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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:58 pm Post subject: BBC |
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Germans stay home for eco-holiday - BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6632615.stm
| Quote: | | Giggling by the sea - and lying topless in the sun - are Martina and her three environmentally friendly colleagues. Like many Germans, they're keen to cut down their carbon emissions, to do their bit in the fight against global warming. So instead of taking the plane to Majorca, they've taken the train to Mecklenburg. |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: Fountains of Rome may dry up |
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Fountains of Rome may dry up after builders sever pipe - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1923575.ece
| Quote: | | Water engineers blame the reduction to a trickle of the normally gushing Aqua Virgo on damage to underground conduits caused by work on a suburban garage. The builders say that they were assured that no archeological remains lay beneath the site. So as not to disappoint tourists — who throw coins into the Trevi Fountain to make a wish to return to the Eternal City — Acea, the Rome water authority, has been recycling the fountain water for two weeks. Visitors have until now been unaware of the problem. But there is a crisis looming. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: Scotsman |
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Scots 'must join green tourism race'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/sep/23/travelnews.green?
| Quote: | | 'We need to move now if we are to take the lead and not get left behind, before green business practices and green marketing becomes the norm,' Lederer warned representatives from various UK regional tourism bodies and business owners at a conference organised by the Green Tourism Business Scheme last week. Tourism is already central to Scotland's economy, as it generates more than £4.2bn a year and employs about 200,000 people - roughly 9 per cent of the nation's workforce. A recent poll of 60,000 visitors ranked Scotland as the top European eco-destination and ninth in the world. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:09 am Post subject: Life on the blue planet: biodiversity research in Europe |
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The organisers of the Portuguese meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) and the BioStrat project coordinators host the E-conference “Life on the blue planet: Biodiversity research and the new European Marine Policies”. This e-conference will runs October 1-19, 2007.
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: Greek Minister calls for new Tourism model |
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Greek Minister calls for new Tourism model, plays up Ecotourism
Thu May 22, 2008, 14:00 UTC
http://www.ecoclub.com/c/index.php?showtopic=8248
| Quote: | | Athens, Greece (ECOCLUB.com) - Opening the 16th annual convention of the Greek Association of Tourism Enterprises (SETE) in Athens, Tourism Minister Aris Spiliotopoulos spoke about the need for a new, more ecological tourism model, and low-impact forms of tourism that would highlight the special attributes of the Greek environment and culture and guarantee economic and environmental sustainability. |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:01 am Post subject: Ireland Ecotourism Handbook |
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Ireland Ecotourism Handbook
http://tinyurl.com/d652ee
New publication - Fáiltre Ireland and Greenbox have published the Ecotourism Handbook for Ireland. The guide is aimed at tourism professionals in Ireland and discusses the ecotourism market, business planning for ecotourism businesses, funding, marketing and taking the fear out of ecotourism. Written by noted green-travel writer, Catherine Mack, and supported by Fáilte Ireland with additional support from the Border Action agency, the ‘Ecotourism Handbook for Ireland’ is aimed at people working in tourism and is a concise guide to help tourism businesses operate in a green environment.The Ecotourism Handbook will be distributed to more than 3,000 tourism businesses by Fáilte Ireland as well as at ecotourism awareness seminars, as a part of the tourism development authority’s commitment to promoting environmentally sustainable tourism. Download
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http://www.planeta.com/planeta/09/0902irelandreport.html
http://www.failteireland.ie/About-Us/News-and-Events/Launch-of-Irelands-First-Ecotourism-Handbook |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: Estonian Green Key Hotels Launch Joint Marketing Campaign |
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source - http://ecotourism-estonia.blogspot.com/2009/10/estonian-green-key-hotels-launch-joint.html
Eight Estonian Green Key certified hotels have launched first-ever joint marketing campaign ‚Key into Autumn’ which offers to visitors unique, memorable and educational experiences of Estonian nature. Targeted at both domestic and incoming tourists, the campaign reinforces the image of Estonia as a destination for green and sustainable tourism.
‚Key into Autumn’ campaign consists of eight weekend travel packages in which authentic, one-of-a-kind nature experiences are combined with environment-friendly accommodation in a Green Key hotel. Campaign packages have been developed together with local nature tourism entrepreneurs and nature guides. Campaign packages are offered on every October weekend all across Estonia.
Among more exotic campaign packages are ‚Wolf Tour with Rein Kuresoo’ (offered by Pühajärve SPA Hotel) in which visitors are taken into the vicinity of a wolf habitat in South Estonia, ‚Visit to the Kingdom of Ants’ (Hotel Pesa) guided by the leading Estonian myrmecologist Prof. Ants-Johannes Martin and ‚Soomaa Cranberry Walk’ where visitors on bog-shoes learn about and gather cranberries in Soomaa National Park (Koidulapark Hotel). Other participating hotels include Sokos Hotel Viru, Nordic Hotel Forum (Tallinn), Meresuu SPA & Hotel (Narva-Jõesuu), Hotel Kubija (Võru) and Ammende Villa (Pärnu).
A fundraising project is implemented as part of the campaign, with the aim to collect money for organizing a nature camp for disabled children of Tallinn Orphanage, to be held in the Palupõhja Nature School located in Alam-Pedja Nature Protection Area. For this purpose, 5% of campaign revenues are directed for charitable purposes.
Green Key is an international label for sustainable and environment-friendly management awarded to tourism enterprises. Green Key was founded in Denmark in 1994 and has expanded since then to 13 countries. Green Key was introduced to Estonia in 2001 and has been awarded to 20 accommodation establishments.
The campaign ‚Key into Autumn’ has been developed with the support of Estonian Tourist Board and is implemented by Consumetric, a tourism development consultancy based in Tallinn.
More information about the campaign: www.puhkaeestis.ee/voti and info@consumetric.ee. |
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