{"id":104,"date":"2016-11-21T07:25:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T07:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/pulse2\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2017-03-10T05:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T05:44:18","slug":"sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sita Launches Sustainability Index for Excursions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-386 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pulseonlineco.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/images.jpg\" alt=\"images\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images.jpg 225w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/images-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">At Sita, we give a strong preference to excursions which take environmental, social and economic impacts into account, and which foster a more sustainable tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In doing so, Sita has drafted a Sustainability Guideline based on 6 questions that need to be addressed before recommending a tour to clients:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Whether the excursion:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Is respectful in encounters with local traditions<br \/>\nIs caring for the environment<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#000000;\">Is caring for animal welfare<br \/>\nIs providing economic benefits to local communities<br \/>\nIs providing a fair working environment and employing qualified staff<br \/>\nIs ensuring customer awareness<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Based on the above, a member of the Destination Knowledge Centre formulated a rating system, the Sustainability Index to accurately show results that would help us in assessing all our excursions. The Sustainability Index rating system varies from poor to excellent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">After a yearlong activity, all our tours have been rated according to the Sustainability Guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">As a step forward, Sita will now initiate dialogue with Experience Providers for improvements, work with Experience Providers to reach excellent ratings and encourage the Experience Provider to keep up the good work and monitor the activity periodically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-182 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pulseonlineco.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/13-sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions-8.jpg\" alt=\"13-sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions-8\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/13-sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions-8.jpg 5616w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/13-sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions-8-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/13-sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/2016\/11\/23\/tci-sita\/\">Back<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/edition-12016\/\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Sita, we give a strong preference to excursions which take environmental, social and economic impacts into account, and which foster a more sustainable tourism. In doing so, Sita has drafted a Sustainability Guideline based on 6 questions that need to be addressed before recommending a tour to clients: Whether the excursion: Is respectful in&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/sita-launches-sustainability-index-for-excursions\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4063,"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/4063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulseonline.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}