Today's travelers are looking for more than just a pleasurable travel experience. With every effort being made by many nations to make the world a greener place to live in, even tourists prefer staying in eco-friendly hotels. By choosing such hotels, vacationers can enjoy a comfortable stay and do their bit for the environment at the same time.

Eco-Friendly Hotels from France to Puerto Rico

So if you are wondering what kind of green measures are taken by these hotels and what eco-friendly promotional items are used, here are some examples. Hi hotel in Nice, France uses only recycled paper, organic paint, and eco-friendly cleaning products. Hix Island House in Puerto Rico offers elegance on the beautiful island and shows how even less is more. Their building is harmonious with its surroundings and usage of solar power, recycled rainwater, harvesting energy from wind power and returning gray water to the environment set it apart from its contemporaries. Although it is eco-friendly, the building is strong and is resistant to earthquakes, hurricanes, and fires.

Garonga Safari Camp in Africa is an excellent source of employment for the local citizens and its guests are rewarded with fresh fruits and vegetables collected from nearby areas. Guests are encouraged to participate in the planting of trees in the Eastern Cape. Lefay Resort & Spa in Italy is built on hill slopes, which enables it to disperse very little heat and energy, helping with the global warming issue. The hotel building is made of indigenous materials and the hotel has the policy to follow rainwater harvesting and waste management.

The Park Hyderabad in India runs mainly on natural light, reducing its reliability on electricity. The hotel also encourages visitors to use green cars and bikes. Other green measures followed by hotels are the usage of desalination plants, all forms of energy conservation, participating in community cleaning drives and usage of as many natural construction materials as possible to make the building blend in with the locality and be sturdier.

Eco-Friendly Hotels and Promotional Items Are the New Trend

The good news is that many people are considering employment of green measures on a daily basis for small and large deeds. For example, usage of recyclable bags instead of plastics (which have been banned in most countries) may be a small step, but it will ensure the environment is clean on a long run. Now, with corporations also becoming socially aware, there are larger green measures taken all over the world. The best part is, most of the measures cost next to nothing and can be used repeatedly, giving a long-term solution to many ecological problems.

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