The Sustainable Travel Handbook

The positive impact travel guide

Practical advice and inspiration for the conscientious traveller

With a new generation of travellers looking to journey with a more positive impact, Lonely Planet's "The Sustainable Travel Handbook" offers unique insights to getting out into the world and experiencing more meaningful travel.

Whether you're looking to reduce your carbon emissions, enjoy a more responsible wildlife-watching experience, harness culinary tourism for good or enjoy an eco-friendly city break, this guide has got you covered.

Packed with easily digestible advice on topics such as choosing a bone fide eco hotel, reducing waste while travelling and being an ocean-friendly traveller, this handbook also looks at developments in electric transport, responsible wildlife watching and the best ways to visit indigenous people respectfully.

With top five and top ten lists discussing the best places to hike, volunteer, scuba dive and snorkel responsibly, as well as where to enjoy sustainable safaris, family trips and the best ways to give back when you travel, no stone is left unturned in this 168-page guide to ethical tourism.

Whether you're interested in culture, wildlife, luxury, city breaks, adventure or wellness, this book introduces a number of ideal destinations for the eco-conscious traveller, offering invaluable insights and on-the-ground information.

Alongside practical eco travel advice and tips, the handbook also highlights fresh destinations including relatively off-the-map regions of the world, including Guyana, Palau and Siargao in the Philippines, as well as more well-known places, such as Costa Rica, Uruguay and Jordan.

If you want to make it your mission to travel green, this practical and inspiring guide motivates travellers to take a responsible approach to the impact of travelling.

Lonely Planet's The Sustainable Travel Handbook
ISBN: 9781788689472
RRP: $29.99