ECO TRAVEL

The social imperative for responsible travel has grown as we become more respectful with the way we holiday. ‘It’s only in the last decade or two that travellers have become eco-conscious,’ says José Koechlin, founder of Inkaterra in Peru, the first hotel chain to receive CU Green Choice’s International Certificate in Sustainable Tourism. Bhutan, one of the most eco-friendly countries, plans to be 100 per cent organic in terms of farming, building and tourism practices by 2020.