New Delhi, 27 March, 2024 – Intrepid Travel, the world’s largest adventure tourism experience provider company organised a special visit of its founder & Chairman Darrell Wade to highlight the company’s 2030 strategy and the importance of India as a destination to their plans.

As part of its commitment to its global teams, Intrepid Travel’s Co-founder and Chairman, who are based in Australia, are travelling to every one of the company’s 27 country offices this year to meet with Intrepid’s team and stakeholders with the aim to introduce the company’s 2030 Strategy.

Intrepid India currently employs 30 staff, 75 local trip leaders and operates 800 of trips across the country. In 2023, it supported 7500 of travellers to explore India in a conscious manner. Each product offers in-depth local expertise and exceptional delivery. Our local teams deliver innovative, immersive, high-quality trips and experiences to customers.

“Our goal is to increase the positive outcome of tourism on local communities by expanding our business. As a certified B Corp, with the highest standard of social and environmental performance, this remains a key priority for us in India and around the world.”

During his visit Darrell Wade, Founder and Chairman 

Beyond India, the 2030 Strategy involves a global ambition to double its global customers to 600,000 (320,000 in 2023), achieve revenues of $1.3bn ($565mil in 2023), and contribute 1% of revenue to Purpose initiatives. It plans to deepen its vertical integration to expand into areas including accommodation and grow its presence in key countries, including India, Jordan, and North America.

Intrepid supports local communities via its not-for-profit, the Intrepid Foundation. This has raised more than $15.5M for communities around the world since 2002. In India, the Intrepid Foundation works with Positive Change for Marine Life in Kovalam to protect our oceans and leave no trace of plastic.

“We are proud of the work our team continues to do in India. We are seeing strong growth in traveller numbers and we are looking forward to creating more impact through our trips and supporting more locally owned business in India, now and in the future,” Wade added.

About Intrepid Travel:

Intrepid Travel is a world leader in sustainable experience-rich travel that has been taking travellers to discover the world’s most amazing places for more than 30 years. The company’s mission is to create positive change through the joy of travel. The company offers more than 1,150 trips on every and every is designed to truly experience local culture. With its own network of destination management companies in 26 countries, Intrepid has unique local expertise and perspectives. Globally renowned as a leader in responsible travel, in 2018 the carbon-neutral business became the world’s largest travel company to be Certified B-Corp. Intrepid Travel is also the first tour operator with near-term science-based climate targets through the Science Based Targets Initiative. For more information download the company’s 2022 Annual Report and follow Intrepid on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok or LinkedIn. 

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