The concept of “sustainable tourism” is quite new and It has been developed simultaneously with the idea of a world even more “green”. It has as main goal to reduce industrial waste, like emissions from airplanes or trains during a long travel. Following this trend, people have started demanding alternative types of tourisms, including ecotourism.
Ecotourism proposes innovative types of travel based on discovering new places, cultures and traditions closely related to the nature and what it produces. Going to protected areas for admiring wild plants and animals is an example of an eco-friendly tourism which is nowadays sponsored by countries like Canada and Australia and it is becoming very popular also in some European states like Austria and Ireland.
In addition doing sustainable tourism is not possible without “zero-emissions” transports as bicycles, sailboats and electric cars. It is also eco-friendly travelling by camper, which with the evolution of technology is powered by sunlight and the only waste product that produces is dirty water.
To sum up, ecotourism reduces the effects of global warming in order to preserve biodiversity and ecosystems. It also allows people to focus on different aspects of the nature, by establishing with it very tight relationship.
Giulia Niceforo, III A
