TUI Care Foundation

What happens when LGBT+ entrepreneurs are given the networks, visibility and support to shape the future of tourism? 👇

For many, it opens the door to something bigger.

The TUI Care Foundation and the IGLTA Foundation have launched an additional cohort of TUI Futureshapers Global: LGBT+ Travel Innovators, continuing their joint commitment to supporting LGBT+ entrepreneurs from emerging and underserved destinations worldwide.

Building on the success of the first cohort, which supported 26 entrepreneurs from more than 20 countries across five continents, the programme combines business training, one-to-one mentoring and access to international tourism networks. 🚀

From strengthening Afro-q***r tourism in Brazil, to expanding inclusive travel experiences for q***r women in East Africa, to connecting LGBT+ travellers with welcoming businesses across the Caribbean - the first cohort showed how entrepreneurship can help create safer, more representative and community-led travel experiences.

Now, the next cohort will continue this journey.

Through practical training in business development, leadership, branding, finance and strategic partnerships, the programme supports LGBT+ tourism entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, increase their visibility and contribute to a more inclusive tourism industry. 🤝

Because when more voices are supported in tourism, more travellers can feel seen, welcomed and represented.

Ocean conservation progress doesn’t happen on its own - it’s driven by the people taking action every day. 💙

🪸 Yes, it’s restored coral reefs.
But it’s also divers carefully growing, planting and monitoring every coral fragment.

🥚 Yes, it’s turtle hatchlings safely reaching the sea.
But it’s also local teams protecting nests, raising awareness and giving baby turtles a stronger chance at life.

🐢 Yes, it’s healthy adult sea turtles swimming freely.
But it’s also experts, volunteers and partners rescuing and rehabilitating injured animals.

🎨 Yes, it’s beautiful products made from waste.
But it’s also people collecting, cleaning and transforming discarded materials into something new.

🏖️ Yes, it’s cleaner beaches and coastlines.
But it’s also volunteers and local partners removing waste from the shore and seabed before it can harm marine life.

🦭 Yes, it’s protecting marine biodiversity.
But it’s also teams raising awareness, sharing knowledge and helping people understand how to protect vulnerable species.

This World Oceans Day, we’re celebrating the people working every day to protect our blue planet. 🌍💙

Protecting our environment starts with understanding it 🌱

This World Environment Day, as the global focus turns to climate action and the choices we make for our shared future, we’re highlighting the role of education in creating long-term change.

Through the TUI Care Foundation programmes, more than 836,000 people in tourism destinations around the world are learning about the environmental challenges affecting the places they call home - and gaining the tools to help protect them.

Because when people are informed, empowered and supported, environmental action can grow from awareness into everyday solutions. 🌍

What if a city tour could open the door to someone’s story? 💡

Earlier this year, we introduced inspiring women from the TUI Futureshapers London project who are reimagining what it means to experience a city.

Through their tours, they shared stories of Syrian heritage, Palestinian culture, Iberian history and Saudi hospitality, offering visitors a more personal, diverse and authentic way to discover London. 🏙️

Now, this success is becoming the foundation for something bigger.

Building on the success of TUI Futureshapers London and in partnership with Women in Travel CIC, we're launching a new TUI Futureshapers Women City Guides initiative to support 40 women in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Berlin to develop their own community-centred tours and build income-generating careers as city tour creators and guides.

The programme combines storytelling, tour design, responsible tourism, practical guiding skills and business mentoring, helping women from diverse backgrounds turn their knowledge, culture and perspectives into meaningful tourism experiences. 🗺️

Read more about the new programme through the link in the comments. 🔗

UNESCO and the TUI Care Foundation are launching a new global partnership to support communities and safeguard cultural and natural heritage in and around UNESCO World Heritage destinations - starting in Morocco and Zanzibar.

🌍 In Morocco, the partnership will support sustainable tourism around Ksar Aït Ben Haddou by encouraging longer visitor stays, supporting local artisans and tourism businesses, and developing cultural routes, storytelling tools and digital interpretation experiences rooted in local heritage.

🌍 In Zanzibar, the initiative will support sustainable cultural tourism in and around Stone Town through activities such as Forodhani Culture Nights, Zanzibar Your Creative Markets, Youth Heritage Ambassadors and the promotion of traditional expressions such as Taarab music.

Across both destinations, the partnership focuses on creating opportunities for women, young people, artists, artisans, cultural practitioners and local tourism entrepreneurs.

Together with UNESCO we aim to show how tourism can actively contribute to heritage preservation, community empowerment and sustainable development in World Heritage destinations.

Click the link in the comments for more.

Coral restoration doesn’t stop at planting 🪸

At the TUI Sea the Change Bali reef restoration site in Padangbai, our project partner Livingseas Foundation also carries out regular coral species counts to better understand how the reef is developing over time.

While fast-growing Acropora corals play an important role in rebuilding reef structure, the site has developed into a much richer ecosystem.

During the latest count, 140 different types of coral were recorded at the restoration site, including both planted corals and corals that have naturally settled on the reef structures.

Why does this matter?

🌊 Greater coral diversity helps make reefs more resilient. A reef with many different coral types is better equipped to adapt to pressures such as rising sea temperatures, pollution and other environmental changes.

🪸 Natural coral recruitment is an encouraging sign that the restored reef is becoming a place where corals and marine life can return and grow.

Swipe to discover a few of the coral types found at the TUI Sea the Change Bali reef restoration site. 👉

We’ve found something incredible inside restored corals in Bali… 👀

During scientific reef monitoring, our TUI Sea the Change Bali project partner Livingseas Foundation discovered coral eggs in several planted coral colonies! 🥚

Why is this so exciting? 👇

It means these restored corals are not only surviving - they are beginning to reproduce.

The eggs were found in older coral colonies planted a few years ago, at a depth of approximately 7 metres.

This marks an important milestone for the reef restoration site, showing that the ecosystem is maturing and taking steps towards becoming more self-sustaining.

With coral spawning expected soon, this discovery brings hope for the continued recovery of Bali’s reefs and the biodiversity they support. 🐠

Would you like to become a part of this ocean recovery story? 🪸 Adopt a coral reef star in Bali: https://tuicarefoundation.com/adoption/adopt-a-coral/