Ecotourism as a form of sustainable tourism goes beyond simply visiting natural places and attractions, it's about traveling sustainably and responsibly and learning from the environment and its biodiversity.

In this blog, we’ll dive into the meaning of Ecotourism as well as its environmental and social benefits with examples of how these practices could be integrated into tourism offerings.

Plant-based eating is a trend that’s gone global. Traveling as a vegan can be a bit difficult, but it’s getting easier with each passing year. Vegan restaurants that offer plant-based meat and traditional vegetarian meals are popping up throughout the US and countries around the world.

In today’s post, I’ll give you some great tips for keeping up with your vegan diet while traveling.

Boating provides an effective way to connect with nature, have fun with family and friends, exercise, and escape the pressure of your everyday life.

Read on for seven ways to reduce your boat’s carbon footprint and boat sustainably.

If you find that you’re one of the many people that’s taken an interest in the idea of creating a more sustainable world, then you may have toyed with the idea of creating a nonprofit focused on sustainability or sustainable tourism. This article will give you some tips to help you begin.

Every generation has the power to change the world, but only if they get involved. Teaching youths about taking care of the planet so they feel personally invested is the first step to inspiring them to join ocean conservation efforts when they’re older. Parents, teachers and other potential educators like tourism businesses can make that happen with the following tips.

Even well-meaning businesses can be a significant source of pollution. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Sustainable business practices reduce your carbon footprint and help you to better serve your community at the same time. Many of them even have cost-saving potential. 

Your birthday is an important day to celebrate getting a year older, and spend time with the ones you love. There are many different ways to celebrate a birthday, but one of the best and most exciting is to go on a trip.

This article is going to go over a couple of great birthday trip ideas no matter what kind of traveler you are!

In this post, we will address the topic of green branding and marketing, explore workable methods on how to optimize your green marketing campaign whilst living up to your sustainability claims and how to tread the fine line between green marketing and greenwashing.

Many individuals have decided to adopt eco-friendly habits, but businesses, especially those with a large environmental footprint have an obligation to take responsibility as well. Hiring a sustainability manager is a great choice for businesses of all sizes that are ready to reduce their impact and become more sustainable.

Check out this week’s blog to learn more about the impact of wildfires on the tourism industry and how you can prevent them.

A thriving tourist destination doesn’t arise due to the efforts of a single business or even city leadership. It is really the commitment and talent of the entire community of businesses and concerned citizens that are the most important.

In this blog, we’ll examine some important aspects to take into consideration when working to build a thriving community to support sustainable tourism initiatives.

Travel and tourism do take a toll on the environment, but they don’t have to. With a bit of strategy, it’s quite possible to integrate sustainability into the hospitality industry without compromising growth or profitability.

It all begins by rethinking sustainability in your hospitality offerings.

With life slowly returning back to business as usual, now is the time to futureproof your business and implement sustainability strategies that will keep your business on track for the long-term.

In this blog, we will explore how businesses can make a positive impact, strengthen their branding, and set an example for other businesses by choosing to operate sustainably.

GDP and monetary contributions from tourism can be used to alleviate important issues such as lack of infrastructure, low employment rates or poverty by contributing resources to fostering opportunities for the local communities.

In this week’s blog, I’ll unpack how tourism, when managed sustainably, can contribute to building a society that is engaged with sustainable tourism.

Though tourism is an important personal experience and powerful economic factor, it can come with several costs as well. Unsustainable tourism practices can lead to extreme degradation of an area that has been loved too much, it can drive away diverse wildlife, and destroy habitat within valuable ecosystems.

Fortunately, that doesn’t always have to be the case. Read more in this week’s blog.

Fresh, potable water is an essential resource. The good news is that there are ways to use water filtration systems in your tourism business for both increased sustainability and lower costs.

Designers are rethinking our relationship with waste and developing new solutions to the plastic problem. At the current Waste Age exhibition at the London Design Museum, the spotlight was placed on the negative environmental consequences of our throwaway culture and the harmful impact our waste is having on the oceans.

Read about the exhibit and the future of plastic waste in this week’s blog.

For strong post-pandemic growth, sustainable tourism has the potential to boost sustainable economic growth in tourism-dependent states to benefit the community and environment.

Read on to see how.

Oceans are home to some of the most beautiful places on earth. They house millions of animal species, affect weather patterns and support numerous human populations by providing food. Our oceans are magnificent natural resources that are unfortunately becoming more and more endangered by plastic pollution every year.

Read on to learn more about the impact of plastics on sea life and what you can do to prevent harmful plastic pollution.

A problem that has plagued most coastal regions is the fast rate of erosion. This problem has been hastened by climate change, prompting stronger and more frequent storms that cause more sand to retreat into the ocean. According to a 2020 study, half of the beaches worldwide will disappear by the end of the century.

In this blog, we’ll discuss some of the “hard and soft” solutions being used to prevent beach erosion and secure coastlines.