Conservation/Eco-Tourism Ideas
What is Eco-Tourism?
“Ecotourism is now defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education” (TIES, 2015). Education is meant to be inclusive of both staff and guests.”
https://ecotourism.org/what-is-ecotourism/
Examples
- “Travel to nature destinations (think flora, fauna, and natural resources)
- Learning about local cultural heritage
- Sustainable wilderness adventures
- Viewing or volunteering with wildlife
- Trips dedicated to activities that promote the planet’s well-being, like beach cleanups
- Homestays that involve coexisting with a local family, integrating with their lifestyle, and helping to care for their property/animals/etc.”
Conservation/Eco-Tourism Tour Ideas
Eco River Tour
- A tour along the river that is narrated and provides information about the rivers and ways to preserve it or travel on it
- Eco Bingo game- create a bingo card of what tourists might see on the eco river tour and if they get a bingo they get a prize
- Eco Photo Tours on River
- Boat allows for photographers to get a good view of wildlife or plant species otherwise hard to capture
- Kayaking Tours Along River
- Point out facts and information about river
- Foraging Lessons
- Tour through areas to collect fiddleheads
- Blueberry picking (surrounding towns)
- Guided Moose Tour
- Tour through a woods area that could give tourists a safe view of moose
- By van or canoe/kayak
- IAT tours
- Guided tour through the trail
- Talk about history and conservation of trail
- Potato Fields and Information Session
- Tour of potato farms and how the farming process works
- Volunteering Opportunities
- Clean up along trails/rivers
- Grooming trails
- Activities that are important to town…
What is Conservation Tourism?
“Commercial tourism which makes an ecologically significant net positive contribution to the effective conservation of biological diversity.” Springer Press