With more and more young people being concerned with the state of the environment and our impact on it, this concern has spilled over into the way we travel. Responsible travel has become a high priority for young people planning to embark on a long-term trip or even on vacation. We are concerned with not having a negative social or environmental impact on the places we visit.
We want the tours we travel with to have respect for the local environment and economy. Traveling green has become an important issue in tourism and many tour groups have responded with eco tours designed to leave the smallest footprint behind.
Contiki Tours has some eco tours available and when you are visiting more endangered areas like in South East Asia or parts of Australia they have eco friendly accommodations. Their camping style trips as well offer an eco friendly way to leave a smaller footprint while also saving money on hotels. However, even with a few options available, eco tourism is not a main focus for Contiki, and if this is an important feature for you, you may want to look into some other tour companies.
Contiki, though, is working towards reducing their impact on the communities they visit by monitoring and minimizing their amount of waste, energy use and paper consumption so that they can continue to have positive working relationships with the cities and locations that they are in.
The coaches that Contiki uses to transport their travelers to various locations around the world are one of the most environmentally friendly forms of travel available. So, although Contiki may not have tours designed specifically towards ecotourism, they incorporate the overall attitude of sustainable travel into all their tours and believe in supporting the local communities in which they have tours.
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