Best green travel ideas: 7 sustainable holidays

Luxury travel doesn’t have to cost the Earth

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Environmentally conscious travellers face an increasingly awkward dilemma: seeing the world undoubtedly increases our understanding of its glory and fragility - yet unthinking mass tourism can also cause great damage.

Now, though, responsible tour operators and hotel companies are paying more attention to the environmental impact of their own and their guests’ activities. Some are cutting waste, others cleaning up their own surroundings, others still reducing their dependence on fossil fuels - and sometimes to nothing.

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