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