We very often hear the word ecotourism being mentioned in our social circles nowadays. What exactly is it? It basically can be defined as a kind of tourism which involves people traveling to places which are of great ecological importance or natural interest to them. Of course such trips are normally undertaken when they are guided by a naturalist. Tourists need the naturalist to study more in detail about the natural wildlife in the surroundings of the tourist places they visit. Ecotourism trips are also carried out to learn more about the environment. This type of travel has been steadily gaining more and more followers year after year.

The best thing about ecotourism is that all the money that is generated because of the tourists visiting a particular environmental spot is used to protect the same environmental spot. It also helps us to understand the environment around us in a better way and help in its preservation. It helps us to enrich ourselves by learning more about the plants and animals around us. Moreover, this style of travel helps us to understand and respect cultural integrity which can be found in any local area of the country we are visiting.

Tourists have learn to use energy more efficiently, conserve water and produce less quantity of waste by finding various ways and means to recycle it. The best part about it is that it provides a positive experience to both the tourist as well as the host of the place which the tourist has visited. We need to follow two things to make ecotourism a great success. Firstly we should travel in small groups if we are undertaking this type of trip. And we also need to be very sincere in our efforts to make the environment a better place to live in.

Green travel helps to provide the local people with various types of jobs in the parks, sanctuaries, hotels or other places of stay. One great achievement of ecotourism has been the decline of poaching in many places. The former poachers have been employed in the same parks to help the animals remain safe in their natural surroundings. Green travel also has been able to improve the quality of life especially of the small children. A country like Malagasy has been able to use ecotourism to command respect for the environment. It has also been able to save wild lands because of ecotourism.

Peru too has been able to take better care of its immaculate rainforests because of a focus on more sustainable travel. Along with this the nutrition, literacy and health care levels have improved vastly for the local people. There is greater interest and awareness about the various parks and reserves in Peru right now. A large number of countries around the world have taken the help of ecotourism to take better control of their environment and preserve it for the future generations.

Matthew Kepnes has traveled around the world for years and always tries to reduce his impact on the environment. For more information about this type of travel, visit his website to learn about ecotourism and about tips for traveling green http://www.how-to-travel-the-world.com/ecotourism/tips-green-travel/.