{"id":10729,"date":"2023-10-16T13:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/?page_id=10729"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:17:17","slug":"sustainable-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/es\/sustainable-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"sus-banner-row\" data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-temp=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" data-vc-stretch-content=\"true\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid slider-rev mtt-title-img-row vc_row-no-padding\"><div class=\"mtt-title-img-col wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div id=\"sus-banner\" class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element vc_custom_1697473155171  mtt-title-img\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"sustainability2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2-1024x329.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2-768x247.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2-18x6.jpg 18w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2-600x193.jpg 600w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability2-100x32.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid main-dropdown-img dtt-dropdown-img\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div id=\"down-arrow-icon\" class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element  sus-down-arrow\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#sec1\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"94\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/main-drop-arrow.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"purple down Arrow Icon in Small Size\" title=\"main-drop-arrow\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element  3lines\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/All-Lines.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"Three orange color link with no background\" title=\"All Lines\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"sec1\" data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-temp=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid dtt-cvd-bg dtt-cv-bg\"><div class=\"dtt-cv-p wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element dtr-es\" id=\"sus-description\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"sus-desc-title\" style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><strong>Sustainability Policy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sust-img alignright wp-image-10726\" src=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability-3295757_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability-3295757_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability-3295757_640-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability-3295757_640-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability-3295757_640-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sustainability-3295757_640-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Tours and Events acknowledges our significant role and influence in fostering sustainable tourism. As a travel agency, we interact with a diverse range of tourism stakeholders, including tour operators, hotels, transportation providers, tour guides, eateries, attractions, and our valued customers. To maximize the positive impacts and minimize the negative effects of tourism within our operations, we are committed to adopting and promoting sound sustainable practices. Furthermore, we strive to inspire our clients and partners to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MAD Tours and Events, a progressive inbound tour operator, is dedicated to providing visitors with an authentic local experience by facilitating cultural and environmental immersion through meaningful collaborations with local vendors. We recognize our responsibility to actively engage with vendors, visitors, and the general public to champion sustainability through civic participation and the preservation of local cultural assets in our travel destinations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our vision is to promote conscientious and exceptional travel and tourism experiences that offer visitors an authentic taste of our destinations and their respective cultures. Simultaneously, we are committed to safeguarding and conserving the natural and human resources of the communities for the enjoyment of current and future generations, both for tourists and locals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Sustainability Management and Legal Compliance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We commit to effective sustainability management through the following actions:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Appointing an employee responsible for sustainability coordinator tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Crafting a clear and accessible sustainability mission statement communicated to customers, partners, and suppliers.<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining a written sustainability policy that seeks to reduce negative social, cultural, economic, and environmental impacts while including employee-related health and safety aspects.<\/li>\n<li>Conducting a baseline assessment of our sustainable practices performance.<\/li>\n<li>Establishing a sustainability action plan with clear targets, actions, measures, responsibilities, and time planning.<\/li>\n<li>Developing documented procedures to monitor and evaluate the implementation of our sustainability policy, objectives, and targets.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring transparency in sustainability by public reporting and communication.<\/li>\n<li>Fostering awareness and commitment among all staff to implement and improve our Sustainability Policy.<\/li>\n<li>We also commit to adhering to all national legislation, regulations, and codes of practice.<\/li>\n<li>Internal Management: Social Policy and Human Rights<\/li>\n<li>Our sustainable internal management entails a clear and well-communicated social policy, which includes these fundamental principles:<\/li>\n<li>Granting employees the freedom of employment and contract termination with a one-month notice without penalty.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that the basic salary of all full-time employees exceeds the national minimum wage and is mentioned in the employment contract.<\/li>\n<li>Providing employees with fixed paid yearly holidays, sick leave, and an unpaid annual leave allowance.<\/li>\n<li>Establishing a health and safety policy for full time employees that aligns with national legal standards.<\/li>\n<li>Equipping relevant locations with first aid sets.<\/li>\n<li>Offering periodic guidance and training for full time employees on roles, rights, and responsibilities related to health and safety issues, including fire safety and response to natural disasters.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibiting discrimination during recruitment, employment conditions, access to training and senior positions, and promotion based on gender, race, age, disability, ethnicity, religion\/beliefs, or sexual orientation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring equal opportunities and access to resources and personal development through regular training and education for all employees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Internal Management: Environment and Community Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our commitment to environmental protection and community relations entails:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Reducing the use of disposable goods by employing ceramic plates, cups, and glasses.<\/li>\n<li>Purchasing products in bulk to minimize packaging materials.<\/li>\n<li>Setting printers for double-sided printing and reusing old printouts for internal documents.<\/li>\n<li>Implementing an &#8216;internet only&#8217; policy to reduce brochure wastage.<\/li>\n<li>Turning off lights and equipment when not in use, and setting equipment to energy-saving mode whenever feasible.<\/li>\n<li>Using LED energy-efficient lighting.<\/li>\n<li>Choosing non-hazardous, non-eutrophic, biodegradable cleaning materials certified with an eco-label where locally available.<\/li>\n<li>Preferring low-energy equipment when purchasing new items, considering cost and quality.<\/li>\n<li>Complying with national waste disposal legislation by separating materials that can be recycled for proper disposal.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing transport-related impacts through telework, tele\/video meetings, work-at-home policies, or other means.<\/li>\n<li>Recycling or properly disposing of batteries.<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and reducing energy consumption on a monthly basis.<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring water consumption on a monthly basis.<\/li>\n<li>Reusing toner cartridges for printing at least once when feasible.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring all taps have water-efficient adaptors.<\/li>\n<li>Offering financial incentives to employees for using public transport or sustainable means of transportation.<\/li>\n<li>Contributing to the protection and preservation of local historical, archaeological, cultural, and spiritually significant properties and sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We aim to ensure that the vehicles used on our tours cause no more than the average level of pollution. Recognizing the vital role of transportation in sustainable tourism, we endeavor to reduce the overall pollution level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To achieve this, we commit to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Selecting the most sustainable transportation options based on price and comfort when choosing transport to the destination.<\/li>\n<li>Considering and giving preference to more sustainable alternatives when selecting transportation options for transfers and excursions within the destination, taking into account price, comfort, and practical considerations.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that vehicles are maintained in accordance with guidelines and emission tests, with up-to-date vehicle insurance and registrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Accommodation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are dedicated to building a fully sustainable tourism supply chain, where partner accommodations play a significant role in achieving this goal. We actively encourage and motivate partner accommodations to adopt sustainable practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our commitments include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Preferring and selecting accommodations that are locally owned and managed.<\/li>\n<li>Choosing accommodations that employ members of the local communities.<\/li>\n<li>Clearly and actively communicating our sustainability objectives and accommodation requirements to contracted and other relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Excursions and Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At MAD Tours and Events, we hold a deep appreciation for our culture, community, and the welfare of animals. Our commitment lies in organizing excursions and activities that leave a minimal footprint, ensuring the protection of our communities and the natural environment. We firmly stand against any practices that harm wildlife or pollute the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To uphold this commitment, we:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Advise our guests on behavioral standards during excursions and activities, emphasizing respect for local culture, nature, and the environment.<\/li>\n<li>Refrain from offering any excursions that harm humans, animals, plants, or natural resources, and those that are socially and culturally unacceptable.<\/li>\n<li>Do not support excursions in which wildlife is held in captivity, unless these activities are properly regulated and in compliance with local laws.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid any involvement with companies that engage in the harvesting, consumption, display, sale, or trade of wildlife species, unless they are part of a regulated activity that ensures sustainable utilization and complies with local, national, and international laws.<\/li>\n<li>Employ skilled and certified guides to lead our guests in sensitive cultural sites, heritage locations, and ecologically delicate areas.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage and advise our guests to partake in excursions and activities that actively involve and support local communities by purchasing services or goods, traditional crafts, local food production, or visiting social projects.<\/li>\n<li>Promote and recommend excursions and activities that contribute to the conservation of the local environment and biodiversity, such as visiting protected areas or engaging in environmental protection projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tour Leaders, Guides, and Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are dedicated to fostering a fair and safe working environment that respects and supports local communities. To ensure this, we:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Provide all employees with written employment contracts to ensure clarity regarding terms and conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Prefer working with local tour leaders, guides, and staff and provide necessary training.<\/li>\n<li>Pay tour leaders, guides, and staff contracted by us at least a living wage.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that our tour guides are licensed when require by the city where they work. Ensure contracted full time employees receive regular training and qualifications.<\/li>\n<li>Include a sustainable travel module in the training program for full time employees, focusing on responsible tourism aspects, including the prevention of child exploitation.<\/li>\n<li>Instruct our tour leaders and guides to inform clients about relevant sustainability matters, such as the protection of flora, fauna, and cultural heritage, as well as social norms, values, and human rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Destination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our commitment is to maximize positive impacts and minimize negative effects at our travel destinations, promoting their sustainable development. To achieve this, we:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Adhere to legally-based overall planning, protected areas, and heritage regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Support biodiversity conservation, including protected areas and regions of high biodiversity in our product offerings.<\/li>\n<li>Do not promote or endorse souvenirs containing threatened flora and fauna species, or historic and archaeological artifacts, except when permitted by law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Customer Communication and Protection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We prioritize the welfare and information of our customers, ensuring clear, continuous communication, and high-level protection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Before booking, we commit to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Safeguarding customer privacy and ensuring it is never compromised.<\/li>\n<li>Providing clear, comprehensive, and accurate information about our company and its products and services, including sustainability claims.<\/li>\n<li>Offering factually correct, balanced, and complete destination information, including sustainability aspects.<\/li>\n<li>Informing customers about sustainable alternatives concerning accommodations, excursions, package holidays, and transport options, whenever available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>After booking and during trip, we commit to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Providing customers with information about the natural surroundings, local culture, and cultural heritage in the destination.<\/li>\n<li>Informing customers about potential risks and precautions related to health and safety matters in the destination.<\/li>\n<li>Making an emergency contact number available and accessible 24\/7.<\/li>\n<li>Training our personnel and providing guidelines on how to handle emergency situations.<\/li>\n<li>Offering clients documented guidelines and codes of conduct for sensitive excursions and activities, aiming to minimize negative visitor impact and maximize enjoyment.<\/li>\n<li>Providing customers with information about commercial, sexual, or any other form of exploitation and harassment, particularly involving children and adolescents and women.<\/li>\n<li>Informing clients about applicable legislation regarding the purchase, sale, import, and export of historic or religious artifacts and articles containing materials of threatened flora and fauna in the destination.<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging clients to support local restaurants and shops, particularly when suitable.<\/li>\n<li>Informing clients about sustainable transport options in destinations whenever feasible.<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging clients to donate to local charities and sustainable initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>After the end of your trip, we commit to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Systematically measuring client satisfaction and using the results for service and product improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Integrating sustainability as an integral component of our client satisfaction research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nuestro compromiso con la sostenibilidad: asociaci\u00f3n con Trees New York<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En MAD Tours and Events, creemos que la sostenibilidad no es solo una tendencia, sino una responsabilidad. Como parte de nuestro compromiso continuo con el medio ambiente, estamos orgullosos de asociarnos con\u00a0<strong>Trees New York<\/strong>, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro cuya misi\u00f3n es plantar, preservar y proteger el bosque urbano de Nueva York a trav\u00e9s de la educaci\u00f3n y la participaci\u00f3n comunitaria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundada en 1976, Trees New York naci\u00f3 como una respuesta ciudadana a los fuertes recortes presupuestarios de la ciudad de Nueva York en servicios relacionados con los \u00e1rboles y el bosque urbano. Durante casi cincuenta a\u00f1os, la organizaci\u00f3n se ha convertido en un actor clave en la protecci\u00f3n del medio ambiente en Nueva York, combinando acciones concretas y educaci\u00f3n para generar un impacto duradero. Entre sus logros m\u00e1s notables se incluyen la formaci\u00f3n de m\u00e1s de 13,500 voluntarios \u201cCitizen Pruners\u201d y 11,000 j\u00f3venes en el cuidado de los \u00e1rboles, as\u00ed como la plantaci\u00f3n de m\u00e1s de 500 \u00e1rboles en comunidades desfavorecidas en los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A trav\u00e9s de esta asociaci\u00f3n, apoyamos la misi\u00f3n de Trees New York de mejorar la salud y la resiliencia del bosque urbano, un esfuerzo que no solo embellece nuestras calles, sino que tambi\u00e9n mejora la calidad del aire, reduce el efecto de isla de calor urbano y fortalece el bienestar de las comunidades. Y, lo m\u00e1s importante, al plantar y cuidar \u00e1rboles, contribuimos activamente a\u00a0<strong>compensar las emisiones de carbono<\/strong>, un paso esencial en la lucha contra el cambio clim\u00e1tico y en la reducci\u00f3n de nuestra huella ambiental.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como parte de nuestro programa de sostenibilidad,\u00a0<strong>la contribuci\u00f3n de compensaci\u00f3n de carbono que cobramos a nuestros clientes se dona a Trees New York<\/strong>. As\u00ed, cada proyecto que realizamos participa directamente en la financiaci\u00f3n de la plantaci\u00f3n y el cuidado de los \u00e1rboles en toda Nueva York, ayud\u00e1ndonos colectivamente a devolverle al planeta lo que le debemos y a construir un futuro m\u00e1s verde y saludable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lo invitamos a unirse a nosotros para apoyar esta causa esencial. Puede contribuir a nuestra recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos visitando nuestra p\u00e1gina dedicada:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f449\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\" width=\"25\" height=\"34\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.givesmart.com\/form\/Zgo19w?vid=1je00q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hacer una donaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cada donaci\u00f3n ayuda a plantar y cuidar m\u00e1s \u00e1rboles en las comunidades que m\u00e1s lo necesitan \u2014 un gesto concreto para compensar las emisiones de carbono y crear una ciudad de Nueva York m\u00e1s sostenible y din\u00e1mica. \u00a1Gracias por ayudarnos a construir un futuro m\u00e1s verde!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12533 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent.png 907w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent-600x168.png 600w, https:\/\/madtoursandevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Trees-New-York-logo-transparent-100x28.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sustainability Policy Introduction MAD Tours and Events acknowledges our significant role and influence in fostering sustainable tourism. 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