Overview:
IIPT is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering and facilitating tourism initiatives helping to bring about a peaceful and sustainable world.

IIPT Credo of the Peaceful Traveler
Grateful for the opportunity to travel and experience the world and because peace begins with the individual, I affirm my personal responsibility and commitment to:

• Journey with an open mind and gentle heart
• Accept with grace and gratitude the diversity I encounter
• Revere and protect the natural environment which sustains all life
• Appreciate all cultures I discover
• Respect and thank my hosts for their welcome
• Offer my hand in friendship to everyone I meet
• Support travel services that share these views and act upon them and,
• By my spirit, words and actions, encourage others to travel the world in peace

Contact:
Louis J. D'Amore
Fox Hill 13
Cottage Club Road
Stowe, VT 05672 USA

Phone: +1-802-253-8671
Fax: +1-802-253-2645

E-mail:
ljd@iipt.org

Web Site:
www.iipt.org 

Feature:
Muscat Festival
February 1-11, 2006
Two tours are planned for 2006. Muscat, the capital city of Oman in the Arabian Gulf, is the focus of the first tour. In addition to the opportunity to see the spectacular sights of this country (mountains, canyons, sea and desert) the tour participants will be able to serve as hosts in the IIPT booth at the Muscat Festival interacting with the local population and other visitors to the Festival. The Muscat Festival is an annual event of Oman’s capital city. It is held in the evenings (in a park near the ocean) so that tour participants can spend each day sight-seeing and in the evenings, enjoying the festival and people of Oman.

$2120 per person

The cost includes: All transfers and portages; visa fees; two meals per day in Oman; sightseeing and entrance fees; all hotel accommodations (based on double occupancy) motor coach and driver and all guide services and entrance fees. Single supplement $455.

Not included: Airfare to Muscat; medical or cancellation insurance, gratuities and personal items.

Iran
April 29-May 9, 2006
The itinerary for the Iran tour will allow for visits to Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Zoroastrian sites. However, our goals will go beyond seeing the sights. The itinerary will be planned so that there will be opportunities to meet and visit with Iranians. We have tentatively planned an itinerary that begins April 29th and concludes May 9th, 2006.

$2788 per person

The cost includes: All domestic air fare; all transfers and portages; three meals per day in Iran; sightseeing and entrance fees ; all hotel accommodations (based on double occupancy) motor coach and driver and all guide services. Single supplement $455.

Not included: Airfare to Tehran; passport and visa fees, medical or cancellation insurance, gratuities and personal items