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Community Based Tourism is tourism that maximises the benefits to the local community - akin to 'Fair Trade' markings on food and drinks. In these communities, tourism is embraced as a source of sustainable employment and income.
A brilliant example of this is our trip in the Sunderbans, India, where former tiger poachers are now tiger conservationists as a result of the superior (and safer) income the villagers receive through tourism.
On these trips, accommodation is locally owned and run, we eat in local restaurants that source their food locally, utilize public transport where practicable, and of course as on all our trips, use a local guide.
Whilst all of our trips contain an element of community based tourism, those that feature exclusively locally owned and operated accommodation are highlighted in our community based tourism trips and listed here (and specially marked on each trip):
Hanoi and Hilltribes - Vietnam
Islands and Volcanoes - Vanuatu
Watch a TV news clip about the launch of Hands Up Holidays
A mini-documentary about a Hands Up Holiday in Fiji
View an introduction to what Hands Up Holidays is all about.