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RESPONSIBLE
TOURISM
Having been involved
in tourism for
almost 30 years, our
travel agency was
created to offer our
visitors an “off the
beaten track”
experience and a
meeting between
cultures.
To show the original cultures of
the region, we invite our guests
into the village houses where
they are able to share precious
time with the local people, who
directly benefit monetarily from
this experience which assists
them in supplementing their very
modest incomes. We are
’hands-on’ with various social
and cultural projects in the
area. We employ people from the
nearby villages, and also
support the youngest ones in
their studies.
All of our programs are
completely respectful of the
inhabitants and of the natural
beauty. We do not utilize mass
tourism hotels but only use
family run boutique hotels and
all of our service provider work
by this principle also. We have
been very successful with this
approach. We love our country
and in this respect, we do not
sell any clichés, but only
genuine experiences, being
considerate of both the locals
and our guests.
As we are natives of Istanbul
and
Cappadocia,
which is an amazing and unique
region protected by UNESCO, we
are very aware of the importance
in caring for our environment.
We do responsible tourism not
only for our ancestral and
cultural inheritance, but also
for the magnificent natural
wonders, out of which the
population’s main sources of
living are derived. Indeed,
although over the years many
locals became involved in
tourism, agriculture remains as
the premiere resource, and one
can easily see that villagers
are tending the fields in the
morning and then opening their
shops at noon.
In this region, we also have a
unique ‘cave’
hotel, called Museum Hotel,
in which each stone has been
carefully selected and hewn from
local ruins, in order to
perfectly compliment the natural
rock-hues of the area. We (Indigo
Group)
also operate Cross Golf in
Cappadocia which is the one of
the best examples of Responsible
Luxury in Turkey.
Matiana Travel Member
of;
*The
International Ecotourism
Society
*Sustainable
Travel International
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