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Local people benefit to the tune of £1million
Travel Foundation livelihoods projects generate more than £1m
After 10 years of working on a range of livelihoods projects, the Travel Foundation has generated more than £1m in revenue for local people, including craftspeople, fishermen, farmers and tourist guides.
The Travel Foundation’s livelihoods programmes enable local people to benefit economically from tourism to their home country by creating new jobs and demand for locally produced products and services.
The successful Jungle Jams project in Mexico helped to push total revenue over the £1m mark just before the end of 2013, the Travel Foundation’s 10th anniversary year.
Based in the jungle of the Yucatan Peninsula — where many people have to move away from their villages to find work, leaving behind traditional customs and skills – the Jungle Jams programme helped local women to set up a jam making business and sell their produce to hotels and businesses in Cancun and the Riviera Maya.
Other livelihoods projects have ranged from Taste of Fethiye, which has created links between farmers and hotels in the Fethiye region of Turkey, to Maasai village tours in Kenya. –
Salli Felton, Acting Chief Executive at the Travel Foundation, said, "We are delighted that our livelihoods programmes have generated more than £1m for local people. As we reach the end of our 10th anniversary year, we plan to build on this success with further projects to help communities around the world benefit from tourism."
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