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New tour operator promises to ‘put sustainability first and the destination second’

Operators
Sarah Dennis
15 January 2024

The founder of the newly launched tour operator Sustainable Journeys has promised that the venture will “put sustainability first, and the destination second”, but has confirmed that sales will be direct to consumer. 

New tour operator promises to ‘put sustainability first and the destination second’

Estonia will be the launch destination for new tour operator Sustainable Journeys, which aims to take travellers beyond Tallinn

Melissa Tilling, chief executive of Sustainable Journeys and the travel agency Charitable Travel, said the new operator, targeting independent travellers who “want control over what they do” in the mid-market, is seeking not to provide a “bitter pill for customers”.

Speaking at the new operator’s launch event on Monday (15 January) in partnership with Visit Estonia, to mark Estonia as Sustainable Journeys’ launch destination, Tilling said: “We recognise people don’t buy sustainability; they want to buy sustainability, but more importantly, they want to buy fantastic holidays.

“Our goal is to offer fantastic holidays with sustainability baked in,” she added.