What is Sustainable Tourism

At Baheka Travel, we believe travel should leave a lasting positive impact—both on the traveler and the places they visit. Sustainable tourism allows you to explore Uganda’s breathtaking landscapes, diverse wildlife, and rich cultures while helping to preserve them for future generations.

By choosing sustainable travel, you contribute to local communities, protect vital ecosystems, and ensure that your journey leaves a minimal environmental footprint. Whether it’s supporting eco-friendly lodges, engaging in wildlife conservation efforts, or embracing cultural experiences that empower local artisans and businesses, sustainable tourism lets you enjoy Uganda in a way that aligns with your values.

Join us in exploring Uganda responsibly—because every adventure can help make the world a better place.

Sustainable Tourism refers to sustainable practices in and by the tourism industry. It is an aspiration to acknowledge all impacts of tourism, both positive and negative. It aims to minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive ones.

Negative impacts to a destination include economic leakage, damage to the natural environment and overcrowding to name a few.

Positive impacts to a destination include job creation, cultural heritage preservation and interpretation, wildlife preservation landscape restoration, and more.

What is Responsible Tourism/Travel

Responsible Travel refers to the behavior of individual travelers aspiring to make choices according to sustainable tourism practices. The behaviors usually align with minimizing the negative impacts and maximizing positive ones when one visits a tourism destination.

Travelers that want to learn more about how to be a responsible traveler can visit the section on the

Summary of the difference between Sustainable Tourism, Ecotourism, and Responsible Travel

Ecotourism is a niche segment of tourism in natural areas.

Sustainable Tourism does not refer to a specific type of tourism, rather it is an aspiration for the impacts of all forms of tourism to be sustainable for generations to come.

Responsible Travel is a term referring to the behavior and style of individual travelers. The behaviors align with making a positive impact to the destination rather than negative ones.