Responsible Travel
Our ESTEEM principles
Asian Trails aims to deliver superior travel services that maximise the positive impacts of tourism while minimising negative impacts. We do this by putting into practice our six ESTEEM principles. These values provide us with a clear framework to holistically incorporate more sustainable travel into our tours and excursions.
E
locally
S
eco-friendly
T
alternatively
E
meaningfully
E
viably
M
difference
Making responsible travel
mainstream
Asian Trails believes all travel can be delivered more sustainably. Therefore, we make a concerted effort to incorporate cost-effective and responsible tourism approaches into every aspect of our operations. To help our clients make more informed decisions about their travel impacts, we have developed a series of Explore Guides to showcase our best experiences across Asia, all of which promote positive social and environmental outcomes without drastically increasing travel costs.
Our team
Sustainability is something we embrace as part of our company’s culture. Every Asian Trails team member in every Asian Trails office plays a role in making travel more sustainable. Our efforts are led by our Group Sustainability Manager and our Sustainability Coordinators in each of our destination countries.
Reports
& policies
Our annual sustainability reports and policies outline how we promote sustainability within our team, throughout the supply chain and to our clients. They also showcase some best practice sustainable travel examples that we hope will become more mainstream.
Sustainability Report 2023
This annual report details how we conduct business with a sense of responsibility in all of our destinations.
Animal Welfare Policy
This document outlines the policies and standards that inform the way we conduct excursions involving animals.
Responsible travel news
Sustainability recognition
Travelife is a certification programme for tour operators and travel agents with three stages: Travelife Engaged; Travelife Partner and Travelife Certified. Asian Trails has successfully reached the second stage, earning the designation of Travelife Partner in six destinations, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam.
The Travelife Partner award is a recognition of our commitment to social and environmental sustainability. The award indicates our compliance with more than 100 criteria related to sustainability management, office operations, working with suppliers and customer communication. We continue to make further improvements with the aim of complying with the Travelife Certified criteria.
Our partners
Making travel better for local people and the environment takes time and we cannot do it alone. Collaborating with our partner organisations helps us achieve our own goals and contribute to wider collective sustainable tourism development in all our destinations.
Asian Trails is a proud partner of ChildSafe. Learn more about keeping children safe while travelling with these
7 Tips for Travellers.
