2020-03-01_Wanderlust

GOING GREEN

82 wanderlust.co.uk March 2020

Ifyoudon’twanttofeelguilty

aboutyourtravels,therearemany

thingsyoucando.Smallchoices

makeabigdi‰erence.Butperhaps

themostimportantoneistogoslow.

Insteadofrushingyourjourney,

takealongertrip.Seemoreof

thecountry.Turno‰yourdigital

devices,spendmoretimeoutdoors,

getbacktonature,breatheinthe

freshair.Enjoytheplanetyou’re

tryingtoprotect.Andifyouspend

TAKE THE SLOWER ROUTE

moretimeplanningandŠinding

peopleandplaceswithgreen

practices,you’llhaveanevenbetter

experience,notonlybecausethose

placeswillbebetterpreservedfor

longer,butbecauseyou’llknow

you’vedoneeverythinginyour

powertopreventfurtherdamage.

AccordingtoSkyscanner’sGlobal

TravelTrends 2020 report,Premium

Economybookingsonlong-haul

Šlightswereup8%andoneoutof

Šivecustomerschosetheir‘Greener

Choice’labelformoresustainable

Šlightoptions,showingthetrend

withintheindustryisforslower,

longer,greenertravel.

Overthelastquarter-century,the

Wanderlustteamhaveconsistently

foundthattravellerswanttomakea

realdi‰erence–andoften,with

asmallamountofresearch,they

reallycan.Afterall,there’snoneed

toletyourjourneycosttheearth.

TOPTIP

Makethetimeto

getinvolved

inlocalactivities.

Joinanartsor

gardeningclub,go

toaconcert.Do

whatthelocalsdo

tolearnmore

abouttheplace

andpeople.

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A tourist slows down to
take in a view in the
Scottish Highlands

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