Greg Neale

The Green Travel Guide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book suggests ways in which we can enjoy our holidays and our travel even more: by becoming green travellers. It also suggests different types of green holidays and encourages some of the better examples of good environmental practice in holidaymaking around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9781138471573
• ISBN-10: 1138471577
• Artikelnr.: 58058909

Autorenporträt

Neale, Greg

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge
Acknowledgements
List of Boxes
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
The British Airways Tourism fo r Tomorrow' Award Scheme
Section One : The Greener Holiday
1 How Can We Become Greener Travellers?
Hints for Green Travellers
Before you go
Transports
of delight?
While you are away Coming home
2 Greener Holidays
Wildlife Watching
Bird watching
Safaris and wildlife photography
Whale and dolphin watching
Conservation Holidays
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
The National Trust
Earthwatch Institute
Sea Life Surveys
Coral Cay Conservation
Waterway Recovery Group
Environmental management, volunteering and campaigning
Longer
term Volunteering
Heritage Holidays
Heritage hints for green travellers
English Heritage
The National Trust
The Landmark Trust
Historic Houses Association
Windmills and watermills
Sports and Activity Holidays
On firm ground
Snow and ice
On and in the water
Up in the air
Hunting and fishing
Back to the Land: Farm and Food Holidays
On
the
farm hints for green travellers
Vegetarian holidays
Learning Holidays and Environmental Education
Retreats, Pilgrimages, Spiritual, Healing and Holistic Holidays
Retreats
Holistic holidays
Complementary medicines and healing holidays
Section Two : Points on the Green Compass
3 Close to Home
Britain
Ireland
Isle o f Man
The Channel Islands
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
4 Europe
Western Europe
Central and Northern Europe
Scandinavia
Eastern Europe
Russia
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
5 The Middle East
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
6 Africa
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
7 The Caribbean
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
8 North America
The United States
Canada
Native Americans
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9 Central America
Tourism fo r Tomorrow Awards
10 South America
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
11 India, the Subcontinent, Himalayas and Central Asia
Tourism fo r Tomorrow Awards
12 China and North
East Asia
13 South
East Asia
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
14 The Pacific
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
15 Australasia
Australia
New Zealand
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
Section Three : The Green Traveller 's Directory
16 The Tourism Industry: Global Initiatives
What is Sustainable Tourism?
Global Responses to the Challenge: Officialdom, Trade and Industry
Human Rights Watchdogs
Pro
Environment Initiatives
Consultancies
An Issue Apart: Curbing Child Sex Tourism
17 Connections: ABC Listing o f Organisations, Operators and Resources
International Industry, Cross
sectoral and Intergovernmental Bodies
Independent Ethical and Pro
environment Pressure and Interest Groups
Green
minded Action or Project Groups and Activity Destinations
Tourism Award Schemes and Major Professional or Trade Sector Associations
Sport, Adventure, Spiritual and O ther Special Leisure Activity Bodies
Official National Agencies, Tourism Promoters or Franchisees, by Country
18 Now Read O n... Recent Sources o f Inform ation and Further Reading
Books and Manuals
journals and Newsletters
Online Resources
Index.