The Importance of the International Ecotourism Society

When people hear the name of a governing body or organization, they may be somewhat put off by the mere mention of the name. This would betray the fact that there is a certain level of cynicism on people’s part towards any organization that oversees the activities of a particular movement or ideology.

In the case of the International Ecotourism Society, such cynicism is not well founded. The International Ecotourism Society has done a great deal of good in the world for the ecotourism movement having raised public awareness on the subject of ecotourism to a high level and, in addition to the tremendous benefit to the environment that such awareness has brought, it has also brought a great deal of fun an joy to people’s live by providing them with an educational hobby and activity that people of all ages can enjoy and take part in.

What is the International Ecotourism Society?

Paraphrasing the motto of the International Ecotourism Society, the purpose of the organization is to promote travel to areas in the world in a manner that conserves the environment and respects the local indigenous people. To some, this may not sound impressive because the notion that one would travel somewhere to harm the environment sounds like pure fiction.

Actually, it remains fact. Consider the following: there are tours to Africa where irresponsibly hunting expeditions occur in severe violation of local hunting and conservation laws. The International Ecotourism Society provides excellent balance to this absurd irresponsibility that others take part in.

The International Ecotourism Society offers a tremendous service that is priceless and the world in general owes it a great many thanks for all the work it has done in raising public awareness of the important issues it deals with. Perhaps you should send them an email and than them. Here is the contact info:

Contacting the International Ecotourism Society

If one wishes to contact the International Ecotourism Society, all one needs to do it visit their website at http://www.ecotourism.org/. In addition to contact information, the website provides a tremendous amount of information in regards to the ecotourism movement and what it entails and what it is about.

In fact, this site is so comprehensive some of the information presented on the site can prove to be very, very eye opening. Perhaps you may wish to send over an environmentalist doubting Thomas to the site so that perhaps they may be converted to the cause! Who knows, it may be worth a shot!