What criteria is important to you when choosing to trust an environmental certification? Is it hotel site visit? Is it yearly check ups? Is it further transparency of the rating system? The Responsible Travel Guide allows for searching by certification and we just want to get the right ones set for you!
UNWTO Promotes the Role of Media as Advocates of Wildlife Tourism
Nearly 30 journalists have convened in Kasane, Botswana to debate the role of the media in advocating sustainable tourism and wildlife conservation as its major asset. The event is part of the UNWTO/Chimelong Programme that promotes wildlife as key driver of tourism development. International and local journalists from renowned media outlets* have completed a media training workshop in Kasane, Botswana, […]
GSTC’s Sustainable Tourism Conference is Coming Up!
“Towards more Sustainable Destinations” – Following the GSTC Criteria, management, marketing and awareness of sustainable destinations will be the key themes at the Global Sustainable Tourism Conference, GSTC2017. GSTC2017 will include international and domestic tourism stakeholders involved in the development and promotion of sustainable tourism; including public sector, hotels, tour operators, academia, development agencies, NGOs, consultants, and more. A mixture […]
Gorilla Tourism – New Hope for Africa’s Gorillas
There are four subspecies of gorillas living in east and central Africa rain forests. These include the mountain gorilla, the eastern and western lowland gorillas, and the cross river gorillas. The gorillas share 95% of their DNA with humans hence have become the prime tourist attraction in Africa drawing a significant number of tourists. Mountain gorillas being the largest of […]
World’s Gorilla Population Under Threat
Gorillas like other primates have different types which include the popular mountain gorillas, the western low land, and the eastern low land gorillas. These three subspecies of gorillas live in a limited range of habitats and ecosystems typically tropical and subtropical equatorial rain forests in Africa for example mountain gorillas live only in the Virunga mountains region which is found […]
New Orleans Goes Green
Written by Georgina Wilson-Powell The newly opened pedestrian and cyclist park Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans actually has a long history. It was once a bayou, then a canal, then a railroad before it became 2.6 miles of much needed public green space for the districts north of the French Quarter. As a bayou, local Native Americans used it to […]
Kwita Izina Boosts Rwanda’s Tourism
The annual gorilla naming ceremony that is to be held on 5th September 2015 at the Volcanoes National Park has been reported to be a big boost to Rwanda’s tourism industry. Here is a reproduction of an interview between the New Times Rwanda reporter and Peninah Kamagaju one of the local guides in Rwanda. For the past nine years, Peninah Kamagaju has […]