Tag: green tourism activities

Let us focus on green tourism. Have you ever wondered what our reserves and game parks would look like a couple of years down the line? Or more realistically in say in about 10 years? Well the visual could either be positive or negative depending on how we utilize the resources at our disposal. It is our responsibility partakers in the tourism industry to leave the environment we are in better than we found it, henceforth, focus on green tourism.  To realize this, we have to conform to certain Eco-tourism practices. Eco-tourism also known as green tourism, is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine and relatively undisturbed natural areas. It is a combination of 4 important factors which are conservation, community, culture and commerce. As recent trends would suggest, most individuals who are keen on travel, seek to consume socially and environmentally responsible products. Particularly in Eco-sensitive destinations such as Africa. Kenya  has sought to engage in various Eco-tourism practices that not only conserve the environment at the time that we are utilizing it but also makes it usable by future generations to come. Below are practices we focus on green tourism. Some of these practices include the following: *Investing in alternative energy sources such as solar power which is generally the preferred alternative used for both electricity as well as water heating. *In the field of both solid and liquid waste management, certain initiatives have been undertaken to ensure proper waste disposal, they include, responsible purchasing, waste separation, recycling, composting of green waste, construction of wetlands for recycling waste water in order to return to the environment. *Water therefore does not come as a surprise that it is a scarce commodity especially in the semi-arid areas in Kenya. Simple initiatives have been employed to ensure that this