TICOS and Responsible Travel Insurance from Voyager Insurance Services Ltd

Tourism Industry Carbon Offset Service (TICOS)

The outbound tourism industry recognises that it has to play a key role in reducing and offsetting the effects of the carbon emissions produced from holidays sold. Although the primary responsibility for the global impacts of aviation rest with the airlines, tour operators and other travel businesses also need to take action as a part of the holiday supply chain.

TICOS is as an industry wide programme to stimulate collective action by all operators and travel businesses selling holidays, holiday services and air travel. It is supported by a number of international and national agencies including UNESCO, IUCN World Commission for Protected Areas and the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO).

TICOS develops projects that both offset carbon emissions and have wider socio-economic and environmental benefits. They then match these projects to their service users for funding: these are travel and tourism companies committed to offsetting and improving both the quality of the environment and the quality of life for local communities at tourism destinations. Click the links below to read about the projects currently supported by Responsible Travel Insurance:

Name of Project:	Location:
BVCO-SunFire Solutions Solar Stoves	South Africa