Dear readers a group of students does a survey on ecotourism. Please take the time to answer their short questions, thanks ! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2feOMtK0_2fnz2axfDYLQrf0w_3d_3d We will debrief you on the outcomes soon !
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Finally common, global green travel and eco-tourism criteria !
A number of prominent organizations, including Green Globe International, United Nations Foundation, Rainforest Alliance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) have decided to launch the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC). Ted Turner, the CEO of the United Nations Foundation announced the first-ever globally relevant sustainable tourism criteria …
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The reason behind ecotourism …24 hour air traffic around the world ….
Sometimes pictures are worth 1000 words … a quick glance at this is enough to understand why we all have to do some efforts …
More ecotourism destination in the Carribean Islands: St Vincent and the Grenadines
The Carribean Islands are adding much more information on green hotels, eco hotels and ecotourism opportunies throught the website responsibletravel.com (see our article http://blog.greenty.com/2008/07/responsibletravel-results-show-high.html) The green tour operator has created a dedicated space on its website – a guide to the country of 32 islands told by the local people. There are stories of the …
Richard Branson again ! Virgin Atlantic to recycle its seat covers in fashion accessories !
We mentioned about Richard Branson in another article on its green resort in the Mosquito Island in the Carraibes … Now his airline, Virgin Atlantic, has come up with a very interesting project … towards a greener travel industry … They are working with footwear and accessories company Worn Again on recycling aircraft seat covers …
A questionnaire on Eco-Tourism
Hello dear readers, we are currently doing an extensive survey on eco-tourism. Could you please take some time to fill-up this questionnaire ? http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=1062565 Thanks ! We will keep you posted on the results pretty soon, David
Puerto Rico starts a Coffee Zone Tourism Attraction
The annoucement cane from Terestella González Denton,, the Head of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) – boosting the concept of eco-tourism in Puerto Rico. She announced that 10 historic coffee plantations, known as haciendas, will constitute the new “Coffee Zone”. The plantations are located in Jayuya, San Sebastian, Ponce, Adjuntas, Las Marías and Lares. …
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Eco-tourism in Tulum Mexico
When looking at the stats of people reading our blog on ecotourism and green hotels, we saw how Mexico and Tulum in particular were being watched and read … a bit more research on the subject brought the following article on Tulum, Mexico and Eco tourism from Ellena Piccini. She explained there why Mexico is …
Two leading UK travel groups raise funds and invest in renewable energy
The two giants Thomson and First Choice have contributed to a project called “Gold Standard”… For a few month, they have raised money from their customers for a project called ClimateCare … and they wilol now start building a new wind farm in Turkey, which is listed on the prestigious Gold Standard registry. The Mazi …
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Bohol, the model of Eco-Tourism in the Philippines
Joseph Ace Durano, Secretary at the Department of Tourism (DOT) of the Philippines stated this year: “Even at a time when eco-tourism was not crafted yet, the Boholanos were able to define it …” In Bohol, adventure tourism is in fact quite developed with river trekking, tyrolean traverse, rappelling, bouldering, rock and root climbing and …
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