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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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-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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-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 ## 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/) 
  
  
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 +## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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