Green Advice for an Active Holiday


Let's save our fragile planet for our children Orient Travel Ltd. recognises that we have social, cultural and environmental responsibilities to respect the destinations we offer for visiting and the people who live there. We believe that our tours and holidays should benefit the local people and their environments and we strive to ensure that the local culture and communities form an integral part of our trips. We wish to maximise the benefits of tourism to each Bulgarian destination, whilst minimising the environmental impact whilst being there.

For details of the local charities Orient Travel Ltd. is pleased to support, please visit the links bellow or our Useful Links page or contact us if you wish to donate but don't know how.










Donate to FOUR PAWS - Bulgaria: Support the Dancing Bears Park Refuge in Belitsa!
Don't Just Travel. Do Something Good. Let us put an end to the torture of bears!


Donate to St. George Monastery at the Town of Pomorie, Bulgaria. Don't Just Travel. Do Something Good. Support Ieromonarch Yerotey in his efforts to preserve the Monastery and the Eastern Orthodox tradition!

RESPONSIBLE TOURISM:
  • generates greater economic benefits for local people and enhances the well-being of host communities, improves working conditions and access to the industry
  • involves local people in decisions that affect their lives and life chances
  • makes positive contributions to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage, to the maintenance of the world's diversity
  • provides more enjoyable experiences for tourists through more meaningful connections with local people, and a greater understanding of local cultural, social and environmental issues
  • minimizes negative economic, environmental, and social impacts, and
  • is culturally sensitive, engenders respect between tourists and hosts, and builds local pride and confidence

    What can I do?
  • Travel in an environmentally friendly way – by train, bicycle, boat or ski. You will be closer to nature; you will be protecting the environment.

  • When walking through untouched territory, stay in single file so as to leave fewer footprints behind you.

  • Please remember that a bicycle leaves deep tracks when it goes over fragile ground, and those tracks will not disappear for years. Please use paths, marked routes and roads.

  • Leave your refuse in places where it is supposed to be disposed. Do not spoil everyone else’s joy.

  • There are rules concerning specially protected natural territories and they are there for a reason – these areas are “sensitive” to human presence. Please take these rules into account.

  • To fish, you need a fishing card or license. Please observe this rule – we do not want Bulgaria’s fish stock to run out.

  • Please do not get too close to animals, especially when they are mating, nesting or wintering. Let the animals remain undisturbed in their habitat – after all, they do not come into our homes.

  • Please do not collect plants and animals for a collection. The goal does not justify the means.

  • Cut mushrooms with a knife instead of ripping them out of the ground, do not use machinery to collect wild berries. Then the forest will yield its bounty next year too.

  • Please do not leave your initials or name on cliff walls, tree trunks or manmade objects, because that is desecration, not decoration. Let’s save the natural monuments for our children and the future generations.

  • Let’s light fires only in places which are intended for that purpose, and let’s keep fire safety strictly in mind. Forest fire causes incalculable damage.

  • When you put up your tent, make sure it is in a location that is meant for tenting. You will be more comfortable, because you will have access to at least a minimal infrastructure – water, firewood and tent locations.

  • Buy local products, do not feel that you have to bring everything with you. You will be helping the local businesses and the local foodstuffs will always be tasty and healthy!

  • If you respect the traditions and habits of local residents, you will always be able to count on their hospitality. Listen to the locals. They can tell you all about the area’s history and cultural traditions that you will never find in any travel guide.

  • Please limit your use of substances that are harmful to the environment and to human health – soaps, shampoos, laundry detergents, etc. If we keep the rivers and lakes of our country from growing over, we can save the plants and animals, to say nothing of the people, who depend on those bodies of water.

  • Let’s save on natural resources even if they are cheap and abundant. Not all that many resources in nature are renewable.

  • Choose those country tourism facilities which have the Green Certificate. Then you will be sure of the quality of the services that you will receive.

  • Please do not go swimming in unintended locations. Keep safe!

  • There are insects in our forests and meadows. Bring along your mosquito repellent and if you are planning to go out into the countryside during the spring, summer or autumn, make sure to get vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis.

  • If you see a pet or a wild animal behaving unusually, keep away and report it to the nearest local government

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME READING THIS AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!

       ORIENT TRAVEL Ltd.  27A, Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd., 1301 Sofia, Bulgaria.   Tel: (+359 2) 987 49 49

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