The Gold Award for the Indian Responsible Tourism State Awards Rajasthan 2022 - Sustainable Enterprises in Eco-Fragile Landscapes went to Vedic Walks!
Offering immersive, mindfully-curated, community-driven experiences, Vedic Walks focuses on working with the local communities and ensuring that they reap the benefits of tourism in Rajasthan.
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Offering immersive, mindfully-curated, community-driven experiences, Vedic Walks focuses on working with the local communities and ensuring that they reap the benefits of tourism in Rajasthan.
#Travel #OutlookTraveller #OutlookMagazine #OutlookGroup
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00:02 - In 2008, we were just exploring the city
00:06 and we realized that there's nothing
00:08 in the city called walking tours.
00:09 When you look at our tagline,
00:11 I mean, we are a community initiative.
00:13 The idea was to curate experiences
00:15 which are made for everybody,
00:18 but the volume should always remain low
00:21 and not to make those experiences commercial.
00:23 Going in the rural settlements of the city,
00:26 we often miss out the local artisan communities.
00:28 We carry a explorer kit with us all the time.
00:32 We started an initiative wherein all our explorers
00:35 will carry a disposal bag with us.
00:37 So in 2012, we started e-rickshaw tour of Jaipur.
00:40 That is even more immersive and carbon negative.
00:43 Especially in the main cities, wherever possible,
00:48 traveling through e-rickshaws and cycles
00:51 or taking walking tours should be the future.
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