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Plan for national park eco-accommodation
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
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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
More liners in the plan
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 7 days ago
Credibility 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
ENVIRONMENT: Cuba Encourages Ecotourism in Largest Wetland
Havana :: Cuba | 8 days ago
Credibility 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
New York state launches program to market green lodgings
Albany :: NY :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility 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
Faced with extinction, rarest tortoise on Earth about to become oldest dad
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
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