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Sustainability News & Travel Blogs
A range of articles and travel blogs that help you get a insiders view of the Indian subcontinent and its extraordinary biodiversity but also focuses on interests and activities of the conscious traveller and safari goer.
How a Tigress (and tourism) saved an Indian wilderness – By Julian Matthews, Honorary President, TOFTigers.
Collarwali or ‘Mataram’ ‘Respected Mother’ in Hindi, who died recently. She is a legend in the Pench Tiger Reserve that straddles the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashta borders of India.
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SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL 6 WAYS TO BUILD BACK BETTER
The writer is an experienced travel expert in Britain and has floated a new global partnership with hotels and tour operators: TOFTigers
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Most Indians Feel Polluted Beaches, Overtourism Top Factors Affecting Sustainable Tourism: Survey
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.
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The Future of Nature-Based Tourism
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.
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Booking.com 2020 Sustainability Report
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.
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Index Ranks India as bottom of ranking in Sustainable Travel
India the least Sustainable Travel destination? Sweden has been ranked as the most sustainable country for travel in a new...
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The pandemic has shown just how reliant conservation is on tourism
The pandemic has shown just how reliant conservation is on tourism The pandemic has illustrated, far better than my 20...
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Tigers now seen in Bori Sanctuary. Oldest reserve in the world.
Tigers finally back into the oldest reserve in the world This is so exciting for Bori Sanctuary, now part of...
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The Power of Green – An Ecolodge Company’s perspective
The Power of Green - An Ecolodge Company's perspective Enjoy TOFTigers’ most recent Knowledge Session ‘The Power of Green’, featuring...
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India tiger awaits mate after ‘longest’ 3,000 km journey – BBC report
India tiger awaits mate after 'longest' 3,000 km journey He has completed the longest walk by a tiger ever recorded...
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Invasive species taking over tiger reserves
Lantana report - Invasive species taking over tiger reserves TOFTigers comment. Lantana is a scourge, ecologically and economically, with declining...
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Central Government to launch projects for lion and dolphin conservation
Central Government to launch projects for lion and Dolphins Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday has announced the Centre...
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Responsible Wildlife Tourism crucial to conservation
Responsible community-based tourism models tend to have a direct impact on wildlife By Aly Rashid Outlook Traveller - April 20...
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Tiger reserves about to open again – but with strict new norms
By Meera Bhardwaj, Express News Service -BENGALURU: Tiger reserves may soon open for tourism as the national tiger authority has...
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Poaching in India up 151% in lockdown
Poaching cases in India went up 151% in lockdown: TRAFFIC Report - "The predictable outcome of a lockdown, the need...
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Tigers in Ranthambhore
A morning at Ranthambhore - By Kahini Ghosh Mehta from Nature Wanderers
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LEADING CONSERVATIONIST ADMITS – NATURE TOURISM BEST HOPE FOR PRIMATES
TOFTigers Chairman's comment This is a huge admission from one of the most powerful voices in conservation - that ecotourism...
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CONSERVATION IN PERIL AS NATURE TOURISM DISAPPEARS
CONSERVATION IN PERIL AS NATURE TOURISM DISAPPEARS Editors comment It’s been a fantastic ‘wake up’ call for many in the...
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Conservation in crisis
Conservation in crisis Finally, this pandemic might galvanise those policymakers and many wildlife NGO’s who failed to recognise that nature...
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A BATTLE PLAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS
A BATTLE PLAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS By Julian Matthews, Chairman, TOFTigers As Winston Churchill once said “Never waste a...
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Coronavirus has finally made us recognise that illegal wildlife trade is a public health issue
Coronavirus has finally made us recognise that illegal wildlife trade is a public health issue TOFTigers have always campaigned...
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Plea from Tiger Reserve Lodgings in Madhya Pradesh. India
Plea from Tiger Reserve Lodgings Page 2.
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JOIN TOFTIGERS IN DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WITH YOUR BUSINESS
JOIN TOFTIGERS IN DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WITH YOUR BUSINESS Join a growing group of world class tour operators and...
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TOFTigers runs two Lodge Sustainability workshops in Karnataka parks
Jan 2020 Hosted by two of Karnataka’s Outstanding PUG rated properties, Dhole’s Den and Evolve Back , Ritu Makhija, Sustainability...
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TOFTigers declares a Climate Emergency
‘Business As Usual’ is no longer an option “The wildfires in Australia, in the Arctic, in the Amazon rainforest,...
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COP25: Growing tourism to severely impact environmental health
What Costas Christ says here is correct. We are as an industry trapped in a horrid dilemma. We cannot stop...
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Emirates boss says he took too long to accept climate crisis
Emirates boss says he took too long to accept climate crisis By Russell Hotten BBC News, Dubai Air Show It...
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Ensuring Sustainable Destinations
Ensuring Sustainable Destinations With the global environmental movement gaining traction, with travel and tourism sustainability in the headlights, so TOFTigers...
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TOFTigers completes Madhya Pradesh Lodge Sustainability workshops
TOFTigers completes Madhya Pradesh Lodge Sustainability workshops Hosted by a number of Madhya Pradesh’s best PUG rated lodges, Ritu Makhija,...
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Call for Sustainable Tourism in India
India's Vice President bats For Sustainable Tourism Travel Trends Today (T3) The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu urged all stake...
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Sustainable travel has an image problem. Let’s fix it
Sustainable travel has an image problem. Let’s fix it livemint Neha Dara Harder, more expensive, less special and appealing—these are...
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TIGERS CENSUS NUMBERS UP : TIGERS NOW WORTH FAR MORE ALIVE THAN DEAD
ALL INDIA TIGERS CENSUS NUMBER UP : TIGERS NOW WORTH FAR MORE ALIVE THAN DEAD With Today's publication of the All...
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Corbett Lodge Sustainability Workshop
Corbett Lodge Sustainability Workshop TOFTigers in late April conducted a most successful Lodge Training Workshop on Sustainability called Driving the...
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Five reasons the planet’s climate depends on forests
Five reasons the planet’s climate depends on forests It is clearer than ever that immediate and drastic action is required...
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Key to better conservation is ecotourism that supports communities – new study highlights
Local participation key to better conservation: Study Hindustan Times - Jayashree Nandi This intriguing fact, and the reasons for it, are...
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Few National Tourism Policies go far enough on Sustainability
UNWTO report finds little commitment to sustainability in most national tourism policies By Xavier Font. The Baseline Report on the Integration...
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Tiger expert Valmik Thapar ‘Future of Indian Wildlife depends on Wildlife tourism.’
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.
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TOFTIGERS helps BOOKDIFFERENT.COM TO DRIVE INDIA’s TIGER DESTINATION SUSTAINABILITY
TOFTIGERS helps BOOKDIFFERENT.COM TO DRIVE INDIA’s TIGER DESTINATION SUSTAINABILITY With the Indian subcontinent now able to protect its once rapidly...
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Tourism’s Huge Potential For Conservation
Tourism’s Potential For Conservation When well-managed, tourism, unlike most industries, can create a thriving economy that is not dependent on...
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It’s the economy stupid?
(Article first published in Sanctuary Asia April 2019. Download here) Can India afford not to save its tigers? Julian Matthews...
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Netflix’s new David Attenborough series Our Planet shows us what tourism’s future might be
Netflix’s new David Attenborough series Our Planet shows us what tourism’s future might be Read More
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Intrepid Travel to Become ‘Climate Positive’ by 2020
At last a climate neutral (or better still climate positive) company. Infact our Founder Julian Matthews' own company 25 years,...
Read MoreBooking.com: 72% of tourists call for green travel to save the planet for posterity
The travel and trade industry has historically been laggards in waking up to the demand for sustainability – paying lip service to the idea - with just a few providers seeking to deliver sustainable tourism and travel. Even Booking.com has not cared till recently – but delighted to say the sector is finally putting it a centre stage. We now need action from everyone – especially consumers to demand it - not just words.
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Traveller research signals increased awareness and interest in Responsible Tourism
New Travel Research signals an increased awareness and interest in responsible tourism. Read more here
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Can India Afford Not To Save Its Tigers?
It's the economy stupid Julian Matthews, Founder Chairman of TOFTigers, explains why the economies behind tigers, or what he calls 'Tigernomics',...
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Report : The value of Wildlife Tourism around Ranthambhore in Rajasthan
The value of Wildlife Tourism around Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan for Wildlife Conservation and Local Communities Led by Dr....
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TUI -Sustainability certified hotels result in better client experiences
Hotel sustainability certification is driving savings and increasing customer satisfaction levels, according to TUI research. But it is a challenge...
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The Value of Wildlife Tourism to Conservation and Communities in 4 tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh
Launch of the report - 'The Value of Wildlife Tourism to Conservation and Communities in 4 tiger reserves in Madhya...
Read MoreWildlife Action : TOFTigers highlights the needs of the future 2017 to 2032
TOFTigers highlights the needs of the future 2017 to 2032 A Fifteen year National Wildlife Tourism Action Plan for India...
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The pandemic has shown just how reliant conservation is on tourism
The pandemic has shown just how reliant conservation is on tourism The pandemic has illustrated, far better than my 20...
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Responsible Wildlife Tourism crucial to conservation
Responsible community-based tourism models tend to have a direct impact on wildlife By Aly Rashid Outlook Traveller - April 20...
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Tiger reserves about to open again – but with strict new norms
By Meera Bhardwaj, Express News Service -BENGALURU: Tiger reserves may soon open for tourism as the national tiger authority has...
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LEADING CONSERVATIONIST ADMITS – NATURE TOURISM BEST HOPE FOR PRIMATES
TOFTigers Chairman's comment This is a huge admission from one of the most powerful voices in conservation - that ecotourism...
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CONSERVATION IN PERIL AS NATURE TOURISM DISAPPEARS
CONSERVATION IN PERIL AS NATURE TOURISM DISAPPEARS Editors comment It’s been a fantastic ‘wake up’ call for many in the...
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JOIN TOFTIGERS IN DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WITH YOUR BUSINESS
JOIN TOFTIGERS IN DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WITH YOUR BUSINESS Join a growing group of world class tour operators and...
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Know your Naturalists Series
K. Shanmugakumar was brought up on a tea estate in Conoor in Tamil Nadu and today is the Deputy Chief...
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TOFTigers declares a Climate Emergency
‘Business As Usual’ is no longer an option “The wildfires in Australia, in the Arctic, in the Amazon rainforest,...
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Know the Naturalists Series
Meet Namrata Bhandari – the new breed of female naturalists Taj Safari trained her to the highest standards over the...
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KNOW A NATURALIST’S SERIES
A peak into the life and loves of a naturalist in Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve with Raju Gurung at Pugdundee Safaris Experience...
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What if All That Flying Is Good for the Planet?
What if All That Flying Is Good for the Planet? Without tourism, it’s easy to imagine the Serengeti turned into...
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Want to stop poaching? Walk with the Pardhi in India
Want to stop poaching? Then walk with ex poachers instead. “The Pardhi community of central India have historically been outlaws,...
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From Extinction to Attraction – how nature travellers are helping to save India’s wildlife
From Extinction to Attraction Nature Tourism's role in the rise in India's Tiger population From Outlook Traveller cover article by...
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5 things we learn from the 2018 Tiger Census in India
Great news - Many of its best tiger (and most well visited) reserves are increasingly being well managed. Estimated at...
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TIGERS CENSUS NUMBERS UP : TIGERS NOW WORTH FAR MORE ALIVE THAN DEAD
ALL INDIA TIGERS CENSUS NUMBER UP : TIGERS NOW WORTH FAR MORE ALIVE THAN DEAD With Today's publication of the All...
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Key to better conservation is ecotourism that supports communities – new study highlights
Local participation key to better conservation: Study Hindustan Times - Jayashree Nandi This intriguing fact, and the reasons for it, are...
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TOFTigers approach to Elephant-backed safaris
TOFTigers publishes its approach to the issue of Elephant-backed safaris in nature tourism First published in 09 March 2017 -...
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Tiger expert Valmik Thapar ‘Future of Indian Wildlife depends on Wildlife tourism.’
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.
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Imagine Travel host an evening with tiger expert, Dr Raghu Chundawhat in aid of TOFTigers
Imagine Travel hosts a evening in aid of TOFTigers with tiger expert Dr Raghu Chundawhat.
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Tourism’s Huge Potential For Conservation
Tourism’s Potential For Conservation When well-managed, tourism, unlike most industries, can create a thriving economy that is not dependent on...
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It’s the economy stupid?
(Article first published in Sanctuary Asia April 2019. Download here) Can India afford not to save its tigers? Julian Matthews...
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Netflix’s new David Attenborough series Our Planet shows us what tourism’s future might be
Netflix’s new David Attenborough series Our Planet shows us what tourism’s future might be Read More
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Traveller research signals increased awareness and interest in Responsible Tourism
New Travel Research signals an increased awareness and interest in responsible tourism. Read more here
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A guide to India’s tiger reserves
How can you be sure a tiger-spotting trip has conservation at its heart? TOFTigers was set up to sustain wildlife and certify...
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THE RETURN OF NATURE. Is it viable?
Julian Matthews, Chairman TOFTigers asks the question Let’s do a bit of a comparison. It helps to put India’s conservation...
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Bike4 Tigers – Follow us
RESERVE YOUR PLACE NOW FOR 2019 To discuss our 2019 dates to discuss the challenge or to reserve your place...
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Can India Afford Not To Save Its Tigers?
It's the economy stupid Julian Matthews, Founder Chairman of TOFTigers, explains why the economies behind tigers, or what he calls 'Tigernomics',...
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Report : The value of Wildlife Tourism around Ranthambhore in Rajasthan
The value of Wildlife Tourism around Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan for Wildlife Conservation and Local Communities Led by Dr....
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TUI -Sustainability certified hotels result in better client experiences
Hotel sustainability certification is driving savings and increasing customer satisfaction levels, according to TUI research. But it is a challenge...
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Now, tigers don’t vanish, thanks to Tiger Watch.
Now, tigers don’t vanish, thanks to Tiger Watch...... TOFTigers were the first funders of this project in Ranthambhore in 2014...
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The Value of Wildlife Tourism to Conservation and Communities in 4 tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh
Launch of the report - 'The Value of Wildlife Tourism to Conservation and Communities in 4 tiger reserves in Madhya...
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The TOFTigers past – An article from 2008 by our Chairman
A back catalogue of an article written for the Times Newspaper in June 2008 by Julian Matthews, chairman, TOFTigers...
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