The Green Travel Guide

by Greg Neale (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.33

  Eco-tourism is now a major force in the world travel market as more and more people wish to travel in ways which do not harm the environment and reduce the local population to poverty by destroying traditional livelihoods. This guide combines a country-by-country survey of the best destinations for eco-tourists with guidance on travelling the world without damaging it. The guide begins with a brief history of modern holiday-making and an assessment of the environmental problems that have accompanied mass tourism. It examines how tourism leads to the degradation and destruction of natural environments and the wildlife and communities they support. The editors then give readers the good news, identifying tourist regions which have been cleaning up the mess brought about by mass tourism and the foundations which are being laid across the world for more eco-tourism.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  The Green Travel Guide is the travel guide for the future. It tells us how to travel without destroying the very places we want to visit. Written by Greg Neale, environment correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph, it is packed with practical advice for travellers. The second edition includes a whole new section on how to take different kinds of activity holidays, from wildlife watching and conservation to heritage, sports and back-to-the-land holidays. For each of them, detailed tips are given on how to minimise the environmental damage and the social disruption that travel and tourism so often bring. The guide to each area of the world and the listings of award-winning organisations and useful contacts have all been expanded and brought up to date.