Fuze Ecoteer operates its own projects at four sites: the Perhentian Islands, Merapoh, Ipoh and Yogyakarta. Fuze Ecoteer’s business model utilises revenue generated from responsible tourism, team building, expedition and service groups, to establish self-sustaining conservation and community projects.
Last year, our Perhentian Project led 9 hours of school clubs per week, converted 3t of organic waste into compost and contributed RM160,000 (GBP32,000) into the Perhentian village economy (which is 30% of the volunteer fees).
Humble but confident
We listen to everyone, most of our mini-projects are due to feedback and ideas we have received from villagers and volunteers, an example of this are the Malay Dinners which now run at all our project sites. Listening is vital to us and then we take action, however we are confident we are going in the right direction as we host ecotourism students from University Technology Malaysia to conduct annual external assessments of the impacts of our projects. Negatives are what make us stronger, positives are just for the ego.
Caring
We care about the environment, the local communities we work with and of course our guests. We always strive to do our best and a bit more.
Impactful and with a bite
After the success of our small scale projects Fuze Ecoteer has been asked to sit on the steering committee to develop Perhentian into a top Ecotourism destination. We are the only non-governmental entity in the group which is a huge honour and sign of respect that we are gaining in the Perhentian Islands. It means that we are now not just able to inform the decision makers but we are a decision maker on the development of the islands. Additionally in August 2015 we were asked to join the National Ecotourism Action Group.
