Eco Deals
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Eco Deals Programme is an initiative to protect wildlife and conserve critical habitats of Southeast Asia being prolonged yearly[1]
Description
It was launched by Agoda in 2022 in collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Programme suggests for yearly high season except pre-arranged mandatory minimum donation to WWF by the company, an additional donation with a level up to 100% of mandatory one, dependant of number of tourists used the company's service who probably attracted with additonal special discounts[1][2].
| “ | Eco Deals is a program that gives travelers the opportunity to support sustainable tourism as a WWF marine and forest conservation initiative in popular tourist destinations across 8 program countries. | ” |
| — Sandiaga Uno as a Minister of Tourism (Indonesia), while his weekly briefing on 08.07.2023[3][4] | ||
Program was positioned to help to provide marketing support to different hoteliers across Indonesia as one as supported the ecosystem restoration of Bukit Tigapuluh National Park at the years 2022-2023[3][4][5][6].
As agoda claims ASEAN Tourism Forum expressed their support to the program on 2023-2024.[7][8]
Year to year program guaranteed minimum (by company itself) and planned maximum (with tourists' additional taxation on the levels from 5% to 15%) yearly donations goal being raised with a total result of 1,4M USD donated as of 2025[update][9]
According to WWF the area where wildlife protection is covered by the program includes 8 sites in different South East Asian countries.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "agoda". WWF-Singapore. Retrieved 2025-02-12.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Sustainability - Our Progress in 2023 - Booking Holdings". 22 April 2024.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs nameden - ↑ asean-dev (2023-05-10). "Agoda's Eco Deals create Public-Private Partnership on Sustainable Tourism Development in ASEAN". Southeast Asia Travel. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ↑ Agoda. "Agoda Announces Launch of Its Third Edition Eco Deals Program at the ASEAN Tourism Forum: Expands Partnership with WWF and Pledges USD $1 Million for Wildlife Conservation". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ↑ Bhutia, Peden Doma (2025-01-20). "Agoda Launches Sustainable Tourism Fund: What It Means for Southeast Asia's Small Businesses". Skift. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
