{"id":22286,"date":"2017-11-28T15:51:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=22286"},"modified":"2018-04-08T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T15:19:26","slug":"g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"G Adventures releases Responsible Travel with Indigenous People Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/san-bushmen.jpg\" alt=\"G Adventures releases Responsible Travel with Indigenous People Guidelines\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/san-bushmen.jpg 640w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/san-bushmen-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">G<\/span> Adventures has released a set of guidelines for tourism companies looking to work with the world&#8217;s many indigenous communities.\u00a0In 2016, G Adventures partnered with the International Institute of Tourism Studies at the George Washington University to develop a set of practical, international guidelines. The goal was to create guidelines that could be used by any travel company wishing to offer experiences with indigenous communities. Using these guidelines, says G Adventures, companies can ensure business relationships, tours, and experiences are developed and operated in an ethical and respectful manner. Most of all, these interactions are required to uphold the communities\u2019 traditions and customs.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, world-renowned and respected organizations like the World Indigenous Tourism Alliance and the Aboriginal Tourism Association of Canada have produced guidelines for indigenous tourism. These guidelines ensured communities are well-prepared and producing tours that represent their identities in a respectful manner, as well as providing fantastic experiences for travellers.<\/p>\n<p>G Adventures has sought to build on these documents and provide a set of guidelines that could be adopted by travel companies (tour operators, hotels, travel agencies, and cruise lines), or non-profit organizations who interact with indigenous companies. Before publication the guidelines were reviewed by an expert review panel comprised of some of the leading figures in indigenous tourism worldwide.\u00a0The panel included Keith Henry, President &amp; CEO, and Casey Vanden Heuval, Director of Business Development &amp; Partnerships, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada; Ben Sherman, Chairman, World IndigenousTourism Alliance; Camille Ferguson, Executive Director, American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association; Jaranya Daengnoy, Director, Thailand Community Based Tourism Institute; Edward Hall III, Transportation Specialist &amp; Tourism Coordinator, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior; John King, Chairman, Southern Travel Holdings Ltd.; and Judy Kepher Gona, Founder, Sustainable Travel andTourism Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next 12 months, project partners will work with travel companies to pilot test the guidelines and ensure their applicability. The results of the pilot testing will be incorporated into a final document.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines can be accessed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/media.gadventures.com\/media-server\/dynamic\/admin\/flatpages\/Indigenous_Tourism_Guidelines_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Indigenous People and the Travel Industry: Global Good Practice Guidelines.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an adapted excerpt from an article that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadventures.com\/about-us\/responsible-travel\/indigenous-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first appeared on the G Adventures website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goal is to create guidelines that can be used by any travel company wishing to offer experiences with indigenous communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514,266,131,138,534,176,72,141],"tags":[1480],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>G Adventures releases Responsible Travel with Indigenous People Guidelines<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Goal is to create guidelines that can be used by any travel company wishing to offer experiences with indigenous communities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"G Adventures releases Responsible Travel with Indigenous People Guidelines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Goal is to create guidelines that can be used by any travel company wishing to offer experiences with indigenous communities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travindy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-28T14:51:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-08T15:19:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/san-bushmen.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"359\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Travindy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Travindy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Travindy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/79576b26c03e84ac969c6cf7ad8118bb\"},\"headline\":\"G Adventures releases Responsible Travel with Indigenous People Guidelines\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-28T14:51:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-08T15:19:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/11\/g-adventures-releases-responsible-travel-indigenous-people-guidelines\/\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Indigenous tourism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Adventure travel\",\"Communications\",\"Community\",\"Human Rights\",\"News\",\"Publication\",\"Research and studies\",\"Tours &amp; 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