IMPACT PARTNER MAP APPLICATION

Meaningful Travel Map Application for Impact Partners

The Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Map directly connects the travel trade and sustainably-minded visitors with authentic, community-led enterprises, products, services, accommodations and tours - which we refer to as Impact Partners.

By participating in the Meaningful Travel Map, organizations can:

  • Amplify their product, service, tour, or experience to the travel trade, including tour operators, travel advisors and media

  • Gain economic benefits from tourism by connecting with an expanded network of potential visitors

  • Create greater impact in their communities through diversified revenue streams

  • Increase their market share of the growing global demand for sustainable travel experiences

  • Belong to a global network of like-minded businesses and organizations focused on creating social and environmental impacts within their communities

There is no cost to our Impact Partners to participate.

Apply to the Map

This application will assess your eligibility for the Meaningful Travel Map and gather all of the information needed to create your profile. It should take approximately 20 minutes to complete, especially if you have your marketing copy ready. Once finished, we will follow up with you regarding the next steps and, hopefully, to welcome you into our community!

Qualifying Questions

To be included in the Map, organizations must:

  • Be actioning sustainability and work to provide a positive social, cultural or environmental impact 

  • Have a tour, sell a product, or host an experience relevant to travelers/tourists

  • Be “visitor ready”, ie. respond to inquiries, maintain a website, operate legally (licenses, permits, etc.) 

  • Be positioned to benefit from additional marketing and connection to the tourism industry 

  • Follow the ChildSafe Guidelines

  • Conform to Tourism Cares’ animal welfare policy if experiences involve animals, whether in captivity or in the wild.

SPOTLIGHT: THE PEOPLE + PLACES OF TOURISM CARES

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre | Tourism Cares Grantee

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre was provided support on behalf of Globus Family of Brands to support ongoing mentorship, build capacity and foster resiliency for Indigenous community members through meaningful employment. The grant funds will also be used to develop a new guided tour called ANCIENT MEDICINES, enriching and connecting the cultural identity of the Indigenous Youth Ambassadors and Cultural Ambassadors the Centre works with.