Driving The Change – To Protect our Natural World
Our Reality. The pressure to preserve the Indian subcontinent’s tigers, wildlands and wildlife is inevitably lost in the priority for people to survive. TOFTigers believes that developing more sustainable enterprises and providing viable long term solutions – that create real economic benefit – are critical to rural communities, especially those living in and around parks, sanctuaries and wildernesses across South Asia.
TOFTigers is a collective campaign and global alliance – with all those involved in saving nature – governments, communities and visitors – to ensure we help sustain wild landscape.
Julian Matthews – Founder
Highlights the TOFTigers campaign and how everyone can help us achieve our collective aims
Amitabh Kant – Leading bureaucrat
Highlights the need for responsible tourism as a driving force for nature conservation, rural livelihoods and poverty reduction.
Valmik Thapar – Tiger Expert
World renowned conservationist and expert highlights the future for Indian wildlife at the TOFTigers awards
What’s at Stake?
Our Problem. Wildlife populations have already shown a concerning decline, on average by 58 per cent since 1970 and are likely to reach 67 per cent by the end of the decade. WWF Living Planet Report 2016
Our collective action campaign and global alliance – with all those involved in the nature travel sector – is to find better ways to sustain the wild. We need to do faster and do its smarter.
MEASURES OF SUCCESS

Since our launch in 2004 tiger numbers up from 1400 to over 2500

Many well visited park now overflowing with tigers – having to relocate tigers to new parks

A passionate army of nature lovers created through new access to their natural heritage

Massive new economics driving conservation funding, jobs, poverty reduction and community Support

Visitor park fees in a number of parks now generating more revenues than budgets provided by state Governments for their protection. A number now able to support oter wilderness areas
However, there are many ways nature tourism can be improved to achive its full potential to save and protect wildlife and wildlands.
What Industry Leaders Think

Asit Biswas, Founder and Director
TOFTigers has been a very effective and dedicated platform for small RT operators and DMCs such as us who work around the Protected areas in remote locations in India. TOFTigers is professionally managed with a real passion for the welfare of our wildlife and our communities living near the wild denizens.

Akanksha Garg
@ Waxpol Hotels with Sunderban Tiger Camp, The Riverwoods forest Retreat
Being one of the first TOFTigers members to have signed up our association goes back many years. We are happy to be part of TOFTigers who have been the pioneers in issuing guidelines and for implementing and maintaining ecofriendly norms at the lodges. It is due to their hard work and persistence that today many of the lodges consistently adhere to good practices.

Pramod Bhatnagar
We are pleased to be associated with TOFTigers, they have given us good knowledge and also helped connect to the right platform where we can highlight our product and has given ample networking opportunities. It has been valuable to be connected on their whatsapp group.

Ravi & Rachel
Red Earth Kabini
“It’s been interesting to be part of TOFigers. The association has helped us connect with like minded people of the industry and understand trends in conservation and wildlife tourism. It’s also encouraged us to constantly up our own standards.”

Gita Chaudhry, Director
I firmly believe that TOFTigers is doing a spectacular job in bringing various Travel Industry partners viz. resorts, lodges and retreats into the realm of Responsible Tourism. The team is working tirelessly and with utmost dedication to educate and certify different properties to embrace various eco-friendly practices in a real sense.

Amala Sheth, Founder
TOFTigers has been a great connector, bringing wildlife and nature lovers together to opine, express and act on many critical issues of Eco-tourism. It has set the highest standards to ensure that sustainability and sensitivity are the key factors which should be practised by all its members.

Tulika Kedia, Director
We got our first TOFTigers audit done and were delighted to get the highest rating possible, as it credibly and independently certifies all the efforts we have put into making Singinawa Jungle Lodge an eco-lodge. TOFTigers also helped us reach the extra mile by sharing from their enormous wealth of experience, to help conserve our surroundings in the best possible way.

Shoba Mohan, Founder
We have been members of TOFTigers for over five years now and as a community of hotels ensure that our hotels and Lodges also become members of TOFTigers. We believe that the PUG Mark due diligence is a valid benchmarking for our hotels and Lodges in our collective journey towards sustainability

Mohit Aggarwal, CEO
‘A big thank you to Julian and his team. It is commendable to see the dedication and undeterred commitment that TOFT has shown towards Tiger & Nature Conservation through tourism.Asian Adventures, a ‘conservation oriented’ tourism company since 1994, has worked relentlessly towards the same goal. Associating with TOFT has been a pleasure for us as it has further strengthened our commitment towards conservation and paved a new way to look at ecotourism through standards & criteria. We are confident that this movement will gain pace as we go along. We wish TOFTigers a huge success towards nature conservation.’

Puneet Khurana, General Manager
Our experience being a member of TOFTigers has been rewarding and inspiring in every way as we do realize that wildlife conservation is directly linked to the acceleration of ecotourism. The wildlife crisis is real and destruction of tiger habitat must be stopped and we at Greaves Travel India full.

Anil Agarwala, Director
Being a part of TOFTigers has been a rewarding experience. It is not only the amazing team, but also about the senior members from the industry, who contribute with their vast experience & knowledge. ‘Tathastu Team’ being first time hoteliers have benefitted a lot through the constant interaction and guidance and will continue to strive for even better ratings.

L.Varun Kumar, Vice President
@ Barahi Jungle Lodge, Chitwan, Nepal
TOFTIGERS certification has helped us raise awareness of governance and good practice among the staff, towards community and for nature. It also provides us with global recognition among guests, travellers and tour operators while preaching responsible tourism.

Radhika Rana
@ Dynamic Tours with Kanha Jungle Lodge and Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
Being one of the first TOFTigers members to have signed up our association goes back many years. We are happy to be part of TOFTigers who have been the pioneers in issuing guidelines and for implementing and maintaining ecofriendly norms at the lodges. It is due to their hard work and persistence that today many of the lodges consistently adhere to good practices.

Shoba Chadda
We at Red Coral believe in constant and continued dialog on wildlife and environment conservation initiatives as well as conscious business practices. TOFTigers has provided us with a fraternity and framework helping us to make great progress on this path along with our partners. It gives us the perfect platform to learn best practices and also an oppportunity to meet and interact with our travel trade partners who believe in the same ethos.
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