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How can you be sure you're travelling with a green company? |
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From The Telegraph:
Your tour operator might promise "green" or
"responsible" travel, but how can you be sure it's helping local
communities and looking after the best interests of the destinations it
sells and not merely jumping on the ethical bandwagon?
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selected five different types of holiday and asked two experts -
environmental consultant Dick Sisman and Tricia Barnett of Tourism
Concern - for tips on how to sort the wheat from the chaff. I've also
included an example of a genuine good guy in each category.
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Is ecotourism really that good for the environment? |
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From The Daily Star:
Responsible travel codes of conduct are just that, codes rather than
enforced laws. This can mean that some organisations claim to be
eco-friendly although the actual impacts made upon an area can still be
damaging, leaving the tourist to wonder what an eco-friendly tour
operator really is
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Travellers want to go green but are not prepared to pay for it |
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St. Petersburg Times says:
Americans really like the idea of supporting green businesses when they
travel and try to be environmentally responsible in their own lives.
Few, however, are willing to pay more for a quiet conscience. More than
half of U.S. adults say they're more likely to pick an airline, hotel
or rental car company that uses environmentally friendly products or
practices, says a recent poll conducted for the Travel Industry
Association. But only 14 percent make choices that way, the survey
reports, and only 13 percent say they'd pay higher prices to support
environmentally responsible travel companies. And many say they put
their beliefs into practice by turning out lights when they leave a
room (85 percent).
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Air companies to pay "green taxes" from 2009 |
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From the Guardian:
The government shamelessly pilfered the Conservatives' policy portfolio
for a flagship green initiative yesterday, announcing plans to switch
green taxes on aviation from passengers to planes in a move that will
raise up to £2.5bn annually by 2010....
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New Zealand Working Visas |
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From The Guardian:
Spending a gap year in Australia is a traditional rite of passage for
many. But backpackers are increasingly been lured across the Tasman Sea
to New Zealand, which offers a significantly better working holiday
visa. Increasingly, those in the know simply get both visas and switch
countries when one expires. Finding work in a foreign country can seem
daunting but with a little prior knowledge and preparation it needn't
be difficult....
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