Company History

Remarkable milestones in our company history and community tourism partnerships -

1991:   Foundation of Help Tourism
1993:   Pelling (West-Sikkim)
1995:   Lava (Kalimpong)
1996:   Foundation of ACT-Association for Conservation and Tourism
1996:   Garumara (Dooars, North Bengal):
1998:   Rishyap/Rishet (Kalimpong)
1998:   Tinchuley (Darjeeling)
2002:   Bali Island (Sunderbans NP, South Bengal)
2003:   Bara Mangwa (Darjeeling)
2003:   Uttaray (West-Sikkim)
2003:   Barsey (West-Sikkim)
2003:   Cherrapunjee (Meghalaya)
2003:   Rajabhatkhawa (Buxa Tiger Reserve, Dooars, North-Bengal)
2004:   Manas Maozigendri (Bodoland, Dooars, Assam)
2005:   Ziro (Central Arunachal Pradesh)
2005:   Wakro (East Arunachal Pradesh)
2005:   Bindu (Kalimpong)
2005:   Brahmaputra River Initiative (Assam)
2005:   Miao-Stilwell Zone Initiative (Arunachal Pradesh)
2005:   Kolakham - Neora Valley NP (Kalimpong)
2006:   The Swiss Hotel (Darjeeling)
2007:   Dihing River Camp (Assam)
2007:   Dibang Jungle Camp (Arunachal Pradesh)
2008:   Chilapata Jungle Camp (Dooars, North Bengal)

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Each year we focus our internal and external communications on an annual mission - we try to take the mission forward to all tourism stakeholders: local communities and travelers, politicians and business partners, media and multipliers.

2008    Tracing traditional Routes through Tourism
2007    Think locally – Link globally
2006    Cross-border Conservation through Community Cooperation
2005    Village Hospitality – Authentic Encounters with Local Natural and Cultural Phenomenon
2004    Heritage for the Community
2003    Each One Reach One
2002    Join Hands: International Year of Ecotourism
2001    Celebration: Ten Years of Dedicated Service
2000    Destination 2000: East and North East India, Nepal, Bhutan & Bangladesh

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• Shortisted as one of the 158 "Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth" :
   by National Geographic Adventure
  
  
• Finalist “Tourism for Tomorrow” Award 2007 in category “Investor in People”, World Travel and Tourism Council :
  Sunderbans Jungle Camp, Bali Island
  
  
• Best Award of Excellence 2005 ”Most Innovative Destination”, Travel and Tourism Fair Kolkata :
  Manas Nationalpark (“From Terrorism to Tourism”)
  
  
• Best Award of Excellence 2004 ”Most Promising New Destination”, Travel & Tourism Fair Kolkata :
  The Tourism Villages of North Bengal & Sikkim
  
  
• Best Award of Excellence 2001 ”Best New Destination”, Travel and Tourism Fair Delhi :
  Tinchuley- a Model Village in Darjeeling Hills
  
  
• Best Award of Excellence 1999 ”Best New Destination”, Travel and Tourism Fair Kolkata :
  Lava and Loleygaon in Kalimpong Hills
  
  
• Award of Excellence “Visit Nepal Year”, 1999, Dept. of Tourism, Nepal
  
  
• Best Award of Excellence 1998 ”Best New Destination”, Travel and Tourism Fair Mumbai :
  Pelling – Obscure Village in Sikkim
  
  
• Best Award of Excellence 1997 ”Most Innovative Destination”, Travel and Tourism Fair Kolkata :
  Lataguri – an Ecotourism Village near Garumara Nationalpark Jalpaiguri

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