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IIPT Credo

Travel Promotes Peace

IIPT Credo of the Peaceful Traveler©

Grateful for the opportunity to travel and experience the world and because peace begins with the individual, I affirm my personal responsibility and commitment to:

  1. Journey with an open mind and gentle heart
  2. Accept with grace and gratitude the diversity I encounter
  3. Revere and protect the natural environment which sustains all life
  4. Appreciate all cultures I discover
  5. Respect and thank my hosts for their welcome
  6. Offer my hand in friendship to everyone I meet
  7. Support travel services that share these views and act upon them and,
  8. By my spirit, words and actions, encourage others to travel the world in peace
A traveller with a backpack looks out over mountains at sunset
Eight commitments

What every Peaceful Traveler promises

Simple promises that turn every journey into an act of peace, wherever in the world you travel.

  1. 01

    Journey with an open mind and gentle heart

  2. 02

    Accept with grace and gratitude the diversity I encounter

  3. 03

    Revere and protect the natural environment which sustains all life

  4. 04

    Appreciate all cultures I discover

  5. 05

    Respect and thank my hosts for their welcome

  6. 06

    Offer my hand in friendship to everyone I meet

  7. 07

    Support travel services that share these views and act upon them

  8. 08

    By my spirit, words and actions, encourage others to travel the world in peace

“Peace begins with the individual.”

The Credo is shared with travellers around the world. Through the IIPT Travel for Peace Campaign, IIPT invites travel agents, tour operators, hotels and airlines to encourage every traveller to be an Ambassador for Peace. Download the Credo, keep it with you on your next journey, and share it with the people you travel with.