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Eco tourism is about enjoying remote places and destinations whilst minimising your environmental or cultural impact. This article goes into some detail on this subject.

Dear Citizen 1138, we regret to inform you that your request to travel has been denied as you have reached the limit of your carbon allowance for this period. 

Exclusive: Airlines accused of making misleading claims in same week as first transatlantic commercial biofuel flight

Virgin Atlantic and British Airways are accused of misleading customers about claims on carbon emissions from ‘sustainable’ jet fuel

Our group is sitting in a circle at a 15th century Inca site. We each held three coca leaves glued together with llama fat and concentrating on protection, prosperity and a balanced life. A young shaman named Lucas is alternately...

Vacations are an integral part of every person’s life. Following long seasons of hard work, it is well deserved to get away from busy schedules and enjoy nature. The tourism industry is fully built around the need for vacations....

It’s a hot and beautiful summer day at the bottom of the Grand Canyon as I stand in line for a sandwich. Our rafting guides have set up an amazing spread of fixings. There’s even vegan cheese for me. All that’s missing...

Camping is one of the greatest joys of summer. With warmer weather, you do not have to be the most experienced camper or have the best gear to survive cold nights. Even amateur camping trips have bug repellent, shelter and...

As I sit in my window seat on the ice-class vessel Ultramarine, surrounded by Arctic mountains and sheets of ice, I’m struck by the uselessness of humans in the ecosystem...

When you are looking for somewhere to live, you often start with a job, a house and access to coffee shops and museums. If you have a car, transportation can be low on your list. When you plan a vacation, you think about...

Andrea Mandel-Campbell founded karibu adventures to promote the kind of travel she loves and believes in. That is, travel that enriches both travelers and the communities they visit. The small company offers guided tours...

It’s a remarkably blue British Columbia day, t-shirt weather in early May, as I paddle through coastal islands. Our little group of five people in three kayaks is pondering petroglyphs, guessing at the meaning of the red...

Xanterra Travel Collection is a hospitality company that operates various resorts, lodges and attractions in national parks, state parks and other iconic destinations in the U.S. [...]

Just a few hundred miles up the road from my home in Portland, Oregon, the city of Vancouver, British Columbia is an excellent place for vegans. I hadn’t visited since before the pandemic. So on a recent trip, I went to...

Only our headlamps light up the jungle, which is full of mysterious chirps and other noises coming out of the darkness. Our guide Estuardo Lima directs us to veer into a stream. We squelch along in our rubber boots through...

The baby tortoises amble around in their corral, brightly colored labels with numbers affixed to their shells like football jerseys. But these little guys’ teams are the different Galapagos islands, and they’re color-coded...