Le Voyageur Le Voyageur engages to support responsible and sustainable tourism.
Le Voyageur recognizes that the environment, communities and cultures within which it operates are vital to the success of our business.
Le Voyageur aims to maximize the positive effects that tourism can have on individuals and local communities, while minimizing the negative social, environmental and economic impacts.
This policy outlines what we have already managed, what we are currently doing, and what we hope to achieve in the future. It defines practices at the core of our product development, operations, and external partner relationships. It is a work in progress for everyone in our company. We therefore commit to the following objectives:
- Comply with all relevant legislation and embed sustainable development principles into core business practices
- Use our position to drive sustainability within Madagascar
- Optimize our social impact to enhance local livelihoods and prevent tourism leakages
- Provide information, training and support to colleagues and external partners, to engage them towards sustainability
- Provide sustainable information about our products to encourage our clients to opt for sustainable travel Options
Shop in a village of Madagascar.
We recognize that our employees are our biggest asset for delivering meaningful travel experiences to our customers. Therefore, we maintain a clear human resource policy to ensure:
- Legal compliance in all regards
- A safe, healthy, and welcoming workplace
- Fair contract conditions including fair compensation
- Training opportunities including trainings on topics of sustainability, sexual harassment and exploitation in the workplace and in the industry
- Participation in the sustainability planning activities
- Inclusion and equal opportunity for all employees, particularly with regard to compensation, promotion, distribution of benefits, and professional development opportunities.
On the ground
- Le Voyageur prefers to work with locally owned businesses reflecting local cultures (hotels, lodges, restaurants,handicraft outlets, arts and culture centers)
- We drive positive change within our supply chain, monitor their sustainable practices, share best practices and organize training
- Le Voyageur ensures that travels it organizes do not have adverse effects on the environment or society, especially sensitive activities that may bring travellers into contact with animals, children or remote communities.
- We give back to neighboring communities by supporting projects addressing local development challenge, encouraging fair employment opportunities and wellbeing advancement.
- Le Voyageur promote Responsible Tourism in its industry and to stakeholders we engage with in Madagascar.
- We put our clients and guests at the forefront of our business and help them to make informed decisions when travelling.
Sustainably effective for Madagascar
We also have a reforestation project in Andasibe, where we already have planted many hundred trees, and we are supporters of the NGO ADES is helping since 2001 with their solar stoves and energy efficient cookstoves to reduce the deforestation. Our clients are also welcome to visit one of the workshops of ADES during their tour, and can upon prior reservation also eat a meal, cooked on solar stoves. ADES also runs eduction projects where they make children and adults aware of the impact that the energy efficient stoves have, and how important it is to reduce deforestation. In addition, ADES also runs their own reforestation project. We donate for each client traveling with us for at least one week an amount of 3 € to ADES.
We are also a member of The Code since 2016. The Code is an international NGO who’s fighting against the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism. They raise awareness of the problem and train the different actors in tourism to actively engage in the fight against the exploitation of children.