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Explora Journeys taps Travelife for tour operator sustainability training

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Explora Journeys teamed with Travelife for Tour Operators, an international training, management and certification program for sustainable tourism.

This gives Explora Journeys’ tour operators and partner travel advisors free access to the Travelife online learning platform. It has 16 on-demand sustainability modules including final exams and certification upon completion of each module along with activity-specific excursion checklists that meet internationally recognized sustainability standards.

Best practice examples

Also included are practical reporting and action planning tools for implementing sustainability practices and best practice examples.

'Travelife’s sustainability management system naturally complements Explora Journeys’ commitment to create sustainable destination experiences,' said Naut Kusters, GM, Travelife. 'DMCs, tour operators, travel advisors and ports are integral to support any sustainable implementation and they will be encouraged with education and incentives.'