About Flores Traveler

PT. Flores Travel Indo is a registered tour company based in Ruteng, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, Indonesia. The company was established in January 2023 by two young founders from Ruteng, who have worked as tour guide around Bali, Lombok, FLores, and Komodo for years. When covid-19 hit, they decided to regroup and built a company using Flores Traveler as its marketing name.

The main concept of this tour company is community-based tourism that promotes the sustainability of the environment, workers, and local arts and culture. The activities involve in the community-based tourism, such as;

1. Empowering the Indonesian Tourist Guide Association members to be a part of the tour components.

2. Empowering the local guide during a village tour or trekking activities.

3. Collaborating with the local arts and souvenir community to support all our tour activities.

4. Most of the travelers who come with our company are directed to buy the local products during their village tour to sustain their authenticity and preserve their culture and arts.

5. Our company shares 5% of their annual profit to villagers who are economically struggling and also to orphanages.

6. During the tour, we use refilled bottles and water gallons in the car to prevent plastic usages.

7. All of the staff of the company including the founders (6) are provided with health insurance and retirement plans by following Indonesia' social security system (BPJS Ketenegakerjaan and BPJS Kesehatan).

8. Our company is obliged to support the growth of our tourism by paying taxes monthly and reporting annually.