Iran culture tour, small group

Planet

We strive to preserve the uniqueness of fragile remote places and small communities and to minimize the negative impact of tourism on local natural and cultural environments. We are always talking to our local ground agents about the importance of stressing to clients the importance of basic responsible principles such as appropriate waste disposal, not to waste water, turning off lights on leaving the room in hotels etc. We endeavor to preserve and enhance the environments in which we operate and work with all relevant local bodies and authorities to help preserve or improve the environment and deliver a long-term benefit for the host community.

Where possible we choose suppliers who have green practices in place.

We attempt to reduce the use of single use plastic water bottles by providing water bottles and actively encourage our customers to use them.
We do not leave any plastics, cans, bottles, bottle tops or cigarette ends behind.

The staff is committed to being as environmentally friendly as possible. All of the staff use public transport and the manager cycle into work. All paper, as well as aluminum cans and plastic, are recycled. Our offices endeavor to be environmentally sound through practicing energy conservation and adhering to recycling schemes.

People

We do not disrupt or lead to the displacement of local people. The small number also allows us to stay in unique, family-run hotels that cannot benefit from coach tours and other mass tourism due to their limited sizes.

We support local tourism in regions where it exists such as rural tourism or historical trip.

We encourage our clients to buy locally made things. We also advise them to buy craft items and other gifts from local stores, which serve as great monuments.

We ensure that local economies benefit from our business by using locally-owned accommodation, employing local people as specialist guides, working with local operators and suppliers, sourcing food from locally-owned stores and eating and drinking in local bars and restaurants. In doing so, we are not only investing in local communities but also offering our travelers a genuine insight into a country and its people.

We deal with locally owned, managed and staffed ground agents and, where possible, try and stay in locally owned hotels and lodges. The ground agents pay a fair salary to staff and provide regular training to support their future development. By doing so all wages paid to the staff generated from our partnership remains in their own community and is spent by them as they see fit.