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Smokey Tours

Smokey Tours in Manila

Smokey Tours are not just tours. They offer experience, believing that deep experience equals deep insight. The tours and Smokey projects are unique and honest; a testimony of changing times and our global interconnectedness. 

All tours are guided by well-trained local tour leaders, who come from underprivileged communities and are educated to run eye-opening tours around Metro Manila in The Philippines

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Bless the Children Foundation is the local organization in Metro Manila that is responsible for booking a tour and the training of the tourleaders in the slums.

You can contact directly Bless the Children

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What is sustainable tourism?

Sustainable tourism is a travel philosophy that minimizes negative impacts on the environment, respects local cultures, and ensures economic benefits are shared with host communities. It aims to balance the needs of tourists with the long-term well-being of a destination.

What are some main features of sustainable tourism?

  • Community Empowerment: Involving local communities in tourism planning and operations, ensuring they benefit directly.
  • Economic Viability: Supporting local businesses and ensuring tourism contributes to the economic development of the destination.
  • Sociocultural Awareness: Respecting local traditions and customs, promoting cultural exchange, and ensuring tourism benefits local communities.
  • Environmental Responsibility: Minimizing resource use (water, energy), reducing waste, and supporting conservation efforts.

What is the importance of sustainable tourism?

Sustainable tourism is important for:

  • Protecting the Environment: It helps conserve natural resources and biodiversity, combating issues like pollution and habitat loss.
  • Supporting Local Communities: It promotes fair trade practices and ensures
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What is ecotourism?

Ecotourism is a travel philosophy that promotes responsible exploration of natural environments. It prioritizes minimal environmental impact, education for tourists, and supporting conservation efforts and local communities.

What are main features of ecotourism?

  • Focus on nature: Ecotourism destinations are primarily natural areas like rainforests, mountains, or coral reefs.
  • Low-impact travel: Practices minimize negative environmental impact through responsible activities and waste management.
  • Education and awareness: Travelers learn about the local ecology and culture, fostering appreciation and respect.
  • Conservation benefits: Ecotourism supports conservation efforts through park fees or direct funding for projects.
  • Community benefits: Economic benefits reach local communities, empowering them and promoting cultural exchange.

Why is ecotourism important?

Ecotourism offers a win-win situation:

  • Environmental protection: It provides financial incentive for preserving natural areas, combating threats like deforestation or poaching.
  • Sustainable development: Ecotourism supports economic growth in local communities, encouraging responsible resource management.
  • Cultural preservation: It fosters respect
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Sustaining Tourism is a new word for me, and it caught my attention. Hopefully yours as well. From the TourismTiger website.

Sustaining Tourism compares responsible tourism to sustainable tourism, yet asserts that since “the word sustainability is often overused and not understood, responsible tourism has been adopted as a term used by [the] industry.” In general, tourism practices that

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Smokey Tours in Manila

Smokey Tours are not just tours. They offer experience, believing that deep experience equals deep insight. The tours and Smokey projects are unique and honest; a testimony of changing times and our global interconnectedness.  All tours are guided by well-trained local tour leade...

What is ecotourism?

Ecotourism is a travel philosophy that promotes responsible exploration of natural environments. It prioritizes minimal environmental impact, education for tourists, and supporting conservation efforts and local communities. What are main features of ecotourism?

  • Focus on nature: Ecotourism ...

What is sustainable tourism?

Sustainable tourism is a travel philosophy that minimizes negative impacts on the environment, respects local cultures, and ensures economic benefits are shared with host communities. It aims to balance the needs of tourists with the long-term well-being of a destination. What are some main features...

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Sustaining Tourism is a new word for me, and it caught my attention. Hopefully yours as well. From the TourismTiger website. Sustaining Tourism compares responsible tourism to sustainable tourism, yet asserts that since “the word sustainability is often overused and not understood, respon...

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Smokey Tours are not just tours. They offer experience, believing that deep experience equals deep insight. The tours and Smokey projects are unique and honest; a testimony of changing times and our global interconnectedness.  All tours are guided by well-trained local tour leade...

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Sustaining Tourism is a new word for me, and it caught my attention. Hopefully yours as well. From the TourismTiger website. Sustaining Tourism compares responsible tourism to sustainable tourism, yet asserts that since “the word sustainability is often overused and not understood, respon...

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Ecotourism is a travel philosophy that promotes responsible exploration of natural environments. It prioritizes minimal environmental impact, education for tourists, and supporting conservation efforts and local communities. What are main features of ecotourism?

  • Focus on nature: Ecotourism ...

What is sustainable tourism?

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