The Florida Society of Ethical Ecotourism (Florida SEE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining a professional code of ecotourism ethics in order to encourage an awareness and stewardship of Florida’s natural and cultural heritage. As such, they provide education as well as promote professionalism within Florida’s ecotourism industry through a voluntary certification and recognition program.
Tag: nature-based tourism
Resources related to nature-based tourism, e.g., ecotourism, wildlife watching, and adventure tourism.
Oregon State University in partnership with Holbrook Travel is offering an 8-day travel program in Costa Rica. Led by Miles Phillips, OSU Extension, this fully guided tour will provide an opportunity to explore the Caribbean coast parks, beaches, lowland forests, farms, and rivers.
A plan that Indigenous Tourism Ontario is using to develop a farm/food tourism program. Visit the website: https://indigenoustourismontario.ca/feast/ or download the 61-page report here.
During this presentation, Bryan Fluech will discuss how Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant adapted its programming to serve its tourism community in spite of the pandemic, and how they are using the discussion series as a planning tool for future tourism programming efforts.
The U.S. Forest Service has published a report that outlines the vision, objectives and scope of a new research strategy for outdoor recreation and tourism, focusing on public lands.
The World Bank celebrated World Tourism Day (9/27) with the release of its “Tools and Resources for Nature-Based Tourism,” a free PDF guide.