G Adventures Empowers Women, Plus Travel Agent and Caribbean News

Ahead of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2020, community tourism pioneer G Adventures and its non-profit partner Planeterra announce five new projects which put a focus on empowering women and their communities. More than 2,800 women will benefit from the 3,000 travellers expected to visit these projects annually.

With a strong focus on empowering and supporting women, the new projects include a visit to a cultural and craft experience in Jerusalem where stories are shared and local handicrafts are showcased, as well as a stop in Kerala, India where 10 local women create community through hospitality and traditional food.

The new projects are part of the Project 100 initiative, a commitment to have 100 Planeterra projects built into G Adventures tours by the end of 2020. With these projects, the total number now included in the company’s tours has reached 85, just three-months into 2020. Each year, more than 100,000 travellers visit Planeterra projects impacting the lives of more than 60,000 local people.

Jamie Sweeting, President of Planeterra Foundation and Vice President of Responsible Travel at G Adventures, says these projects support G Adventures’ purpose of changing people’s lives through travel, while empowering women, youth and Indigenous communities.