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Tour Operators Society of Kenya

Tour Operators Society of Kenya ("TOSK") is a trade association that represents the interests of the Kenyan SME and MSME Tour operators. They are committed to promote and market Kenya as a destination of choice for both inbound and domestic tourists, however, majority of their members have specialized in promotion and marketing of the domestic tourism market. 

TOSK was formed out of the need to have an Association that offers a holistic framework for Advocacy while also enabling its members to derive maximum value through their seven pillars;  

  1. Advocacy  
  2. Promotion and Marketing.  
  3. Sustainable Tourism.  
  4. Capacity building.  
  5. Support of Conservation for both Flora and Fauna.  
  6. Building Tourism Business Partnerships  
  7. Responsible business  

Role in programme(s):

Commitments:

In the framework of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, the Tour Operators Society of Kenya commits to:

  • Sensitizing both domestic and international tourists to embrace No Single Plastic use in their parks and game reserves. They will endeavor to roll out plastic free campaigns and information materials to the public and also encourage community participation in every event geared toward eradicating single use of plastic. 

  • Advising and guiding affiliated organisations and businesses or partners to better manage plastics in their operations. A sustainable tourism committee was set to lead this campaign and TOSK will partner and cooperate with government enforcement agencies like NEMA, Ministry of Environment and NGOs through provision of workshops, seminars and webinars. 

  • Documenting and releasing quarterly journals about the successes achieved with the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative which will be shared to both tourism stakeholders, tourists, academic institution and the public. 

  • Publicly reporting annually on progress of the implementation of its own commitment to the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative.