WTTC & UNWTO announced a new...

WTTC & UNWTO announced a new sustainable nature tourism collaboration

Source – TravelMole 

WTTC / UNWTO drives for a nature tourism collaboration targeting to help reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. The vision will see the global travel and tourism sector support the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Signatories have committed to adopt a sustainable nature tourism positive approach.

This process will greatly assist to reduce carbon emissions, cutting unsustainable use of resources, and restoring nature and its wildlife. It focuses on reversing damage by taking positive action to restore nature and help achieve Net Zero. Almost 150 travel & tourism related organisations including travel agencies / tour operators / wildlife tour operators / hoteliers and other stakeholders have signed up to the vision. 

 

Sri Lanka Nature Tourism
Sri Lanka is one of the best islands in the world for eco-tourism and wildlife related tourism located close to equator with tropical climate together with highly diversified wildlife species comparatively in a small island. Also, Sri Lanka is rich with top rated wildlife safari parks and forest reserves including Wilpattu National Park, Minneiriya National Park, Yala National Park, Bundala National Park, Horton Plains National Park (UNESCO World Heritage) and Sinharaja Rain Forest UNESCO World Heritage). Wildlife holiday in Sri Lanka is a highly demanding product out of other travel products such as family holidays / Buddhist Pilgrimage tours and general leisure holidays in Sri Lanka. 

 

Sri Lanka is consisting of 92 species of mammals, 440 bird species, 242 butterfly & 117 dragonfly species, 190 reptiles of which 98 species are of snakes, while the remaining are of mainly lizards, crocodiles and turtles.    
As a reputed wildlife tour operator in Sri Lanka, Ceylon Expeditions provides maximum cooperation for carbon free / green tourism throughout the tour operation.