A proposed new train in Mexico would connect the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, on the Yucatan Peninsula, easier to reach from Cancun.
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An ambitious new train would link resorts like Cancun to inland ancient ruins and colonial towns. That means laying rail across 932 miles of dense jungle, pristine beach and indigenous villages.
Ex-combatants learned to survey birds, plants and other wildlife.
Jaime Gongora
Wildlife tourism is a million dollar industry, but do we know enough about how wildlife feel about tourists in their habitat?
The Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island. Each new luxury ecotourism development becomes a precedent to allow future incursions.
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Around Australia, and the world, national parks are under threat from the curious paradox of luxury ecotourism.
Children play on a beach in Palau, in the western Pacific Ocean. The country was the first to place a sweeping ban on sunscreen to protect its reefs.
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Newly revealed documents show the Commonwealth government approved a controversial tourism plan for Tasmania’s World Heritage wilderness without assessing it against federal conservation legislation.
Participants in a virtual reality travel experience reported a sense of relaxation, similar to that gained from travel in real life.
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Mind wandering engages the same neural pathways used to receive stimuli from the real world, evoking emotions similar to real life. VR can elicit these same feelings.
Do people in Nosey Be Madagascar benefit equally from ecotourism income and training opportunities?
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Sharks have a PR problem. But new research shows that shark ecotourism programs boost people’s knowledge and attitudes towards shark conservation – even among those who are green-minded to begin with.
Travel is getting cheaper, but more carbon-intensive.
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Mining social media posts from tourism hotspots such as coral reefs could turn tourists into environmental citizen scientists without them even realising it.