Humans first is our priority. That’s why Phima Voyages works with a code of ethics, engaged among others against all kind of exploitation of children and adolescents in any form, especially sexual exploitation and labor.
What we do
We ensure that the hotels we work with respect the rights of children and are not accomplice to sexual exploitation and bribery of any groups, particular those that are marginalised.
Guides, tour leaders and local representatives contracted by our company, receive relevant information and/or training on the avoidance of sexual exploitation of children.
We ask them to follow the Travelife training regarding Child Protection.
What you can do
As our customers, we want you to be informed and aware about commercial, sexual or any other form of exploitation and harassment, particularly of children and adolescents.
It is important to understand that sexual exploitation happens in some form in every country. Even though you do not witness it, it does not mean it does not exist; no country or business is immune from risk. We all have a role to play in eradicating this crime, it’s not just the job of law enforcement and NGOs.
In case you witness any suspect behaviours (a couple where one partner seems to still be a child, a child / adolescent being drunk in presence of older adults), please don’t hesitate to talk directly to your guide or to the hotel. Like this, they can take the appropriate measures and contact the local ChildSafe office in Peru.
ESNNA & Phima Voyages
According to the law Nº 28251; The Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism (MINCETUR) has created a policy against the sexual exploitation of young girls, boys and adolescents (ESNNA) for which ESNNA and Phima Voyages have an agreement together, to prevent and eradicate said problem. For this reason, we declare the following:
We are against the sexual exploitation of young girls, boys and adolescents in PERU and THE REST OF THE WORLD in general and in particular within the realms of travel and tourism. Therefore we recognise that this behaviour directly harms the fundamental rights of the individual, as well as the intrinsic objectives of touristic activities in our country.
We will report and we condemn those involved in this type of touristic activity, as well as the establishments and services which offer, promote, facilitate or tolerate the exploitation of children and adolescents. In honour of this, Phima Voyages subscribes to the present Code of conduct against the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in the touristic arena.
A formal declaration
The present code of conduct is a formal declaration, who´s prime objective is to establish an obligatory code for all the people who work at Phima Voyages. The aim is to protect children and adolescents from any form of sexual exploitation and person trafficking associated in travel and tourism.
All our staff members and people involved in working with Phima Voyages work in the necessary manner to protect children and adolescents against sexual exploitation. We promise to maintain an ethical policy of 0 tolerance against the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents within the touristic and travel sphere.
- We inform and train our staff about the Company policy. They know how to reacto in respect to the prevention of the exploitation of children and adolescents within the tourism and travel industry.
- We have visible information on our website that alerts clients and service providers about our position against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in the tourism industry.
- We include the clause against sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in all our contracts with service providers.
