Eco hotel

The basic definition of an eco-friendly hotel is an environmentally responsible lodging that follows the practices of green living.

The term has been used on a more regular basis as new websites devoted to the subject become more prominent and hotel owners become more interested in protecting the areas their guests have come to visit.

They are also being run on eco-friendly principles, such as serving organic or locally grown food or using natural cooling as opposed to air conditioning.

Any tourism accommodation operator in the EU – from a large hotel chain to a small farmhouse – has been able to apply for the European Eco-label since 2003.

Tourism accommodation services need to meet certain set criteria by acquiring a minimum of 20 points of a range of mandatory requirements.

[10] With three levels of certification (Committed, Advanced, and Excellence), the new label aims at developing eco-consciousness among tourism operators in Buenos Aires.

[15][16] The Misool Foundation also has additional projects, including a collaborative program to end manta hunting in Lakamera (Savu Sea Alliance).