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Ecotourism (written by me)
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:11


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Ecotourism and cities are a difficult match as ecotourism can be defined as “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.” (TIES, 1990). However as the need and demand of more conscience travellers for more awareness about green travelling increases, we offer you information to minimise the impact of recreational travelling and maximise the experience of your trip.

We, Bookingspace.com, as a worldwide provider of online hotel and flight reservations, understand the necessity of a change or mindset. Also from you, our most demanding visitors, we get more and more requests to incorporate information about eco-friendly facts that contributes to travelers' decision making by providing hotels that make an effort to minimise the impact on the environment, restaurants that offer organic-biological menu's, eco-shops, transportation or events that can open your mind.

Green travel tips
Here are a few simple ways you can help conserve fuel and energy when you travel:

* You can help neutralising your carbon emission from every time you travel by so called 'carbon offsetting': contributing money to organisations that invest in green projects. Before buying carbon offset credits, just make sure that you're using a reputable company, one with a proven program that invests in renewable energy. Reliable carbon offset companies include Carbonfund (www.carbonfund.org), TerraPass (www.terrapass.org), and Carbon Neutral (www.carbonneutral.org).
* Choose nonstop flights whenever you can. They use less fuel than indirect flights since landing and take off takes a lot of fuel. Try to fly during the day. Scientists say that nighttime flights are twice as harmfull for the environment. And pack light -- each 15 pounds of luggage on a 5,000-mile flight adds up to 50 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted.
* Where you stay during your travels can have a major environmental impact. Find out how the hotel or appartment that you are staying manages its trash disposal, recycling, water conservation and energy use. Read at our citybreaks and the eco travel section about hotels that make an effort to minimise environmental impact. You can look for Green Key certification, which is an international eco-label for tourism products (greenkey.org).
* At hotels, request that your sheets and towels not be changed daily. (Many hotels already have programs like this in place.) Turn off the lights and air conditioner (or heater) when you leave your room.
* Use public transport where possible -- trains, buses, and even taxis are more energy-efficient forms of transport than driving. Even better is to walk or cycle; you'll produce zero emissions and stay fit and healthy on your travels.
* If renting a car is necessary, ask the rental agent for a hybrid, or rent the most fuel-efficient car available. You'll use less gas and save money at the tank.
* Eat at locally owned and operated restaurants that use produce grown in the area. This contributes to the local economy and cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions by supporting restaurants where the food is not flown or trucked in across long distances.

Nederland vs Griekenland

Het was ons natuurlijk al wel langer duidelijk, maar dit zijn de feiten.
Natuurlijk zijn de weersomstandigheden (heerlijk zomer weer tot eind september vs overstroomde rioolputten in juli) niet meegenomen in de meting :)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

PS en ook niet de verse groente uit de tuin van oma, de verse groente en fruit met échte smaak, het goedkope openbaar vervoer, de vele eilanden met azuurblauwe zee, de gastvrije cultuur en de vele koffies en ouzo's die s'avonds door de weeks met elkaar gedronken worden.