Enjoy Green Travel – check out the information below in order to plan for environmentally responsible travel.

Green travel focuses on protecting the natural and cultural environment. This means different things to different people:

• Ecotourism – focuses on maintaining the natural beauty of your destination and maintaining its plant and animal environment.

• Sustainable tourism – focuses on having a low impact on the environment and the local culture of your destination; the environment is maintained for the future enjoyment of others.

• Responsible/ethical travel – travel which does not have an adverse impact on the environment of your destination; the locals are treated fairly and tourist revenue is injected into the local economy.

• Volunteerism – you get up close and personal with the people and contribute to the culture and places that you visit; your visit takes on a much deeper meaning because you have interacted more closely with the people and environment.


Advantages of a Green Vacation

• More rewarding travel experience

• Encourages deeper connections with the people and places you visit

Disadvantages of a Green Vacation

• Might increase your travel budget if you purchase carbon credits.


If you have been applying the material presented on this website, you have already been applying a number of green techniques to your vacation without knowing it. Just look.


Transportation Options

• Walking/hiking

• Biking

• Using public transportation whenever possible

• Trains

• Renting hybrid vehicles or economy vehicles through the website below.

• Taking fewer and shorter flights

• Purchasing electronic tickets for air travel whenever possible.


Green Lodging Options

Green lodging protects the local environment and injects money back into the local community. Check out the eco-friendly lodging options below:

• Stay at environmentally friendly hotels





• B and Bs

• Lodges

• Home exchange

• Hosteling


Tips for Green Travel

• Pack light and reduce fuel consumption

• Re-use guide books – visit the library or purchase previously used ones through Amazon.com





• Buy local foods that are in-season.

• Bring a reusable water bottle

• Use environmentally friendly detergents and shampoos – buy in bulk and put in travel-sized water bottles

• Holiday closer to home by having a staycation.

• Check out GAP Adventures for environmentally friendly tours.





• Consider camping.

• Consider a road trip.

• Prepare to interact in other languages and cultures.

• Others

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