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The Responsible Tour. Read about how to act and behave in Massaii community
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· Adventure with an open mind ready to learn: travel with a genuine desire to learn more about who you meet.
· Appreciate Indigenous cultures on your adventure:
Be aware of the feelings of other people, to prevent what might be offensive behaviour on your part. Be sensitive about photography. Ask yourself why you are taking a picture and would you enjoy being photographed in the same situation. Communities and individuals are human have feelings and have rights too
· Listen and Observe Keenly:
Listening and observing, rather than merely hearing and seeing. Instead of the Western practice of 'knowing all the answers', cultivate the habit of asking questions
· Realities and Practices Differ:
Often the people in the country you visit have time concepts and thought patterns different from your own. This does not, make them inferior, only different. Try to understand and enjoy this difference. Acquaint yourself with local customs. What is courteous, in one country may be quite reverse in another - people will be happy to help you.
· Environmental Integrity: Respect and protect the natural environment. Instead of looking for just "stunning views”, look for the richness of another culture and way of life.
· Remember that you are only one of many visitors, and do not expect special privileges.
· When you are shopping, remember that a “bargain" you obtain is perhaps possible only because of the low wages paid to the maker; sometimes the poorest merchant will give up a profit rather than give up his or her personal dignity.
· Make no promises to people in your host country, unless you intend to carry them through.
· Enjoy yourself, but remember that an extravagant display of wealth is insensitive to local people who may have to manage on much less money than you have.
· Be conservative in your dress. You will get closer to people if you do not look very different.
· Encourage pride in the local culture. Avoid any suggestion that Western culture is inherently better.
· Try not to encourage children who beg by giving them money or gifts. This is the start of a vicious circle. There are other and better ways to provide real help.
