YESD responsible tours

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2015

What we do

It is a hot summer day in 2015 when I just quit the company I worked with because I could not agree with bossy policy from my director. We had a big fight and I stopped working, then leaving the office in just 2 hours. When I was at home, my friend who worked with me in the NGO before, called me. She said ‘Hey Tuyet, remember the idea we discussed last time about tourism in Ha Giang? Why don’t we make it possible now but we focus more on responsible tourism, not mass tourism. You have social entrepreneurship skills and knowledge, I have education background to train the locals, and Trang has tourism background’. I happily said ‘Well, I don’t have anything to lose. Lets do it!’.
We quickly then drafted a plan. For the short-term plan, it was to sustain financially (meaning, we wouldn’t make any loss) but our long-term vision still: to increase employment in the tourism sector for the local community. We also provide tourists with authentic and responsible tourism experiences that allow them to contribute back to the local community.
YESD travel (https://yesd.org) is a social enterprise established in 2015. YESD’s mission is to increase employment in the tourism sector for the local community. We also provide tourists with authentic and responsible tourism experiences that allow them to contribute back to the local community.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Youth-led
  • Ecovillage
  • Land-Based Communities
  • Activities
  • Experiences

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2015
  • Started living together

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Why travel with YESD?
Through responsible tours offered, YESD creates sustained positive impact to local communities and promotes responsible tourism in the traveller community. These impacts are long-lasting, valued achievements for all stakeholders.
We offer some of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, such as Ha Giang, Sapa, Mai Chau, Ninh Binh, Cat Ba.
IF you are a traveller who looks for a peaceful and tranquil place to stay and visit, you’re welcome to join us and learn more about our culture, traditions.

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  • Vietnam

YESD responsible tours

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Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.

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