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What is the Responsible Travel campaign


The Responsible Travel campaign is all about encouraging responsible travel attitudes, habits and values in young travellers.

Responsible travel is about:

  • Exploring the world in all its facets. The responsible traveller wants to get more out of their travels and to give something back to the special places and people that they encounter.
  • Learning about other cultures, people and environments. The responsible traveller values authenticity – experiences integral to local people's traditions, cultures and rituals.
  • Respecting and celebrating differences and the variety of life. The responsible traveller understands that some cultural experiences are best kept private, and that their visit could be an intrusion. They believe that travelling with respect earns them respect.

The Responsible Travel campaign, which could run for several years, is backed up with a green Responsible Travel wristband, inscribed with the words Travel 2Explore - Travel 2Live - Travel 2Respect - Travel 4Peace’.

Travellers wearing the green wristband balance their desire to explore the world with respect for the cultural and natural heritage of local communities, and express their belief that responsible travel habits are a force for learning, cultural understanding and peace.

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Your Responsible Travel Campaign

If you are interested in taking part in the Responsible Travel campaign, the Confederation encourages you to make use of the images and taglines below. Please ensure you acknowledge the Confederation as the initiator of the campaign.

Images

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Additional colour and format variations of the Confederation's (transitional) logo are available at www.aboutwysetc.org

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Taglines

Use the following taglines as you wish


“I love to explore the unknown when I travel. I travel to live. I travel with an open mind, and learn about the people and places I visit.. When I travel, I have great respect for the cultural & natural heritage of the environments and societies that I visit.. I know I have an impact and realise I am always a guest in another country. I want my journeys around the world to be a positive experience for the people that live in the places I visit. On the road I hope to contribute to peace, and international understanding.”


 


Credo of the peaceful traveller by the International Institute of Peace through Tourism
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“Grateful for the opportunity to travel and experience the world and because peace begins with the individual, I affirm my personal responsibility and commitment to:

  • Journey with an open mind and gentle heart
  • Accept with grace and gratitude the diversity I encounter
  • Revere and protect the natural environment, which sustains all life
  • Appreciate all cultures I discover
  • Respect and thank my hosts for their welcome
  • Offer my hand in friendship to everyone I meet
  • Support travel services that share these views and act upon them and,
  • By my spirit, words and actions, encourage others to travel the world in peace”

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“I travel to explore, I travel to live, I travel with respect, I travel for peace”

 

Travelling to explore the world in all its facets.

Travelling to learn about other cultures, people and environments.
Travelling while respecting and celebrating differences and the variety of life.

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Press

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World Youth Student & Educational Travel Confederation Information
 

The World Youth Student & Educational Travel Confederation Mission

The World Youth Student & Educational Travel Confederation is a dynamic, professionally managed 500+ member not-for-profit organisation representing the youth & student travel and international educational community. The World Youth Student & Educational Travel Confederation was formed in 2006 by the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations (FIYTO) and the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC).

The Confederation’s mission is “to increase international understanding through the promotion of travel and educational opportunities for students and youth”.



World Youth Student & Educational Travel Confederation - Keizersgracht 174-176 - 1016 DW Amsterdam - The Netherlands
www.aboutwysetc.org

Tel. +31 20 421 2800
Fax. +31 20 421 2810

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