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A Selection of our Recent Stories:

The secret beauty of Estonian Nature
Mart Reimann: "The main challenge for Tourism in Estonia is marketing and making our country a better known tourism destination internationally"
Aivar Ruukel: "Travelling to your neighbours, meeting these people, talking to them makes you understand them better and minimizes your fear that they can be dangerous"
Gopinath Parayil: Small scale tourism projects in consultation with local communities should be the mainstay in development"
Rachel Dodds:"I have always only focused on projects I believed in – even if the big unsustainable ones were offering to pay more"
Peru - Ecotourism advocates oppose reduction of National Park for Oil
Towards Ecotourism 2.0 - ECOCLUB on World Tourism Day 2007
Nikki Rose: "If we think tradition should be offered to us for free, we are part of the serious problem. The people we meet during our travels are not obligated to treat us to a single peanut, let alone a feast free of charge."
Costas Christ: "Economic and social justice along with protecting nature are core values that should be found in all ecotourism practices."
Sealing the fate of the Monk Seal? Islanders protest against the National Marine Park of Alonissos in Greece.
Professor Harold Goodwin: "Travel and Tourism still lag behind some of the other sectors in retailing where organic, fair trade and eco-friendly products are much more evident on the high street"
Climate Care's Stella Bell: "Offsetting is not about planting trees - although there are a lot of companies out there who would try to convince you otherwise..."
ECOCLUB®, the International Ecotourism Club™ celebrates 8th Anniversary by holding its annual Ecotourism Awards and funding eco-projects in Rwanda, Ecuador and Cambodia
Carol Patterson: "Governments need to lead with policies and incentives to green our business practices and our lifestyles."
ECOCLUB.com Ecotourism Awards 2007: Candidate Projects Announced and Open for Examination
TIES' David Sollitt: "My term will hopefully be seen as one based on increased outreach and collaboration"
Sukau's Albert Teo: "Ecolodge Recipe? Keep improving and do not quit!"
Intrepid's Jane Crouch: "Awards can have a very positive impact on the highly competitive tourism industry"
Laos Ecotourism Activist 'Missing'
2nd ECOCLUB.com Earth Day Photo Essay Competition
Ecuador: Oil threatens Ecotourism in Yasuni National Park
Greek Executive Secretary of Tourism calls for "change in thinking" about development
Planning for Sustainable Tourism
Meet the Architect of Ecotourism
Survival International's Miriam Ross on Tribal Peoples and Tourism
World Tourism Official: Tourists more & more sensitive to environment & culture
Conserving Coral Cays
Sustainable Tourism Development in Vietnam
Eco-projects in Ecuador, Guatemala and Malaysia receive ECOCLUB Ecolodge Award
Bird Flu, Drought, threaten East Africa's National Parks and Tourism
Tourism Ethics & Tourism Research
Sustainable Tourism in Brazil
The world of international Tourism development & Consultancy
Community Tourism in Thailand
Ecotourism & Peace building in Pakistan after the Earthquake
Saving Costa Rica's Rainforest through Share Ownership
Hotel Recycling in San Francisco
ECOCLUB.com Ecolodge Awards 2005
ECOCLUB exhibits at Ecolife 2005 in Athens
ECOCLUB.com wins Best Responsible Tourism Site Award
Slovakia's geothermal tourism resort
Journal of Ecotourism insider
Setting up Laos' first Ecolodge
Louis D'Amore works for Peace thru Tourism
How a small Ecuadorian village got into the ecotourism top ten
Caretta Caretta, Troubles Troubles, in Zakynthos National Park
Costa Rica's Laguna del Lagarto launches innovative rainforest protection scheme
Ranweli Holiday Village of Sri Lanka wins ECOCLUB Ecolodge Award 2004
First Annual ECOCLUB Ecolodge Award, a refreshing alternative to grandiose projects

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