LONDON, January 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
- Round-the-World Travellers to Build in a Community Project to Plans
YOUTH travel specialist STA Travel http://www.statravel.co.uk is predicting a surge in 'voluntourism' this year as young people look to give something back to communities around the globe as they plot their round-the-world travels. STA Travel has just unveiled its 2011 round-the-world ticket prices which start from GBP729 for those under 26 or students, or GBP1445 for those over 26. It has eight different round-the-world itineraries on offer for under GBP1000, making it the leader in this sector. It is offering 10 per cent off its volunteering and conservation trips which it offers in conjunction with Planeterra until March 17. Managing director John Constable said: "STA Travel has committed US $1million over five years to Planeterra to develop our new volunteer travel programmes.
"We are seeing increasing interest in adding in a community project or a conservation aspect into a round-the-world trip. Young people are feeling that they should give something back to their host countries rather than simply hopping through them for a few weeks."
STA Travel's most popular projects include two weeks working with elephants at a rescue centre north of Chiang Mai in Thailand; three-weeks volunteering with underprivileged children in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro; and two weeks working alongside an experienced orangutan conservation team in the heart of Borneo. Sample round-the-world flight prices: http://www.statravel.co.uk The Kiwi Classic: UK, Dubai, Auckland, Los Angeles overland to New York, UK. Prices start from GBP729 for students/under 26s and from GBP1445 for non-students/over26s.
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