Sentences with phrase «international ecotourism»
Other great resources with a more boutique feel include Greentracks, The International Ecotourism Society, The Rainforest Web, and this impressive personal site of a travel journalist, which has dozens of resources on «travel that respects and sustains the environment and local cultures.»
https://www.treehugger.com/
Costas Christ, a former board chair of The International Ecotourism Society told a conference recently: «Without tourism, the Pantanal (in South America), the world's largest wetland, would have just turned into a major cattle feed - lot for McDonald's.»
Condé Nast Traveler Magazine Best Ecotourism Tour Operator Award - July 2000 Conservation International Ecotourism Excellence Award - July 2000 UNDP - Equator Initiative Finalist Finalist - August 2002 British Guild of Travel Writers Silver Otter - Honorable Mention - November 2001 Rainforest Alliance Certified - June 2011
While the Skal International Ecotourism Award highlights the travel industry's best practices, the organization aims to acquaint the world with the new concept of sustainable tourism, responsible travel, and the need for active community participation in ecotourism.
Many travel organisations are working to find and share solutions to these complex issues, such as the World Travel and Tourism Council, The International Ecotourism Society, the World Legacy Awards, and Responsible Travel.
We do not provide water on this tour, as a member of the International EcoTourism Society we encourage our guests to bring a refillable container.
Not exact matches
Costa Rica rightfully enjoys an international reputation for unsullied nature and sustainable ecotourism travel.
In 2004 the operation achieved an Advanced Ecotourism accreditation and in 2014 was a founding member of Global Shark Diving, an international alliance of dive operators committed to shark conservation and providing unique shark experiences for divers.
She has presented at the George Washington University, the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and for the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.
It's an up - and - coming ecotourism destination for both Australian and international travelers, advertised as the place, «where the rainforest meets the sea».
At the 10th International Congress of Ecology in Brisbane, new research presented shows that the average snow cover at Spencers Creek, in the Snowy Mountains, has declined 30 - 40 % in the past 50 years and climate change is to blame: Though Catherine Pickering of Griffith University, presented that stat as being a threat to the ski industry — Pickering is an associate professor in Griffith's International Centre for Ecotourism Research — the greater threat is really to plant life in Australia's Snowy Mountains.