Now the number of tourists in green tourism-based tourist attractions is increasing day by day. Green investment in tourism is the most time-befitting activity of the time to accelerate eco-friendly tourism through making the housing that is being built for tourism, making them energy efficient, waste and water management for optimum use of resources, protecting biodiversity and even protecting cultural diversity.
World Tourism Day helps to increase tourism at the international level, so that countries can connect with each other in the field of tourism. Apart from their home country, travelers can learn about foreign tourist places and get to understand the Bidshan culture closely through tourism from other countries. India celebrates its National Tourism Day on 25 January. World Tourism Day is celebrated on September 27. This year, International Tourism Day is celebrated on September 27.
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“Experience Nature, Sustain the Future“
The Rise of Green Tourism
Green tourism has become one the most important factor which has brought metamorphose in the tourism sector all over the world.
The last decade saw an increase in the consciousness of the issue of the sustainable tourism practices. Today’s tourists are moving in the direction of those services and products that are not only sustainable but also have a positive impact on the environment and society.
This emergence has produced the green tourism model that has been deemed far more appropriate than that of mass tourism. Geography of green tourism includes tourism products as diverse as eco lodges, sustainable modes of transport that can be used in tourism, education that can be promoted and imparted to the visitors, and community-based tourisms. Accordingly, the objectives of it are to protect natural resources, to boost local income and this way contribute to the development of the culture of the places where tourists go.
Currently we see many ecology and sustainable hotels are part of the green tourism movement. We have to work together with all the stakeholders involved in the tourism industry. In addition to developing domestic tourism, emphasis should be given on publicity to attract foreign tourists. Besides, with the development of this industry, special attention will have to be paid to creating skilled human resources. Nowadays, many countries are now encouraging green tourism as well as trying to follow its principles. But now social media is playing a significant role in spreading the message of green tourism.
Key practices in Green Tourism
Eco-friendly Accommodation: Picking the accommodations that practice the environmental responsibility by providing the individually controlled air conditioning, recycling, and local organic food.
Sustainable Transportation: Traveling by car, cycle, on foot or with the use of public conveyance and canceling out the carbon trail.
Waste Reduction: Eco-friendly practices involving the reduction in the use of items that pollute the environment by using recyclable products, and other biodegradable products such as composting.
Water Conservation: Focusing on minimizing water usage by utilizing a water efficient shower head and sheets and trying to reuse them.
Support Local Economy: Supporting local businesses such as purchasing local products and from local restaurants or hiring local tour guides in order to keep the money within that specific area.
Below are some Examples of Green Tourism Destination
Costa Rica: Famous for large national parks, ecotourism, and the largest bio-diverse country in the world.
Iceland: loves on maintaining its distinctive environments and utilizing the renewable kinds of energy.
New Zealand: Advocates for the preservation of Tourism through the management of the natural resources and consideration of the environment.
Bhutan: Adopts a policy of receiving the tourism traffic but with high values, minimal infringement on the environment and historical / cultural sites.
Tired and exhausted people need leisure and a little rest in search of livelihood. In this leisure time, they rush to enjoy entertainment in the lap of nature. All the tiredness of life comes close to the form and smell of nature. Then the tourist mind finds the door of tranquility. This diverse world and Lilavati nature constantly call people by decorating the branch of immense beauty. One of the main elements of tourist attraction is natural, cultural, political, historical, archaeological and mythological monuments.
Five Important Aspects of Green Tourism
Sustainable Practices: Another classification is the green tourism, or eco-tourism, that focuses on the responsible use of the natural resources that can be reduced to preserving the natural resources and minimizing the amount of waste produced.
Support for Local Communities: It promotes direct interaction with the people and local economy in order to create a win-win situation for both the locals and the visitors.
Wildlife Conservation: Some activities that fall under this kind of tourism are associated with wildlife conservation and thus assist in the protection of species and their living environment.
Environmental Education: Holiday making of this nature offers tourists a chance to get to know the problems facing the environment and the need to conserve some of the beautiful sceneries.
Low Carbon Footprint: Ecological tourism has a goal to decrease an impact of tourists on the environment through encouraging the use of environmentally friendly means of transport, the use of environmentally friendly facilities to carry out the tourism activities and the use of renewable energy sources to carry out other activities in that area.
Green tourism encourages travel practices, benefiting local communities and the surrounding environment. In this case, everyone related to tourism needs to work together to raise environmental awareness.
For the development of tourism, the development of transportation system, accommodation facilities, local famous food, tourism security and all categories of entertainment are related to the tourism industry, as well as the tourism industry is being developed by focusing on the visit of visitors to religious places or pilgrimage places. By supporting green tourism, travelers can help preserve natural landscapes and cultural heritage sites, which is very complimentary in protecting an environment. The horizon of greenery, green-ornamental forests, high-low hills, tea gardens, beaches, the spread of silver rivers across the country, the colorful beauty of colors and beautiful forms in different seasons is unique in the glory of the world.
The theme for World Tourism Day 2023 is ‘Tourism and Environmentally Friendly Investment’. The housing that is being built for environmentally friendly tourism will be made energy efficient, improving waste management for optimum use of resources, protecting water management and biodiversity, protecting cultural diversity, creating tourism attractions based on nature. Travelers who participate in green tourism develop deep attachment to the places they visit. Investment in the tourism sector is unique in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Investing in eco-friendly tourism promotes integrated economic development and leads to sustainable development of a society.
Benefits of Green Tourism
Tourism plays a crucial role for everybody; it provides a sense of relief to the tourists and source of income to the community’s services for the tourists. Through participating in environmentally sustainable tourism endeavors and selecting accommodations that are environmentally friendly, it means that the individuals will be cutting down on the amount of carbon they use; also, they contribute to the protection of habitats.
Further, green tourism entails social interaction and education of the cultural practices of the locals thus enabling the visitor to interact with the society. In particular for the local communities Green Tourism is an opportunity for additional income and job creation. It supports the creation of new and small businesses and promotes the continuation of various arts and crafts. In addition, the green tourism enables people to become aware of the social and environmental challenges and, therefore, assisting the locals to appreciate the importance of protection of the environment.
Challenges and Opportunities
In addition to all the advantages the green tourism has several difficulties that require a solution. Another concern is how these economic gains are spread across the populace to enhance their consumers’ quality of life. This means that there are possibilities of the community benefiting a few persons and the proceeds obtained from the green tourism may not be felt by the larger part of the community. Another issue is to find the best of both worlds, that is, to preserve the environment and at the same time initiate development. Green tourism must be properly coordinated without affecting the ecology or cultural background of the area to be toured.
This is the reason why cooperation of different stakeholders such as government bodies, tourism businesses, and residents of the destination. Nevertheless, it is possible to identify numerous potentialities for the further advancement of environmentally friendly tourism. More and more people opt for an ecological trip thus creating the need to develop products and services in eco-tourism. This has opened opportunities for the coming up of more business and expanding of business for the development of new sustainable tourism products.
Such opportunity is, for instance, managing and constructing of the eco-lodge and other sustainable lodgings. Such a type of accommodation focuses on the conservation of the environment; this implies that the type of energy used is renewable energy sources, usage of water and other resources is controlled, and where there is any waste it is limited. They also can give the traveler actual presence in taking part in other conservation exercises like planting trees or carrying out census on the number of animals.
A similar business opportunity is the provision of environmentally friendly transportations means. The area of environmental management concern in green tourism entails a choice of public transport, bicycles, or electrical cars when travelling. This can include provision of facilities like bike systems or stations and outlets for charging electric cars among others within the region or city.
The Future of Green Tourism
The sustainably managed environment and responsible green tourism consumption remain a key area of importance for raising public awareness in the modern world, and for this reason, green tourism is expected to become one of the leading trends in the future development of the tourism sphere. The benefits of green tourism are important as it helps increase awareness of sustainable tourism, not only for people’s own experience, but also for the protection of the natural and cultural resources for future generations.
Thus, the enhancement and further development of green tourism can only be guaranteed if all the mentioned challenges are met, as well as cooperation between all members of the supply chain is encouraged. It may entail creating policies and procedures for the promotion of sustainable tourism, as well out offering pieces of training to the locals and businesspeople and therefore engaging the locals in the process of decision making.
The following challenges have been highlighted above, in order to continue with the triumphs of green tourism, the above challenges need to be solved and interaction and cooperation among all the stakeholders need to be strengthened. This may include policy formulation and implementation with regards to the policies of sustainable tourism, capacity building of local firms, as well as community involvement in the management of the undertakings.
That is why one of the most promising areas on the further development of green tourism is the application of new technologies and digital solutions. For instance, mobile applications and digital interfaces can be used to guide the consumers on how to make sustainable choices during their travelling experiences by allowing them to get real-time information on the effects of their actions on the environment and the society.
Conclusion
Thus, green tourism is opening a way of the development of a new, more sustainable and responsible type of economy in the industry of tourism. Thus, green tourism can act as one of the key factors in achieving a better future for both tourists and the studied territories, using the principles of conserving natural resources, supporting the local economy, and exchanging cultures. Green tourism demand for the responsible approach in the development of tourist services is a daily increasing, that is why the tourism industry must accept the idea of green tourism and develop the strategies for its improvement.
In so doing, we are protecting the beauty and marvelous that natural and cultural world has endowed to us for posterity. Thus, it becomes apparent that there must be awareness in the promotion of green tourism as the world faces climatic change and environmental issues. It served as an opportunity to reduce the negative imprint on the planet and at the same time protect natural heritage sites and enough cultural attractions. Thus, the principles of green tourism can become a significant contributor to changing for the better the perspectives of the further development of the green tourism industry and the world as a whole.
