The writer is an experienced travel expert in Britain and has floated a new global partnership with hotels and tour operators: TOFTigers

The Sustainable Travel Trends Survey, which was conducted among 18,327 travellers worldwide including 1,020 from India, has been rolled out to mark the World Environment Day on June 5.

COVID-19 has led to an abrupt halt in nature-based tourism around the world, marked by travel restrictions, lockdowns and closures of protected areas. Unfortunately, when tourism stops, so too do the benefits of conservation, both for wildlife and local communities alike.

Booking.com, the world's largest online travel booking business, has released its 2020 Sustainability Report, sharing market intelligence that 80% of travelers think sustainable travel is important, and 70% are more likely to choose an accommodation if it has implemented sustainable practices.

India the least Sustainable Travel destination? Sweden has been ranked as the most sustainable country for travel in a new...

Booking.com uses TOFTigers certified lodges to go green The largest online booking agency in the world, Booking.com, chooses sustainability as...

The pandemic has shown just how reliant conservation is on tourism The pandemic has illustrated, far better than my 20...

Model for post-Covid ecotourism Halt to road project in fragile bio-diversity hotspot revives conservation hopes Ornithologists Carol Inskipp, Rupendra Karmacharya...

Tigers finally back into the oldest reserve in the world This is so exciting for Bori Sanctuary, now part of...

The Power of Green - An Ecolodge Company's perspective Enjoy TOFTigers’ most recent Knowledge Session  ‘The Power of Green’, featuring...

India tiger awaits mate after 'longest' 3,000 km journey He has completed the longest walk by a tiger ever recorded...

FOOD AID DISTRIBUTED TO 500 BAIGA FAMILIES BESIDE KANHA TIGER RESERVE, MADHYA PRADESH TOFTigers are delighted to have been able...

Lantana report - Invasive species taking over tiger reserves TOFTigers comment.  Lantana is a scourge, ecologically and economically, with declining...

  Central Government to launch projects for lion and Dolphins Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday has announced the Centre...

TOFTigers Chairman’s comment The time is now: the time for irreversible change in our consumption and attitudes to the natural world...

Responsible community-based tourism models tend to have a direct impact on wildlife By Aly Rashid Outlook Traveller - April 20...

By Meera Bhardwaj, Express News Service -BENGALURU: Tiger reserves may soon open for tourism as the national tiger authority has...

Poaching cases in India went up 151% in lockdown: TRAFFIC Report -  "The predictable outcome of a lockdown, the need...

  A morning at Ranthambhore - By Kahini Ghosh Mehta from Nature Wanderers

TOFTigers Chairman's comment This is a huge admission from one of the most powerful voices in conservation - that ecotourism...

CONSERVATION IN PERIL AS NATURE TOURISM DISAPPEARS Editors comment It’s been a fantastic ‘wake up’ call for many in the...

Conservation in crisis Finally, this pandemic might galvanise those policymakers and many wildlife NGO’s who failed to recognise that nature...

A BATTLE PLAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS By Julian Matthews, Chairman, TOFTigers   As Winston Churchill once said “Never waste a...

  Coronavirus has finally made us recognise that illegal wildlife trade is a public health issue TOFTigers have always campaigned...

  Plea from Tiger Reserve Lodgings Page 2.  

JOIN TOFTIGERS IN DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WITH YOUR BUSINESS Join a growing group of world class tour operators and...

CORONAVIRUS -  Five actions you can take to help your clients We are all too aware of the dangers to...

1) The NTCA's non sensical directive A copy of the National Tiger Conservation Authority's directive to all Tiger range states...

K. Shanmugakumar was brought up on a tea estate in Conoor in Tamil Nadu and today is the Deputy Chief...

Jan 2020 Hosted by two of Karnataka’s Outstanding PUG rated properties, Dhole’s Den and Evolve Back , Ritu Makhija, Sustainability...

  ‘Business As Usual’ is no longer an option “The wildfires in Australia, in the Arctic, in the Amazon rainforest,...

Meet Namrata Bhandari – the new breed of female naturalists Taj Safari trained her to the highest standards over the...

A peak into the life and loves of a naturalist in Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve with Raju Gurung at Pugdundee Safaris Experience...

What if All That Flying Is Good for the Planet? Without tourism, it’s easy to imagine the Serengeti turned into...

What Costas Christ says here is correct. We are as an industry trapped in a horrid dilemma. We cannot stop...

Emirates boss says he took too long to accept climate crisis By Russell Hotten BBC News, Dubai Air Show It...

Want to stop poaching?  Then walk with ex poachers instead.  “The Pardhi community of central India have historically been outlaws,...

Ensuring Sustainable Destinations With the global environmental movement gaining traction, with travel and tourism sustainability in the headlights, so TOFTigers...

From Extinction to Attraction Nature Tourism's role in the rise in India's Tiger population From Outlook Traveller cover article by...

TOFTigers completes Madhya Pradesh Lodge Sustainability workshops Hosted by a number of Madhya Pradesh’s best PUG rated lodges, Ritu Makhija,...

India's Vice President bats For Sustainable Tourism Travel Trends Today (T3) The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu urged all stake...

Sustainable travel has an image problem. Let’s fix it livemint Neha Dara Harder, more expensive, less special and appealing—these are...

Great news  - Many of its best tiger (and most well visited) reserves are increasingly being well managed. Estimated at...

Using strategic inbound marketing tactics allows tour operators to highlight their responsible travel practices while providing potential clients with helpful...

ALL INDIA TIGERS CENSUS NUMBER UP : TIGERS NOW WORTH FAR MORE ALIVE THAN DEAD With Today's publication of the All...

Corbett Lodge Sustainability Workshop TOFTigers in late April conducted a most successful Lodge Training Workshop on Sustainability called Driving the...

Five reasons the planet’s climate depends on forests It is clearer than ever that immediate and drastic action is required...

Local participation key to better conservation: Study Hindustan Times - Jayashree Nandi This intriguing fact, and the reasons for it, are...

TOFTigers publishes its approach to the issue of Elephant-backed safaris in nature tourism First published in 09 March 2017 -...

UNWTO report finds little commitment to sustainability in most national tourism policies By Xavier Font. The Baseline Report on the Integration...

Valmik Thapar speaking at the TOFTigers Wildlife Tourism Awards in 2018, highlights the value of tourism, and a format in which its works, as a future vision.

TOFTIGERS helps BOOKDIFFERENT.COM TO DRIVE INDIA’s TIGER DESTINATION SUSTAINABILITY With the Indian subcontinent now able to protect its once rapidly...

Imagine Travel hosts a evening in aid of TOFTigers with tiger expert Dr Raghu Chundawhat.

Tourism’s Potential For Conservation When well-managed, tourism, unlike most industries, can create a thriving economy that is not dependent on...

(Article first published in Sanctuary Asia April 2019. Download here) Can India afford not to save its tigers? Julian Matthews...

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At last a climate neutral (or better still climate positive) company. Infact our Founder Julian Matthews' own company 25 years,...

New Travel Research signals an increased awareness and interest in responsible tourism. Read  more here  

How can you be sure a tiger-spotting trip has conservation at its heart? TOFTigers was set up to sustain wildlife and certify...

Julian Matthews, Chairman TOFTigers asks the question Let’s do a bit of a comparison. It helps to put India’s conservation...

RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW FOR 2019 To discuss our 2019 dates to discuss the challenge or to reserve your place...

It's the economy stupid Julian Matthews, Founder Chairman of TOFTigers, explains why the economies behind tigers, or what he calls 'Tigernomics',...

The value of Wildlife Tourism around Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan for Wildlife Conservation and Local Communities Led by Dr....

Hotel sustainability certification is driving savings and increasing customer satisfaction levels, according to TUI research. But it is a challenge...

Now, tigers don’t vanish, thanks to Tiger Watch...... TOFTigers were the first funders of this project in Ranthambhore in 2014...

TOFTigers signatory to call for end of Tiger farming TOFTigers is a signatory to the global call - where #Rthetigers...

Launch of the report - 'The Value of Wildlife Tourism to Conservation and Communities in 4 tiger reserves in Madhya...

Published in Daily Telegraph, UK website 8th June - by Peter Hughes Out in the wild meadows of Satpura National...