Travelife Certification
Elephants in captivity are an ethical concern in the tourism industry. Rapid growth in tourism, coupled with inadequate regulations, has encouraged poor treatment and practices that threaten the survival of these amazing, wild creatures.
PATA and the Asian Captive Elephant Working Group (ACEWG), have initiated a process to establish a widely supported set of standards and criteria as a guideline and reference for elephant camps.
This benchmark takes into account international standards including the ABTA animal welfare guidance and the Asian Captive Elephant Working Group (ACEWG) principles. In addition, many elephant experts have commented on the standard in their individual capacity. Based on a careful process, a final draft of the standard was agreed on in 2017. The standard includes more than 160 criteria, divided over 7 themes and 24 subthemes, and provides detailed guidance for the mahout as well as the elephant camps and the external assessors themselves.
Travelife Certification
Reducing our use and dependence on plastic is one of the defining challenges of our time, and we are 100% committed to helping solve this problem. While an increase in Southeast Asian tourism definitely provides a positive impact on the livelihoods of many, the growing number of visitors also…
Travelife Certification
Elephants in captivity are an ethical concern in the tourism industry. Rapid growth in tourism, coupled with inadequate regulations, has encouraged poor treatment and practices that threaten the survival of these amazing, wild creatures.
PATA and the Asian Captive Elephant Working Group (ACEWG), have initiated a process to establish a widely supported set of standards and criteria as a guideline and reference for elephant camps.
This benchmark takes into account international standards including the ABTA animal welfare guidance and the Asian Captive Elephant Working Group (ACEWG) principles. In addition, many elephant experts have commented on the standard in their individual capacity. Based on a careful process, a final draft of the standard was agreed on in 2017. The standard includes more than 160 criteria, divided over 7 themes and 24 subthemes, and provides detailed guidance for the mahout as well as the elephant camps and the external assessors themselves.
Travelife Certification
Reducing our use and dependence on plastic is one of the defining challenges of our time, and we are 100% committed to helping solve this problem. While an increase in Southeast Asian tourism definitely provides a positive impact on the livelihoods of many, the growing number of visitors also…
