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Eco-friendly holiday

Going on holiday obviously has certain repercussions. At the moment we are concerned with climate change and over consumption of energy so we must think about a new sort of tourism with a human aspect. We must be mindful of reducing our impact on the natural world and reflect upon human progress.

Our aim is to persuade the holidaymaker not just to be a passive visitor but an active participant by acting in a responsible way. We would like to put in place a fair and socially acceptable form of tourism.

We know that tourism has an impact on climate change, on local populations, on pollution levels, on eco-systems and on bio-diversity.

Today we are stuck in a vicious circle: tourism is one of the sectors which influences more and more environmental and climate change. It is these changes that are going to ruin tourist sites frequented by the majority of holidaymakers.

But eco-tourism has taken on the natural world. It is practised in small groups. It aims to develop and maintain the local economy for example by a guided tour of a nature spot. Its objective is to clearly promote protected areas of natural beauty and its economy.

This is why we are offering green holidays on a site which guarantees protection of the local heritage, the sustainability of the countryside and the development of quality of life for its inhabitants.

Do you know where this motivation to be green comes from ?

Costa Rica is model for environmental sustainability, with a zero degree carbon footprint as its objective for 2021.

A carbon offsetting tax is automatically levied on each journey to Costa Rica and the money collected is used to finance reforestation.

Objective: to limit deforestation and to prevent the sale of plots of tropical forests to large international consortia.

The government is committed to encouraging the use of bio-fuels for public transport, the development of cycling, and recycling of rubbish etc.
Costa Rica is already a pioneer of eco-tourism. It has disbanded the army and re-invested the money saved in the protection of its very rich local bio-diversity projects. This small Central American state has understood that it can benefit more from sustainable tourism rather than mass tourism which is profitable in the short term but destructive in the long term.

You can find further information in sustainable tourism guides and from our partners websites.

Eco-friendly & green tourism:

For another tourism:
militate for a responsible
and sustainable tourism

What is the Eco-label?

Our eco-friendly actions: