Fair Trade Tourism

Fair Trade Tourism is a certification programme for tourism businesses in southern Africa. Its published standards address areas including fair working conditions, fair purchasing practices, the sharing of benefits, and respect for human rights, culture and the environment.

The certification provides a framework for assessing how tourism businesses operate and how their practices affect the people and places connected to their business. It recognises that tourism depends on the contributions of local people, their knowledge, labour and resources, as well as the natural and cultural heritage of the destinations in which tourism takes place. We have been certified since 2011 & maintain our certification by undergoing an audit every 3 years.

For Three Tree Hill, this connects closely with our approach to hospitality: investing in our team, working with local suppliers where practical, supporting community initiatives and respecting the history, culture and natural surroundings of our area.

Fair Trade Tourism certification is one part of this work. It does not mean that every aspect of a business is without impact; rather, it provides a defined standard against which participating tourism businesses are assessed.