What is TOFT?
Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) is a unique campaign. Founded by a group of concerned Tour Operators, TOFT has now expanded to become a pioneering International 'collective action' campaign, run by Travel Professionals, aimed at those within the nature travel industry and all visitors to India's wildlife parks, to advocate, endorse and support more responsible use of wilderness areas in India, and the Indian sub continent. You can read more here.
SANCTUARY TOFTIGERS WILDLIFE TOURISM AWARDS
Wildlife Promotion Company of the Year 2014
Winner
This wildlife safari operator founded in 2009 on a strong sustainable tourism foundation, has helped put India firmly on the world map as an unparalleled nature tourism destination. Together with its five lodge operations in Madhya Pradesh all of which pass TOFTigers' PUG eco certification, and overall team employing over 150 people, it has also pioneered wildlife camping and walking safaris in buffer zones and supported conservation and community development through its dedicated Conservation Cell.
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Experts from across the globe call for action from the safari community to halt species decline
11th Jun 2015
At the recent TOFTigers 10th anniversary event at the Royal Geographical Society in London, Jeffrey Parrish, Managing Director of the World Wildlife Fund in US, highlighted the ongoing collapse in biodiversity across the globe. More than 53% of wildlife species have been lost since 1970. He appealed to the global nature travel community to do more to "inform, incentivise and invest in conservation". ...Read more
Latest News
Hotel Marketing and PR firm themensa joins TOFTigers 19 April 2017
We welcome our new Service & Media Organisations member, themensa Marketing and PR, an organisation providing highly personal representation services to hotels in the Indian subcontinent to help build unique brand identities. Services include outreach and distribution, marketing and promotions, travel PR, digital marketing and consulting. We look forward to their support in promoting PUG to lesser known destinations. Read more..
TOFTigers publishes its approach to the issue of Elephant-backed safaris in nature tourism 09 March 2017
After six months careful consideration and many experts opinions, TOFTigers have released the attached for its members to use as they see fit. Read more..
Launch of Free Nature Guide leaflet to Bandhavgarh sponsored by TOFTigers
28th Feb 2013
TOFT launches, the first of the new free Nature Guides to parks, starting with Bandhavgarh. The 8 page high quality guides are aimed at encouraging greater nature awareness and less tiger centric tourism within parks, and include detailed route maps, a guide to mammals and top ten birds, jungle etiquette and uniquely the five tigers you are most likely to see in the park. Read more and download a copy
Campaign
India's top bureaucrat, Amitabh Kant - 'we need responsible nature tourism'9th December 2016
Head of NITI Aayog, Transforming India, Amitabh Kant speaks at the TOFTigers Wildlife tourism Awards 2016 on the power of responsible nature tourism and its value in saving India's remaining forests and wildlife.
Valmik Thapar: 'Future of Indian wildlife lies in wildlife tourism'9th December 2016
Valmik Thapar, India's most well-known tiger expert, writer and conservationist, highlights the nature of tourism required in India in the next decade at the TOFTigers Wildlife Tourism Awards 2016.
TOFTigers highlights the needs of the future 2017 to 203211th April 2016
In response to the call from the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests on its recent draft of the Wildlife Action plan 2017 to 2032, TOFTigers response in how to reorganise nature tourism to become India’s best conservation tool is here.
Latest Campaign
TOFTigers highlights the needs of the future 2017 to 2032
In response to the call from the Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests on its recent draft of the Wildlife Action plan 2017 to 2032, TOFTigers response in how to reorganise nature tourism to become India’s best conservation tool is here. Read more..
TOFTigers signatory to call for end of Tiger farming
TOFTigers is a signatory to the global call on UK's Prime Minister to get China to stop the demand for Tiger parts and end tiger farming, during the forthcoming China President's visit. Read more..