Respecting Local Culture
Learn about the local culture and customs before you go. The more you know about a destination, the better you can appreciate and understand it.
When facing with strong cultural differences, please think twice before you act or behave and try to respect the differences.
Respect the local customs whenever you are visiting a local house; taking photographs with local people; handing things to them…
Always ask your guides for how to act or behave to the locality if you are not sure, during your travel. This is your holiday but it is their everyday lives.
- Learn how to greet people in their languages!
- Always keep calm, be patient and be polite!
- Respect local cultures!
- Connect with people before taking photos of them!
- Dress modestly and neatly!
- Follow proper culture etiquette!
- Asian societies remain fairly traditional and are attached to old customs. So please kindly
- Respect cultural sites!
- Many cultural sites, even those in ruins are sacred grounds, so:
- It is forbidden to walk or climb anywhere off regular footpaths, to scrawl or scribble on monuments, and to collect stones or any parts of the monuments or sites.
- Contact with monks!.
- Answer questions!
Respecting the Local Environment
Asia’s tremendous economic growth has taken place at the expense of its environment and precious biodiversity. Let’s make our travels meaningful by helping to enhance the beauty of its environment.
- Save energy and water!
- Water is precious. Help save it.
- Say no to things that can harm the environment!
- Waste is waste!
- Refill your bottles!
- Protect the wildlife and the flora!
Trading of elephants, tigers, primates, marine animals alive or dead and animal parts such as meat, ivory, bones, shells is illegal based on CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Therefore
- Limit your ecological footprint!
- Toilet Facilities!
Contributing to Poverty Alleviation
- If you wish to alleviate poverty and provide better life opportunities for children and their families, we recommend you to do it through registered organisations.
- Of course, it’s not easy to assess the reliability of an organisation in a foreign country. In response to traveller’s requests, we will support a list of the carefully selected projects you can trust in each destination. Contact with our sales if you are intending to do.
Child Protection
Children are NOT tourist attractions!
Visiting children centres, orphanages or schools is forbidden in western countries.
Research has shown that short-term visits (including volunteer tourism) can be harmful to a child’s development and emotional balance.Therefore,
- Tip 01 think! Children are not tourist attractions – Don’t treat them like they are.
- Tip 02 think! Volunteering with children makes you feel good but it could be harmful – Look for better ways to help them.
- Tip 03 think! Children pay a price for your generosity – Don’t give to begging children.
- Tip 04 think! Professionals know better than you – Call them if you find a child need help.
- Tip 05 think! Sex with children is a crime – report child sex tourism.
- Tip 06 think! Children should not be at work instead of school – Report child labor.
- Tip 07 think! Protect Children – Be a ChildSafe Traveler.
Responsible Spending
- Support the local economy!
- Bargain within reason and with a smile!
- Experience local transport!
- Drugs & Alcohol is prohibited!
- Do not support the sex industry!
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