When it comes to tourist services, it seems like more and more terms come up each day, when, instead, it should be something easier, directly from the producer to the client. It was simpler before: there were tourists/visitors and the locals. Now, even visitors are divided in groups that complicate our job, which consists on […]
The fact that Lanzarote is a unique and unparalleled travel destination is uncontested; the energy it transmits goes directly to the stomach and the heart. Just by being here, walking through its landscapes, breathing its aroma and feeling the power of the sea that encircles it, we can feel our energies being refilled deep within […]
Is this statement new? Groundbreaking? Negative thinking? Should we be worried or could we see an opportunity beyond this evidence? Why is it dead? What will happen afterwards, then? These and more questions may come to mind upon reading this post’s title. It is obviously shocking, since, in the last few years, the definition that […]
What kind of birds can you see in Lanzarote? Are the birds found in Arrecife and Timanfaya different from each other? How many species nest in our Biosphere Reserve? What behaviour should we have while birdwatching in their natural habitat? What is the best month to see the species that nest in Lanzarote? The answers […]
The Government of the Canary Islands describes tour guides as professionals who have the opportunity of having privileged contact with the tourists, teaching them about the islands’ cultural and natural heritage and their traditions, and thus they have the responsibility of not only giving them extensive and veracious information, but also to transmit them the […]
Dear friends of Lanzarote’s Biosphere Reserve Tourism Product Club: 2016 is nearly over. It has been a year packed of effort, projects and collaborations to, thanks to all of you, make the island more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. There is still a lot of work to do, but we can count on people, institutions […]
The 1st National Ecotourism Congress was celebrated in November, 2016, in Daimiel, Villa Real; it was organised by the Secretary of State for Tourism, the National Parks Autonomous Agency and the City Council of Daimiel, with the cooperation of the Junta of Communities of Castille-La Mancha, the Ecotourism Club in Spain and the Tourism Association […]
Maybe this statement is not really clear at first glance. When this Club was first created, individual businesses started to join in; over time and after several group meetings, training activities and promotion actions, these start to meet other members of the Club. The goal is to create a positive synergy so that different businesses […]
Today, Tuesday 27th of September 2016, is World Tourism Day. This year’s motto is “Tourism for Everyone.” World Tourism Day aims to make the international community more aware of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, politic and economical value. As stated on the World Tourism Organisation website, the goal for 2016 is to […]
In the year 2015, and after being accepted in the Tourism Product Club of the Spanish Biosphere Reserve, Lanzarote’s Biosphere Reserve Office became part of TUREBE, which results in one more step taken towards encouraging ecotourism in Lanzarote. What is TUREBE? In the year 2009, with funding from the Program for Innovative Business Group (IBG) […]
