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Every time we hear from the industry that we have been mentioned somewhere, nominated for an award, made a guidebook etc, its gives us all a big boost that we are indeed working in the right direction! Of late, we have had mention on Lonely Planet, Trip Advisor, National Geographic Adventure, A korean Guide Book on Ethical Travel, an Italian Guidebook on Nepal, the Ethical Travel Guidebook from Tourism Concern etc. Any news pertaining to these mentions are all listed here.
We might have missed some! Do let us know if you see us somewhere not listed here!
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 Took some time but discovered which page on tripadvisor.com we were getting some visitors from. No reviews, no recommendations, but a general background section on the Nepal pages on tripadvisor.com where there is a seperate section on "travelling Resposibly to Nepal". Here all that is written is about us by one of our clients. Thanks Q. We know who you are, but are happy to keep it annonymous
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 A historic day for socialtours as it reaches eight years of operation in May 2010. Today, Raj Gyawali, Founder Director, socialtours and Brian Hunter, Country Director, Save the Children, Nepal & Bhutan, signed a contract to promote social tourism and fundraise to support children's issues in Nepal. This is in keeping with both organisations long term commitments, Save the Children's commitment to support children's issues and socialtours commitment to find avenues to integrate tourism into social development.
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Since last year, socialtours.com has been mentioned in a Fair Travel Guide Book written by Imagine Peace Group from Korea. It is even written in Korean so it might be interesting for Korean readers. The only mistake they made was put the website (the most important part) as www.socialtour.com instead of www.socialtours.com. So anyone reading this will reach a golf tour called socialtour in the States instead of our website.
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In a article entitled Roads less travelled, Catherine Mack writes this about the Green Circuit
"Travelling ethically on a land mass as vast as the Indian subcontinent has been made so much easier with the recent creation of the Green Circuit (thegreencircuit.net). Five local tour operators in India and Nepal, all specialists in deep-rooted community-based responsible-tourism initiatives, have collaborated to provide a wide range of natural and cultural heritage trips. From the Blue Yonder, in Kerala (theblueyonder.com), to Social Tours, in Nepal (socialtours.com), experiences vary greatly, including a yak safari into the trans-Himalayan deserts, monitoring elephant-migration corridors in eastern Himalaya and learning traditional drumming with villagers living along Kerala’s River Nila."
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 It took seven long years, but finally, socialtours has made it in the Sep 2009 edition of Lonely Planet. Mind you, our phone number (4412508) has been there for a long long time, as Lonely Planet never updated the listing under Adventure Nepal Trekking, which was in the same office as ours, about 11 years ago! Find us on Page 72, under Responsible Tourism and Volunteering. The writing says, "Social Tours (www.socialtours.com) can arrange volunteer placements as part of treks in Nepal". Ok, thats not all we do, but its a start.
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 A good day at socialtours.com. We are proud to announce that we have been mentioned as one of the organisers of the Cho La Trek, recognised recently by National Geographic as one of the 25 best new trips in the world, as part of the Great Himalayan Trail in the Himalayas! Kudos to the team, and one of our guides, Phurba Sherpa, who lead the trek, who has also been mentioned!
Thanks to National Geographic for the recommendation!
Read the article here
Read about the Trek here |
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An article about socialtours has appeared in the Austrian tourism industry media. It has published an interview with Raj Gyawali, talking about the history, principles, practices and offers of the company.
download a copy of the article here (210 kb)
This article appeared in the industry magazine TIP-Travel Industry Professional |
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