Stay Green with Responsible travelers:
Be sure that when you visit any place in the world, you will leave positive and negative impacts on local people and their environments.
Responsible travel is all about giving more benefits and minimizes the negative impacts of tourism on the local society.
Before you book your vacation:
- you have to select a responsible tour operator
- make sure that you book your vacation with a company that contribute minimizing the dangerous impacts of tourism and also support the local economy
- you have to know if the hotel you are staying at is eco
- book a vacation that has benefits to the locals and to their environment
- learn few things about the customs and traditions of the local community and also learn few words of their language
- ask your tour operator to give you information about how to be a responsible traveler in the place you are going to spend your vacation
While on holiday:
- while you are on holiday , you can buy local goods instead of imported goods
- You will enjoy more on your vacation if you hire a local guide as you will learn much more about the local customs and in the same time he will earn an income.
- It is great if you can meet local people and talk with them to exchange thoughts and information.
- Use less water as in many countries tourists tend to use much more than the local people
- You have to respect the local people traditions, and you have to be aware that the local people have different concepts, this just makes them different not wrong, so you have to be open minded with them.
- Experience other cultures and lifestyles.
When you get back:
- send to your tour operator or your accommodation any comments that you might have especially about reducing the environmental impacts of tourism, and also your suggestions that can benefit the local communities
- Try to send gifts to the local people that you dealed with.
- Try to donate to any environmental project in the area that you have visited
In general speaking you have to respect the area that you are going to visit and you have to protect the environment because lets face it the whole universe is our responsibility, avoid overuse of water, avoid damaging historical sites, and leave a good impression on the local people, all of this can make your trip more enjoyable and you will feel like you are contributing in some thing good.
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