Impact Tourism

IMPACT VENTURE

Venture name: Impact Tourism
Our name: No Profit - Innovative Services for Society Ltd.
Short description of our activities: Impact Tourism creates a better world.
Status: Other (drugo)
Website: www.brezdobicka.si
Address where you can purchase our products: www.impact-tourism.net
Our support organisation: FUND2740

IMPACT SOLUTION

The industry we belong to: I. HOSPITALITY, CATERING BUSINESS (gostinstvo)

We contribute to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): SDG 1 - NO POVERTY (odprava revščine), SDG 3 - GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING (zdravje in dobro počutje), SDG 5 - GENDER EQUALITY (enakost spolov), SDG 8 - DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH (dostojno delo in gospodarska rast), SDG 10 - REDUCED INEQUALITY (zmanjšanje neenakosti), SDG 11 - SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES (trajnostna mesta in skupnosti), SDG 12 - RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION (odgovorna poraba in proizvodnja)

Society challenge we tackle and our approach to solving it: Tourism will never be entirely "green" or fully socially responsible, since each tourist makes a certain negative impact. The trends of rapid rise in global tourism have brought forth the negative effects of tourism, which poses a serious global challenge. Various forms of sustainable and responsible tourism include responses to such challenges associated with environmental protection and preservation of natural and cultural heritage. Impact tourism represents their upgrade. In that context, "green" is considered as care for human wellbeing, nature and cultural environment. As a result, we are seeking opportunities to maximize the beneficial influence of tourists and its activation - all through the model of social entrepreneurship which is not driven solely by profit. The purpose of impact tourism is to offer both tourists and tourism product providers a helping hand in co-creating a social footprint together, but also a possibility to create measurable social impact while responding to various social challenges.

We want to increase positive impact, including sustainability, social impact, inclusion in charity actions and changes of policies with our following activities:
Products are divided according to the product typology (experience, accommodation, transport, food / beverages, event, tour package, etc.) and can be found as such through the search engine. They can also be searched according to the location where the products are available.

Each product includes a summary and the story thereof, relevant information regarding its implementation and a description of its impacts. Since we seek to identify and describe the indicators and effects of each individual impact tourism product, the indicators have been marked (illuminated) accordingly depending on their type. The main intention thereof is to inform tourists about the individual indicators associated with tourism products. Our purpose, however, is not to certify the products or to differentiate between "more" and "less" useful tourism products.

Impact products are designed and developed on the basis of 10 + 1 economic, social and environmental indicators which are controlled and verified by the impact team. Potential tourists on our portal are thus given the opportunity to see various products with lighted or illuminated indicators that meet impact tourism conditions.

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