TITLE

British Columbia resort offers carbon neutral vacations

AUTHOR(S)
Johnson, Jim
PUB. DATE
April 2007
SOURCE
Waste News;4/16/2007, Vol. 12 Issue 25, p18
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article focuses on the tour offer of a carbon-neutral vacation, provided by the resort King Pacific Lodge in Canada. The resort is offsetting the carbon emissions for its operations, employee travel and guests air travel to and from the vacation site in western Canada. The lodge will offset air travel from anywhere in the world to Vancouver, British Columbia, and then from Vancouver to the resort's remote location by the its private air plane and sea plane charter flights.
ACCESSION #
24815813

Tags: PACKAGE tours;  TOUR brokers & operators;  AIR pollution;  RESORTS;  AERONAUTICS, Commercial

 

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