The Ethical Travel Guide: Your Passport to Exciting Alternative Holidays

by Polly Pattullo, Orely Minelli

If you're tired of Tourist Traps and Guilt Trips, or just want to have a positive impact on local people and their environment, this book is for you. Find hundreds of new ideas for your next holiday and visit amazing communities not listed in other guidebooks. The Ethical Travel Guide is a natural successor to Tourism Concern's hugely popular Good Alternative Travel Guide. It is the essential resource for responsible global travel. From construction projects in Tibet to luxury Greek island breaks, there is something for every taste and budget. The extensive directory in this new guide lists places to visit and stay in over 60 countries and other useful resources chosen by Tourism Concern for anyone interested in ethical and sustainable tourism 'because tourism should always benefit local people'.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

Reviews

[Theut]

3.5*

Interessante la parte iniziale sulle vacanze etiche e su come nascono in risposta a un'esigenza di giustizia e di conoscenza più autentica del luogo che si sta visitando. Peccato che la parte predominante sia un elenco si strutture in giro per il mondo (le 300 del titolo, con relativa descrizione) che purtroppo non sono il valore aggiunto (potevano essere inserite sul sito e dare spazio ad alcune realtà con maggiore respiro).
(quando non si può viaggiare ci si "consola" con la teoria)

[Kathy-Ann Fletcher]

I love this book. I think it is a great guide for those of us who love to travel but are concerned with the effects our lifestyle has on the communities we visit.

As someone who is concerned with the duplicity of environmental tourism. We allow our societies to be exploited (not in the good way) in the global quest to show diversity of cultures.

As such we see the death of cultures, coral reefs and environments due to the endless trek of tourist and environment damaging policies to accommodate this global industry.

This book shows in a great way the middle ground and exactly what it means to be an ethical traveler.

[Victoria]

I worked for many years in the Pacific and witnessed firsthand the insensitivity of tourists ... not all, but most. For those of us that don't want to trample on the cultures we visit, this is a good guide on how to minimize our detrimental affects.

[Jude]

Great book!