Eco traveller: Tips on what can be done to be a green traveller

Want to go for a vacation? Travelling is best escape for mental exhaustion and from hustle and bustle of city. matter where a person plans to go - be it beaches, mountains or buzzing tourist city, keep your itinerary ready for a trip. But one also needs to remember that travelling comes with certain responsibilities too. As a sensible traveller, one has an obligation to protect environment along with enjoying trip.

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Sometimes people are t even aware that y are harming environment. People at times unintentionally generate harmful waste and exploit limited resources. One needs to be conscious and responsible for environment to be an eco-friendly tourist. Here are some carefully curated list of tips on how to be a green traveller.

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Here’s what you can do to be a ‘green traveller’

Carry reusable

• Plastic is harmful to nature and n-recyclable. It also harms marine life due to plastic filling up oceans.
• Hence, it t sensible to leave one-time use plastics including containers, straws, bags, cutlery, water bottles, tubes and or items that are immensely unsafe for environment.
• To ensure a plastic-free environment wherever you travel, carry a refillable water bottle instead of purchasing a disposal one.

Don’t waste food

• To be a green traveller you should take some small steps and avoid ‘food wast’.
• Order only amount of food that you assure to finish.
• It could be a good idea to parcel food, especially if re are toddlers or elders along.

Save paper

• A large number of trees are being cut down each year for paper, which leads to deforestation, erosion of soil and floods. One can arrange for soft copies of tickets and or essential documents you would need while travelling so that you can save paper.

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Reduce energy use

• Limit use of energy to save environment from getting harm. So keep in mind to turn off lights, AC and TV when you leave your hotel rooms.
• Also prefer using public transport rar than personal transportation, to limit fuel consumption and carbon emissions.

Save water

• Water resources are already over-used and wasted all over world. So, make it a point to save water while travelling.
• best thing to do is selecting a shower over bath, as it wastes too much amount of water.

Don’t litter

• Littering is a shameful activity that t only hinders beauty of a landscape but also leads to unsuitable waste manment and an unhealthy environment.
• So, try t to litter and always follow rules, i.e. wherever you go wher it be a camp, park, beach or any or place, make sure anything you carry litter with yourself if re are dustbins available.

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