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So what is
responsibletravelinsurance.co.uk all about?
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Increasingly,
we all recognise that international travel has both benefits and drawbacks
for everyone concerned and that travel and tourism is one of the fastest
growing industries in the world. |
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This rapid
growth in travel helps individuals to gain a better understanding of different
cultures, meet new people and experience things not usually found at home
– even if it is just a nice sunny beach to lie on. It also brings
development and employment to many areas that have been very poor, helping
the countries involved to raise living standards for their people. |
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However,
there is, to quote the phrase, no gain without pain. Development of holiday
resorts often displaces the local population and the employment offered
to those locals is often only at very menial levels. The facilities expected
by the tourist can also place great strain on the local infrastructure and
resources, especially water and power. This effectively often leaves the
local population with rationing for these essentials. In some cases, the
very act of travel itself to previously untouched, uninhabited natural destinations
causes profound and potentially irreversible change and damage. |
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Air travel,
in particular, is very much under the spotlight in relation to global climate
change associated with the production of carbon dioxide. |
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The answer,
however, should not be simply to just stop travelling altogether. As more
and more people now recognise, the key is to try to travel "responsibly".
This means different things to different people, of course, but most would
agree that it includes minimising the impact that you have on your destination
while trying to maximise the benefits to the local people and their environment. |
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responsibletravelinsurance.co.uk
has been developed by Voyager Insurance Services Ltd to offer the traveller
another way to help put something back when planning a trip. All policies
sold will benefit projects run by the Travel Industry Carbon Offset Scheme
(TICOS). Please click this link
to learn more about TICOS and our current chosen projects. |
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