Based in United States

MEJDI Tours

A For-profit with social mission

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Organization Details

MEJDI Tours is a social enterprise travel company that specializes in creating custom, socially conscious itineraries for groups.  We are the pioneer of the extremely popular ‘dual narrative’ tours in Israel and Palestine.  We're a certified B Corp, operator of National Geographic's Holy Land Expedition, and are featured in the TED Talk, For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism?.  We operate tours in over 20 destinations including Colombia, Northern Ireland, and Japan.  We are a leading name in affinity group travel and soon to be a leader in socially responsible scheduled departures and day tours.

 

We’ve surveyed 1000s of travelers after our trips not only on how much they enjoyed the experience, but also whether or not their attitudes and perceptions of the people they met changed as a result of the MEJDI trip.  From the Holy Land to Cuba to Bosnia to Japan and everywhere in between, the resounding the answer is yes (over 80%!)

Impact Story

MEJDI was founded to create a more positive and interconnected world through travel.  We're on a mission to tear down the walls that divide people globally and locally.  In order to actualize this vision, we will become the leader in socially conscious travel. 

MEJDI Impact:

  • 11 million dollars invested in local economies since 2010

    • Over 600k in local non profits and cultural activists not typically involved in tourism supply chain

    • 3.5 million in locally owned hotels and home stays

    • 500k locally owned restaurants

    • Over 200 guides in 14 countries trained in our multi-narrative approach

    • Hundreds of organizations and local cultural actors invited into the tourism supply chain and paid a fair wage

  • 10s of million of people have seen there are real, positive examples of Israelis, Palestinians, Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Irish Catholics and Protestants, and dozens of other ethnic and national groups working together for a shared positive future (through media, NG and TED partnerships).

  • Our work has been covered by dozens of National and international news outlets such as CNN, Jerusalem Post, Al Jazeera, French Canal TV.

  • We’ve been awarded for our work and/or partner with National Geographic Expeditions, TED, United Nations World Tourism Organization, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Fetzer Foundation, BMW Group, and others.

  • Inspired ‘copycat’ organizations focusing on both multi-narrative and positive supply chain impact travel from Columbia to the Holy Land

  • We’ve spent 15,000 on carbon offsets since 2012.

  • Operated over 250 groups over approximately 5000 people in 14 different countries

  • As a result of our tours, over 80% of our travelers surveyed reported changing their attitudes and perceptions towards people they previously considered "other."