Whereas the impression of COVID-19 continues to be felt throughout the worldwide journey trade, Intrepid Journey has formally departed on its first tour since March 2020. On 6 August, six travellers, all from the UK, departed from Athens on Intrepid Journey’s new five-day Greece retreat: Syros Island tour.
The journey is a part of the newly launched product vary known as Intrepid Retreats. This new class is a primary for the corporate, by which teams immerse themselves in a single location, in handpicked lodging starting from small boutique properties to glamping, with close by experiences. These retreats have a good time ‘gradual journey’ and permit adventurers to have interaction with the encompassing communities away from the crowds and in a extra managed setting.
The Greece Retreat, which visits secluded seashores and affords a style of native life, will function below its new Protected Travels well being protocols, developed in partnership with the WTTC. All travellers will full a well being questionnaire in the beginning of the journey and be required to put on masks in sure settings, in keeping with native legal guidelines and rules. The group will likely be accompanied by a neighborhood chief who has obtained particular COVID-19 coaching, which covers hygiene, sanitation, bodily distancing, PPE in addition to provider monitoring.
The journey visits one in all Greece’s lesser recognized and visited islands, Syros, a vacation spot reflective of Intrepid’ s dedication to rebuild responsibly. The itinerary has been designed to profit native communities affected by the pandemic. For instance, the group can have the prospect to go to a neighborhood family-owned enterprise to see how loukoumia (a Greek model of Turkish delight) is made and check out Syrian dishes at a distant taverna within the hills overlooking the Aegean Sea.
“All of us have a job to play in a extra equitable future for the journey trade. For us, overtourism is one problem we’re intently watching. The very fact our first journey is to Syros, and never someplace like Santorini, reveals our dedication to combatting mass tourism,” stated James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Journey.
Intrepid ran its second tour on 7 August, the four-day Cycle the Peak District, one other new product developed in response to the worldwide pandemic. “For over 30 years we now have constructed a enterprise on offering sustainable and progressive experiences. These new departures have been developed in direct response to COVID to assist travellers proceed to discover safely and with peace of thoughts,” Thornton added.
