Sustainable Travel Handbook

This guide motivates travelers to take a responsible approach to the impact of traveling, with advice on reducing carbon emissions, enjoying responsible wildlife-watching, harnessing culinary tourism for good, and enjoying eco-friendly city breaks. It includes top five and top ten lists of the best places to hike, volunteer, scuba dive, and snorkel responsibly, as well as sustainable safaris, family trips, and ways to give back.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 13 November 2020
Publisher: Lonely Planet Global Limited

This comprehensive and uplifting guide, the latest addition to our popular Handbook series, empowers travelers to adopt a responsible mindset towards the impact of their journeys. Whether you seek to minimize your carbon footprint, immerse yourself in a mindful wildlife-watching experience, harness culinary tourism for positive change, or embark on an eco-friendly city break, this guide has you covered.

Packed with easily-understood advice curated by a sustainable travel expert, eco-conscious travelers will be introduced to a diverse range of destinations offering cultural richness, wildlife encounters, luxury accommodations, thrilling adventures, wellness retreats, and much more. Additionally, subjects such as the development of electric transport, effective strategies for reducing plastic waste, and respectful approaches to exploring sacred indigenous cultures will be explored.

With comprehensive top five and top ten lists highlighting the best places to engage in responsible hiking, volunteering, scuba diving, and snorkeling, as well as where to enjoy sustainable safaris, family vacations, and meaningful ways to give back during your travels, no stone is left unturned in this 168-page guide to ethical tourism. Destinations discussed span relatively off-the-beaten-path regions of the world, including Guyana, Palau, and Siargao in the Philippines, as well as more well-known destinations such as Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Jordan.

Weight: 358g
Dimension: 166 x 210 x 2 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788689472