How to Get Involved
Join our community and become an Industry Partner 4-Peace!
Thank you for your interest in the Peace Through Tourism Initiative! We invite you to take an intentional step forward by becoming an Industry Partner 4-Peace. You can connect with us as an individual or an organization. Participation has no financial commitment, no reporting obligations, no risk what so ever, we simply ask for your support to help advocate for Peace through Tourism, both at home and as part of the travel journey. Working together, we can transform tourism, into not only a positive life changing experience but for a force for understanding, sustainability and peace!
As a Partner 4-Peace you can help support the Tourism industry in three impactful ways:
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Goal: Promote Peace through Tourism awareness in your organization and traveler promotions..
Action Steps:Internally: Use our content & resources to create general talking points to share with your internal team on what Peace Through Tourism is and why it matters.
Externally: Add our “Peace Through Tourism” logo/link to your company website, social media and general marketing to support peace through Tourism/Travel awareness.
Planning Ahead: Discuss with your Team some additional ideas on how to strengthen your Company’s role as a ongoing Peace Advocate.
Note: We are available to work with you on any/all of these steps. What’s most important is to take this first step.
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Goal: In addition to being a Peace Advocate, work to embed peacebuilding elements into your organizational culture, program design, and traveler engagement
Action Steps:
Awareness: Strengthen your role as a Peace Advocate by adding Peace as part of your Company Mission & Values.
Education: Train your staff to understand, seek out and promote peace building opportunities as part of your customer promotions and trip programing.
Communication: Work with your Program Leaders, Tour Guides and Destination Partners to support adding elements of Peacebuilding (CARE Principles) on tour..
Make Peace Part of the Journey: Operate travel programs that to include elements of peacebuilding.
Note: We are available to help with any/all of these concepts. There is much opportunity here to be a Peacebuilder through Tourism.
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Goal: Help identify peacebuilding stores and expand the message of peace through tourism forward to others.
Action Steps:
Encourage: Challenge your staff to collect stories of peacebuilding through travel.
Share: Highlight staff, tour guide, destination partner, program leader and/or travelers stories that exemplify Peace Through Tourism.
Connect: Champion your Partnership in Peace through Tourism at Events (trade shows, conferences,
Note: We are available to support these important effort.