What are the key impact areas for Sustainable Tourism?
The short list:
- Community – recruit, train, include the local community and make them understand why you operate sustainably. Saruni Mara is managed by a Massai Lady and it runs great.
- Local sourcing – source your goods & services as much as possible locally. Kenya Airways just started a collaboration with Good Food company -> Kenyan Chef that cares for good products and doesnt like waste!
- Use of land and environment – respect and take care of the environment (no pollution, but also preserving (and restoring) environment, planting trees, providing alternative stoves for staff, training staff on wildlife conservation and biodiversity etc)
- Transport – minimalize polluting transport and offset carbon emission of your customers. Go and visit
- Responsible use of materials (from soap to water bottles to wood for furniture to bed linen) Serena hotels does the same and provides the local communities with bars of soap, they bottle on the spot in glas branded bottles, and if you use PET or other plastics reach out to recyclers/ upcyclers like: T3 and A-One.
- Water – waste water management, water efficiency solution (on the tap, or shower) and communicate about it to your guests. Wetlands for waste water treatment, special taps (link)
- Waste – minimalize waste, by o single use plastic, reduction, replacement, reuse or recycle and organise your waste management responsibly. Work with organisations and companies that recycle, upcycle: TakaTaka Solutions, Mr. Green, T3, A-One.
- Energy – prefer and invest in renewable energy sources, natural solution for aircon and heating, led lights, talk to Philips light, Solinc, OrangeClimate,
