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Ecotourism
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Yes, you can still enjoy your vacation and yet be friendly to Mother Earth
and to local communities you visit. Here are some website to help
you do that. Is the hotel you're staying at "Green"? To find out, see
our
Green Hotels
box at the bottom of this page.
If you want to use a search engine to find eco-friendly yours,
accommodations or activities, enter the name of the place, activity and
words like ecotourism, eco-tours, eco-travel or
eco-friendly.
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Eco-Friendly Travel,
Tours, and Accomodations
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DMOZ Open Directory - Ecotourism Directory.
The most comprehensive list of ecotourism companies, organizations on the
web.
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Orbitz - Ecotourism. Thank you Orbitz for starting an Ecotourism section
on your website to allow your customers to choose an eco-friendly vacation
and to let them choose to select an eco-friendly hotel.
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EcoTour Directory. One of the most
comprehensive directories of eco-tour vacations, tours and trips on the web
and easy to navigate.
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Responsible Travel.
Recommended by Travel and Leisure for their comprehensive eco-travel
information and over 200 screened tour companies. They are committed
to changing the tourism industry. They provide "holidays with more of the
good and less of the bad" and our friendly to Mother Earth as well as local
communities.
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Journeys.org. They offer worldwide
eco-friendly adventure tours and were a Conde Nast Traveler magazine 2005
Green List Honoree.
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Gordon's Guide - Adventure and Active Travel - EcoTourism.
Excellent list of eco-adventures worldwide. A beautiful site.
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Planeta.Com
This website provides resources for travelers and locals alike with a common
vision of eco-friendly, people-friendly, place-friendly travel.
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Planeta.com
World Travel Directory This is
Planeta.com's World Travel Directory with a list of worldwide ecotourism
operators who have eco-friendly, people-friendly, and place-friendly
operations. Listed by continent and country.
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EcoTourism
Ring. This site has a
comprehensive list of eco-friendly tours, operators, and accommodations. Use
their Search box to search the EcoTourism Webring for the place you plan to
visit. We suggest you include the name of the place or activity or use
the words accommodations or hotels to find good results.
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Ecotour.org. This is Conservation
International's section on ecotourism. Their
Destinations
page lists eco-friendly tours worldwide.
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Ecovolunteer
Vacations
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Google - Ecovolunteer. An excellent list of organizations to
help you find an eco-volunteer vacation.
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EarthShare.
This is a federation of environmental and
conservation groups. An excellent site that includes a section on
environmental volunteering.
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Ecotourism
Industry Organizations
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Ecotourism.org.
This is the website of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
dedicated to uniting conservation, communities and sustainable travel.
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World Heritage Alliance.
The WHA is an initiative of Expedia, Inc. and the United Nations
Foundation to promote sustainable tourism and awareness of World
Heritage sites and communities around the world. Members believe a
"...conscientious effort by the travel industry and its customers can
contribute directly to nature conservation, historic preservation, and
poverty reduction through responsible tourism."
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Ecotourism Resource Center. This
site in Australia has an excellent list and links to worldwide associations,
societies, organization and cooperative groups involved in ecotourism.
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Sustainable
Travel International. They promote responsible travel and
ecotourism, support sustainable tourism development, and help travelers
and travel providers to protect the cultures and environments they
visit.
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How
Green
is the hotel you are staying at? |
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Greenhotels.com |
They have
member
hotels who have agreed to their standards.
Unfortunately, they presented the entire list on a single
page the last time we checked so if you have a dial-up
connection, it may not be worth the wait. |
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EnvironmentallyfriendlyHotels.com |
Find environmentally friendly
hotels using their search box with either a basic or
advanced search. They also have links to other
hospitality websites with information on eco-friendly
accommodations. |
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GreenVacationHub.com |
Best. most comprehensive
website we have found for finding an eco-friendly hotel,
B&B, inn or other accommodations. |
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Orbitz - Eco-friendly Hotels |
Thank you Orbitz for joining
the green travel revolution. |
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