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GEOTOURISM
Sustainable Travel Frog
Ultimate Guide to Sustainable Travel
50 ways to journey responsibly—and still have fun.
Blog Sustainability
On the Blog
The latest news on sustainable and authentic travel.
More Destinations Rated
More Destinations Rated
Check out our annual destination scorecards.
2008 SURVEY»
Historic Destinations Rated
In our fifth annual destination-stewardship survey, we look at how well 109 historic destinations are withstanding mass tourism, neglect, and wrecking balls—as well as the more subtle threat of overplaying the past, where a place ends up embalmed as a lifeless museum or Disneyfied into a cute parody of its true heritage.
2007 SURVEY»
Destination Scorecard: Islands
The world's most appealing destinations—islands—are the ones most prone to tourism overkill. Our 522 experts voted on which ones avoid the danger, which are succumbing to it, and which hang in the balance.
2006 SURVEY»
World Heritage Destinations Rated
In 1973, the U.S. was the first country to sign the World Heritage Convention. The idea was for global recognition to encourage protection of the world's great natural sites. UNESCO administers the program and the World Heritage List for sites that are protected and of "outstanding universal value." At the time, tourism traffic wasn't even part of the equation. It is now.
2005 SURVEY»
Destination Scorecard: National Parks
U.S. and Canadian parks today face modern pressures inside and outside their borders—pollution, budget cuts, development, soaring visitation, ecological decline. Traveler's expert panelists grade the condition of park destinations, including the gateway towns you visit on the way in and out.
2004 SURVEY»
Global Destination Scorecard
In the first survey of its kind, Traveler asked experts to evaluate 115 of the world's best-known places based on six criteria that pertain to cultural, environmental, and aesthetic integrity.
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