OAMARU BLUE PENGUIN COLONY, NZ: FROM A CONSERVATION PROJECT TO A PROFITABLE ECOTOURISM VENTURE

At the ESTC13, Jason Gaskill, the manager of the Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony, will present a case study on how tourism can turn into self-funding conservation, and share his insights on how this example be applied to other ecotourism sectors. The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony offers an exciting example of how a government-owned conservation project can succeed on commercial terms and become a profitable ecotourism venture.

Turismo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente en España

Dividido por comunidades, Andalucía registra un total de 20 espacios naturales certificados por la Unión Europea, y es la región española que ofrece una mayor oferta para disfrutar delturismo ecológico

España ofrece el 50% de la oferta de destinosturísticos ecológicos de Europa, según datos de Voyageprive.com.

Dividido por comunidades, Andalucía registra un total de 20 espacios naturales certificados por la Unión Europea, y es la región española que ofrece una mayor oferta para disfrutar delturismo ecológico con parques como el Parque Natural de Sierra Nevada. Por otro lado, Castilla y León ocupa la segunda posición en el ranking de comunidades autónomas españolas ya que posee cinco espacios naturales certificados en total. Destacando Salamanca donde se puede encontrar el Parque Natural Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia. Estas comunidades, al igual que el resto de España cuentan con una valiosísima y amplia oferta de interés turístico.

Opportunity to join world’s leading sustainable tourism programme

THE WORLD’S fastest-growing independent green accreditation programme is looking to recruit a new member of the team which has helped spread the word – from Aberdeen to Auckland and Ventnor to Vancouver.

Green Tourism was launched 16 years ago and is now is the biggest of its kind in the world having helped nearly 10,000 businesses improve their commitment to sustainability. It is considered one of the most rigorous of its kind and is the only certification programme independently validated by the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT) on behalf of VisitEngland, VisitWales and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, and endorsed by VisitScotland and Failte Ireland.