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-Many popular tourist destinations have become theme parks, such as Venice, where a population of around 60,000 is swamped by 30 million tourists per year, including giant cruise ships and tour guides leading hundreds around cramped streets.
+_Many popular tourist destinations have become theme parks, such as Venice, where a population of around 60,000 is swamped by 30 million tourists per year, including giant cruise ships and tour guides leading hundreds around cramped streets._
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-All over the UK, you can find sustainable holiday cottages like this timber ‘[eco-lodge](http://www.ecolodge.me.uk/)’ on a smallholding in Lincolnshire, with wood stove, compost loo and electricity supplied by wind and sun.
+_All over the UK, you can find sustainable holiday cottages like this timber ‘[eco-lodge](http://www.ecolodge.me.uk/)’ on a smallholding in Lincolnshire, with wood stove, compost loo and electricity supplied by wind and sun._
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-Koh Phi Phi before and after ‘development’ showing how tourism can destroy the beauty that brought the tourists to places in the first place.
+_Koh Phi Phi before and after ‘development’ showing how tourism can destroy the beauty that brought the tourists to places in the first place._
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-There is enough beautiful, remote, romantic and natural scenery in the UK to take a lifetime of holidays to see, without burning aviation fuel.
+_There is enough beautiful, remote, romantic and natural scenery in the UK to take a lifetime of holidays to see, without burning aviation fuel._
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-Cruise ships can get through 2-300 tonnes of fuel per day, and it’s low-grade heavy fuel oil (HFO), one of the world’s dirtiest fuels.
+_Cruise ships can get through 2-300 tonnes of fuel per day, and it’s low-grade heavy fuel oil (HFO), one of the world’s dirtiest fuels._
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 Last but not least, travel provides an opportunity for cultural exchange, to engage with and learn about other people, something that’s ever more important in these times of rising nationalism and isolationism. Initiatives like [Couchsurfing](https://www.couchsurfing.com/) take this one step further and out of the hands of corporations, giving travellers across the world the chance to stay with local people in their homes for free and learn about their lives first-hand.
 ## What can I do?
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-Surfing vs jetskiing – eco? Yes and no.
+_Surfing vs jetskiing – eco? Yes and no._
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-Yurt holidays are becoming extremely popular – like this one on an organic farm in Powys.
+_Yurt holidays are becoming extremely popular – like this one on an organic farm in Powys._
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 Do some research on your chosen destination, find out about cultural sensitivities and local customs and try to learn at least a few words of the local language. A good tour operator will have ethics and environmental policies available and good volunteer organisations will be honest about what you can expect to do on the project. You can find out a lot for yourself online too. For example, a quick search for “shark cage diving, issues” or “volunteering in an orphanage, concerns” will pull up as many hits exposing the darker side as it does glossy advertisements, enabling you to make an informed choice.
-There are lots of low-impact activities that you can do on holiday, from [[wild swimming]], [hiking](walking), [[cycling]], [kayaking](canoes-kayaks), [[stargazing]], [wildlife watching](nature_awareness), visiting alternative technology or nature centres and animal sanctuaries, to cookery courses, [craft](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/category/craft-skills-make-mend/) and [bushcraft](/bush/bushcraft) workshops and more.
+There are lots of low-impact activities that you can do on holiday, from [[wisw:wild swimming]], [hiking](walk:walking), [[cycl:cycling]], [kayaking](cano:canoes), [[starg:stargazing]], [wildlife watching](ntaw:nature_awareness), visiting alternative technology or nature centres and animal sanctuaries, to cookery courses, [[craf:craft]] and [bushcraft](/bush/bushcraft) workshops and more.
 ### Is it more expensive?
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-Getting away from it all doesn’t need to involve flying.
+_Getting away from it all doesn’t need to involve flying._
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-[WWOOFing](/wwoo/wwoofing) is eco-tourism par excellence. Help out on organic farms in exchange for food and accommodation. You can WWOOF for a weekend, or arrange stays in advance and go WWOOFing [for years](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/quit-rat-race-go-wwoofing-3-years-even-young-children-gateway-new-life/).
+_[WWOOFing](/wwoo/wwoofing) is eco-tourism par excellence. Help out on organic farms in exchange for food and accommodation. You can WWOOF for a weekend, or arrange stays in advance and go WWOOFing [for years](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/quit-rat-race-go-wwoofing-3-years-even-young-children-gateway-new-life/)._
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 ## Further resources
+- [Conservation Volunteers](https://www.tcv.org.uk/) - volunteer for breaks doing conservation work
+- [Couchsurfing](https://www.couchsurfing.com/welcome) - stay with locals
+- [Organic Holidays](https://www.organicholidays.com/)
+- [PitchUp](https://www.pitchup.com/) - camping holidays
+- [Ramblers](https://www.ramblers.org.uk/) - walking holidays
+- [Walking World](https://www.walkingworld.com/) - 8500 routes
+- [WWOOF UK](https://wwoof.org.uk/en/) - working holidays on organic farms in the UK
+- [WWOOF international](https://wwoof.net/)
-## Specialist(s)
+## Specialist curators of this topic