eco-tourism

According to WeSwap, the world’s first peer-to-peer currency exchange service, 6.4 million Brits now take part in activities that reduce their carbon footprint when abroad.

To boost eco-tourism in the state of Maharashtra, the state government has decided to permit hotels and resorts in the periphery of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. A notification…

The city of Pakse in southern Laos will host the ASEAN Ecotourism Forum this month. Running from 22-25 June, the event is being organised by the Lao government as part of its role as…

Yaana Ventures has announced the launch of GROUND, a new community tourism development initiative. GROUND will aim to help local communities in Asia by engaging with the student travel…

India's Ministry of Tourism has released new criteria for sustainable tourism operations. Under its new Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) guidelines, tourism…

Sri Lankan hotel company Jetwing will launch a new resort in a rural setting near the town of Wellawaya. Scheduled to welcome its first guests in December 2015, Jetwing Kaduruketha is…

A new report published by ABTA has revealed that travel companies with a good environmental record are increasingly gaining a commercial advantage, with three out of ten consumers (29%)…

Wyndham Hotel Group has signed a franchise agreement for a Ramada-branded eco-resort in Western Australia. The 55-room Ramada Resort Eco Beach Broome is an environmentally-friendly…

The UNWTO has hailed a "milestone resolution" on sustainable tourism by the UN General Assembly. The resolution, which was reached in New York, "recognises the contribution of…

Kerala government plans to introduce more facilities for tourists at the Arippa forests in the Western Ghats.  An INR42 lakh development programme has been chalked out for the tourist…

In a bid to familiarise the travel and tourism industry with efforts to promote ecotourism on the East Coast and the ambitious eco-tourism project coming up in Kalba, the Sharjah Commerce…