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Premier Anna Bligh announced on Wednesday the government would seek expressions of interest from investors to establish low-impact eco-tourism lodgings in or near national parks. These include Eurong on Fraser Island, Wallaman Falls at Girringun, Ninny...
Tags: Lamington National Park, Queensland Tourism Industry Council, Ms Bligh, New Zealand, Auckland, Tourism, Ecotourism, Queensland, Hospitality Recreation, D'Aguilar National Park, Anna Bligh
Tourism Fiji's Patrick Wong said cruise liners generated and contributed much-needed foreign exchange earning in the short period they visit the local community. He said people from all sectors of community benefited including meke groups, firewalkers,...
Tags: Fiji Islands, Suva, Cruise ship, Ecotourism, allnews, Tourism, Tourism geography, Hospitality Recreation
The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is known in Cuba as the "soprano of the forest" for its lovely song. Zapata Swamp - 160 km south of Havana on the island�s south-central coast...But tourism officials have decided to open the doors to travellers who...
Tags: Cubanac, Cienaga de Zapata, Tierram, biosphere reserves, told tierram, Cuba, Havana, Swamps, Zapata Swamp, Zapata Wren, Ecotourism, Hospitality Recreation, Spanish-speaking countries, Ecoregions, Geography of Cuba, Environment
The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a program to certify hotels as "green" for using environmentally sound and sustainable practices...To be certified, hoteliers must save energy, reduce waste, conserve water and resources...
Tags: New York, Albany, Tourism, Ecotourism, Sustainable tourism, Greenleaf, Environment, Hospitality Recreation
Lonesome George, a large Pinto Island Galapagos tortoise, and the last of his kind, finally found romance and had a successful mating experience after almost a century of celibacy and one previous impregnation that ended in failure. Infamous Lonesome...
Tags: Extinction, Galapagos tortoise, ecotourism, lonesome George, Ecuador, activism