The Secretary of State for Tourism, the Deputation of Cáceres, the Government of Extremadura and the Spanish Ecotourism Club, have announced that the 2nd National Ecotourism Congress will take place in Guadalupe, Cáceres, Villuercas Ibores Jara UNESCO Global Geopark, between the 7th and 9th of November, 2017. The details of the 2nd National Ecotourism Congress, […]
The Environmental Service of the Department of Environment and Emergencies of the Island Council of Gran Canaria has provided information about the development of the 1st Sustainable Tourism Forum of the Canary Islands (Verode), which will take place the next week in Gran Canaria. Our colleagues from Casa Emblemática Garaday will be taking part in […]
A new edition of the book “Los Cultivos Tradicionales de la Isla de Lanzarote. Los Granos: Diversidad y Ecología (Lanzarote’s Traditional Crops. The Grains: Diversity and Ecology) ” was published in 2015. It was written by Jaime Gil González in collaboration with Marta Peña Hernández, Raquel Niz torres, and Elsa Rodríguez Rodríguez, with photographs by José […]
Ours friends at MJC Ambiental have suggested us some simple tips to, bit by bit, change our everyday life to make it more sustainable for our Biosphere Reserve. If you are an ecotourist, we are sure you already know some of these tips! Throw those plastic bottles away and get a canteen, preferably made of […]
The historic Paris Agreement offers an opportunity for countries to strengthen their response to the threat of climate change by keeping the temperature rise under two degrees Celsius, and, keeping in mind the severe risks it entails, to make an effort so it does not rise above 1.5 degrees. The Agreement went into effect on […]
The Sustainable Tourism Products course, mainly directed to the companies that wish to join the Tourism Product Club of Lanzarote’s Biosphere Reserve and develop ecotourism experiences in Lanzarote, ended last Wednesday, 17th of May, 2017. During the evaluation of the course, the attendees gave its different elements (attendance, objectives, contents, methodology, presentations, organisation, facilities, resources…) […]
The Island Council of Lanzarote, through the Biosphere Reserve Office, has organised the next Tourism Product Club of Lanzarote’s Biosphere Reserve course to train businesses of the Club during the 15th, 16th and 17th of May, 2017, between 9.30 and 13.30 in the facilities of Lanzarote’s UNED (Arrecife). This free course is twelve hours long. […]
There is a famous song by Caco Senante that goes “La rica salsa canaria se llama mojo picón (That delicious Canarian sauce is known as mojo picón)“ Although a lot of people are familiar with this song, this entry is dedicated to show that the Canary Islands are much more than just a sauce. In […]
In his everyday life, a tourism professional must consider more and more variables to satisfy the needs of specialised clients at a faster pace. How could we get it right? When we face changes in the services that we offer to our clients, we must master so many different disciplines that, in the end, we […]
When it comes to Canarian traditional sports and games, it is like travelling to the past, to a culture that would be very difficult to understand were it not for the knowledge that has been passed down to us and the respect for our intangible heritage. The culture of the Canary Islands is the result […]
