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Green travel means trying to have a positive effect on the places you visit rather than harming the local landscape and culture. Greg Neale's book, now in its second edition, is a beginners' guide to eco-tourism with invaluable hints, tips and contacts to start you off.
Neale proposes two types of green travel: first, being environmentally responsible on conventional holidays, and second, taking an environmental holiday such as a conservation, sports or vegetarian break. Neale has researched fascinating environmental projects around the world, from Senegal's local tourism co-operatives to a year-round environmental festival in Wales. The book also lists tourism projects and resorts that have won the British Airways' Tourism For Tomorrow awards. Unfortunately the cost of visiting winners isn't included, though distracting adverts are.
While some readers may find the book too academic in tone, it is a comprehensive introduction to its subject, containing a wealth of practical information whether you want to travel around the UK or to more far-flung destinations. For anyone interested in green travel this guide is a worthy resource which aims to set standards in the tourism industry. And Neale doesn't hesitate from challenging the travel industry, either. When the chips are down, he intriguingly raises the question, do we actually need a holiday at all? --Anna Hornsey
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Comments on the second edition: "All you need to know about environmentally friendly holidaying, from meditating in the Mediterranean to helping scientists count fish species in the Caribbean": Zest
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