According to Tripadvisor, 71 percent of travelers plan to make eco-friendly choices in the next 12 months, in contrast to what was only 45 percent one year ago. In addition to this, 58 percent of travelers said their choices are affected by whether or not the hotel gives back to the local community, and 66 percent of global consumers prefer to buy products and services from brands that give back to society.
Here are some options that should appeal to that type of traveler:
Here are some options that should appeal to that type of traveler:
In that case, people who go to Peru should really enjoy the Amazonia lodges, which helped to build a school and infirmary for the local community and help support other projects in the area. Also Posada Amazonas, which is owned by the local community and employs community members, and Refugio Amazonas, which partners with local families to share in the benefits of ecotourism.
In Ecuador, the government told Indian communities that if they did not produce an income from their land, the government would lease it to oil companies. That is why communities built lodges like the Napo Wildlife Center, Napo Cultural Center and Sani Lodge. Also, local communities collect fees from tourists who visit while they are doing cruises on the Anakonda and the Manatee Amazon Explorer. So tourism income is essential to these communities so that they can try to avoid the health problems that other communities have suffered from oil leaks on their land that contaminated their water.
Some of the traditional haciendas in Ecuador, such as Zuleta, have supported their local communities for years, providing jobs, schools, health care and more.
Some of the traditional haciendas in Ecuador, such as Zuleta, have supported their local communities for years, providing jobs, schools, health care and more.
Also, an Experiential Travel survey found that 75 percent of travelers say they’d like to visit travel destinations that none of their friends have visited before. Additionally, 80 percent of travelers expressed interest in escaping the usual tourist traps on their next holiday. It turns out that people enjoy having unique experiences they can claim as their own, as opposed to traveling to the same popularly visited destinations that will provide them with the same basic pictures that everybody else has in their photo-albums or social platforms.
Besides seeing Machu Picchu when you go to Peru, how about checking out
- the Sun and Moon pyramids near Trujillo
- Kuelap (the "Machu Picchu of the north") and the other ruins and relics and waterfalls in Chachapoyas, the land of the "Cloud People"
- Cahuachi, near Nazca. This was a site with 25 temples, built about 2000 years ago by the Paracas culture
After you've seen the famous sites in Brazil, see some great not so famous places such as:
- Lencois Marenhenses, with it's dunes and lagoons and the Delta do Parnaiba
- Serra da Capivara - largest gallery of ancient rock art in the world
Once you've spent your time in Buenos Aires in Argentina:
- see the exhuberant wildlife in the Ibera National Park - the "Pantanal" of Argentina
- explore the "outback" of Argentina
We know of other great off-the-beaten-path places. It's just a matter of finding people interested in going to those places!
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