| All About Green Travel | | | | restaurants and more. Find out what you can about |
| What exactly is meant by a phrase like Green Travel? | | | | the impact of their businesses on the environment, in |
| Green Travel can mean anything from environmentally | | | | terms of both the physical and cultural aspects. No set |
| responsible motor cars to eco-friendly transportation | | | | of universal standards or guidelines currently exists to |
| fuels, to responsible ecotourism options, sustainable | | | | ensure that those in the travel and tourism industry |
| travel or stays in hotels and facilities that are | | | | world-wide operate according to environmentally |
| environmentally conscious. | | | | conscious principles. |
| Read on to find some great options on the Internet, | | | | So What Is Ecotourism and Can It Help? |
| including Green Eggs and Planet, where you, the | | | | With a greater emphasis placed on the environment in |
| environmentally-responsible traveler, can enhance your | | | | general, travel and tourism has also felt the weight of |
| knowledge and continue to seek the smartest, most | | | | the green revolution. The travel and tourism industry |
| planet-conscious choices available when you travel. | | | | has sprung up in places where the natural environment |
| Why Green Travel Matters | | | | remains in tact and available for one to experience |
| Tourism, in contemporary times, is a tremendously | | | | first-hand. At its best, ecotourism is essentially nature |
| growth-oriented industry, and is among the world's | | | | travel - tourism of and cultivation of appreciation for |
| largest, with spending figures estimated at over five | | | | the unadulterated vistas and landscapes of the planet. |
| hundred billion per year in recent years. Because of the | | | | Resources Available for Green Travel |
| overwhelming size of the industry globally, millions of | | | | ResponsibleTravel |
| people are employed within its ranks, and are | | | | At Responsible Travel, find "A hand picked directory of |
| therefore of great concern when it comes to | | | | 1000s of stunning eco holidays run by 265 specialist |
| responsible, eco-conscious decisions. | | | | tour operators and 100's of accommodations. Use the |
| Such lofty statistics all begin with local, individual | | | | site to contact the specialists directly to request more |
| choices - where people spend their money when they | | | | information. Book direct with the specialists to get the |
| travel, during their travel and the message that their | | | | best price." |
| actions send out to global populations. The impact of | | | | The International Ecotourism Society ( |
| global travel, when geared toward the positive, can be | | | | The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) offers that |
| terrific - including when tourism's dollars go to the | | | | through "Uniting communities, conservation and |
| enhancement of local populations, or when travelers | | | | sustainable travel," they directly "promote responsible |
| return home with a fresh take on other cultures, | | | | travel to natural areas that conserves the environment |
| communities and environments, for instance. | | | | and improves the well-being of local people." |
| How Tourism and Travel Become "Sustainable | | | | PlanetA |
| Tourism and Travel" | | | | Debuting in 1994, PlanetA is a pioneering website that |
| WTTC Associations such as the World Travel and | | | | provides tips for travelers and locals who share a |
| Tourism Council in London, England, offer world | | | | vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly and place-friendly |
| travelers a wealth of information on sustainable and | | | | travel. They take a dynamic wiki view of the Web and |
| green tourism. The mission statement of the | | | | appreciate their viewers' helpful editorial suggestions |
| organization speaks to their goals: "Raising awareness | | | | and offer a yearly World Travel Directory. |
| of the importance of Travel & Tourism, promoting | | | | Sustainable Travel International ( |
| synergies between the public and private sector, | | | | The organization Sustainable Travel International has |
| generating profit as well as protecting natural, social | | | | the following for its mission statement: "Promoting |
| and cultural environment [these] are the fundamental | | | | responsible travel and ecotourism, supporting |
| components of [their] mission, as outlined in the | | | | sustainable development, and helping travelers and |
| Blueprint for New Tourism." | | | | travel providers protect the cultures and environments |
| Whenever you travel, do what you can to extend the | | | | they visit." |
| extra effort to ask questions about the businesses | | | | Google Green Travel Search (services.google. |
| that service your trip: from hotels to tours to | | | | |