ecotourism

After a period of plummeting tourism numbers during the pandemic, tourism is having a resurgence. This is good news for many workers and businesses, but it could be bad for the planet. Here is a selection of ways tourists can ensure that their holidays don’t harm the environment.

With visits to the world’s biodiversity hotspots, regions richest in species but facing extreme threats, set to account for most of a projected doubling in tourism by 2020, the United Nations today warned of both a blessing and a curse – a major danger for nature or a chance to ease the poverty of the planet’s poorest peoples.

The United Nations environment agency has hailed the strong turnout for the first-ever world conference on ecotourism that has just ended in Canada, saying that it bodes well for the industry's intention to develop in a way that respects fragile ecosystems.