The World is Getting “Conscientious”

There is little question that the face of travel has changed in recent years. Much of it has been bad for the regular folk who love to travel: skyrocketing oil costs, the plummeting dollar, and the absurdity of over-reaching security measures at the airport have all hit all-time highs (all-time lows may be a better description).

Fortunately, there has been some good. There are more travel options than ever, people are still making plans for their dream destinations, and conscientious travel has finally arrived. I am not sure “conscientious travel is a coined phrase yet — if it becomes one, please give me all the credit.

Coined phrased or not, I see conscientious travel as the most important positive trend in travel. I can tell from the piles of press releases I have arrive in my “in” box on a daily basis. It is the increasing popularity of “green” travel: recycling, alternative and renewable forms of energy, reduced footprint to delicate eco-systems, and respect for the natural world. Of course, “green” also goes hand-in-hand with eco-tourism, and volun-tourism (tourism that gives back) to the locals. Overall, it is a cooperative effort on the part of both traveler and tourism industry to make the many facets of this world a better, more long laster, conscientious place.

ITKT celebrates these ideas by offering a new dedicated section of travel called “Eco-tourism” that will bring the best in “green,” “eco-tourism” and “volun-tourism” into one happy place. The only downside is renaming the section to “Conscientious Travel” at some point in the near future (hint, hint, Jesse the Master Web Designer), which I just thought of two seconds ago.

Written by Devin Galaudet

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