Tips for traveling sustainably

Próximo Ferry | April 28, 2023

We all like to travel, disconnect, discover new places…. if you are also a person who likes to travel responsibly and commit yourself as a responsible tourist, let us give you some travel tips. Keep reading!

Index:

  1. What is a sustainable trip?
  2. How was the concept of sustainable tourism born?
  3. Travel tips to contribute to sustainable tourism.

You will wonder what this concept of sustainable travel is and how it was born, we will explain it to you.

What is a sustainable trip?

It is traveling being respectful with the ecosystem, visiting a place where you will leave the minimum impact on the environment and local culture, investing in learning about its culture and local gastronomy.

How was the concept of sustainable tourism created?

It begun in 1983, when the United Nations organization (UN) constitutes the World Commission on Environment and Development. Given the idea of minimizing the impact that tourist activities have on nature, cultural heritage, people.

Travel tips to contribute and make your trip more sustainable:

Respect the environment that surrounds you, comply with the rules to protect the space you visit, whatever the place is, like a beach, you must respect nature. Think that when you throw garbage you contribute to damaging the habitat of many living beings.

Avoid generating waste, buy bottles that can be reused, avoid plastic and reuse the material.

Book sustainable accommodations that are committed to the environment. For sure wherever you decide to travel, you can find accommodations that have environmental and social responsibility practices in the management of the accommodation. Find out and plan your stay.

Consume local products and services, if you are going to eat at a restaurant, find out if they use local products to make their menu or if you decide to buy a souvenir, look for handicrafts made by the town, surely there is a market with typical things from the area.

Think about moving to the places you visit in the most sustainable way, for example, traveling by bus or by bike, and if you want to travel by car, book a model that consumes the least as possible and is respectful of the environment.