Sustainable holidays

With this week being ‘Make Holidays Greener Week’, it’s a great time to take the plunge and learn a little about sustainable tourism and sustainable holidays.

With tourism growing year on year, it’s important to think of the future of our favourite travel destinations and ways of preserving their unique qualities, be that the culture or environment, alongside helping the tourism community to grow in sustainable ways.
Much of this work can be done in planning a holiday, so you can still relax while you’re there, and can involve anything from just a little effort picking the right tour company all the way to thinking of reducing waste in every aspect of your holiday. The following are a few suggestions that you can keep in mind next time you’re on, or planning, a holiday abroad to help preserve the fantastic location you’ve chosen to visit. More…