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Sustainable Tourism Innovations Awards - Nominate or Apply Before August 2

By mindfultourist

As a relatively new field, ecotourism tends to attract entrepreneurs and innovators so you’ll have to be at the top of your game to win the International Ecotourism Society’s annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Award.  Good luck!  See details below. Media Contacts: The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) Ayako Ezaki, Director of Communications 202.503.5066 x14  media@ecotourism.org     For Immediate Release: Innovation... »

Interview with Ayako Ezaki of The International Ecotourism Society

By mindfultourist

Last week, Ayako Ezaki of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) was kind enough to answer some ecotourism-related questions we had for her.  See her thoughtful and informative answers below, followed by her bio.  Thanks, Ayako! 1.       What’s the difference between ecotourism, responsible tourism, sustainable tourism, etc?  Are they really different words for the same thing?   I... »

Looking Forward to Bar Harbor, Maine… in 2005?

By mindfultourist

You know we’re fans of the International Ecotourism Society - look to your right, their site is on our short blogroll list.  So since we’re now important ecotourism bloggers (ahem), we thought we should look into going to an ecotourism conference this year.  We had visions of liveblogging the keynote speaker - would it be... »

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