+ We offer to have a local guide in each destination so that you have more chances to discover more about local culture and lives and you create an income for them
+ We recommend that travelers do not buy products made from endangered species
+ We give travelers information to respect local cultures, traditions, pagodas and holy places and ask your guide for advice
4. Our actions:
Community Support: On the cruise tour to Halong Bay we have used local labor, foods, local guide services and etc… to bring benefits for local community to help them to earn and improve their life.
Environment: We have the responsible together with villagers to take care of the environment in this beautiful Bay, we’ve been in partnership with the local authority, local people to clean part of the Bay, at the place they are living and where we are cruising through.
Highlight: At Cong Dam Floating School children, Origin Vietnam Travel gives you to have an opportunity to meet children at fishing village and give them your friendly presents such as books, bags, and schooling things. Take 3 days trip on Halong Bay to visit Cong Dam village!
Your Contribution: When you book with us, you contribute 2% of tour cost for this school for needy children. You will be also getting detailed report from Origin Travel team at the end of every year.
