Nowadays “eco-tourism” has become a popular term heard all around the world. The reasons for choosing eco-tourism are obvious. Who doesn’t prefer taking their holiday in healthy environment? All of this results a rapid growth of popular environmentally-friendly tourism destinations. Among them is Benidorm, a coastal town in Spain, which has recently been recognized as a green destination by the BBC.

Holidaylettings shares the opinion of Benidorm holidaymaker, Gemma Roberts, who strongly believes that even small things combine to make the resort a good eco-toursim destination.

Speaking to the news provider, Gemma Roberts, a “self-confessed eco-geek” and holidaymaker, explained that small things, like low energy lights on the promenade or the large number of recycling bins, combine to make the resort a good choice for the eco-conscious holidaymaker. Gemma Roberts said, “I was expecting to arrive in a very developed, built-up area that would be doing absolutely nothing towards looking after the natural environment. I’ve been really pleasantly surprised by lots of small things that are going on within the resort itself.”

Another positive thing about the area is that the food available in Benidorm is locally sourced, which makes it more eco-friendly. However, as Kerry B. Collison Blog posts, pollution of the environment still exists and continues to remain a serious problem in Europe.

Tourism in Europe’s Mediterranean countries is a big business, but it is not loved. It is blamed for polluting the landscape, spoiling the beaches and corrupting the locals’ morals. This is partly the countries’ own doing. In the 1960s the governments of Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece encouraged the building of hotels and other tourist infrastructure, which seemed the fastest way to catch up with the wealthier north. During the 40 years of breakneck development that followed, vast stretches of the Spanish coast were concreted over, transforming the Costa del Sol into the Costa del Concrete and attracting hordes of tourists in search of sun, sea and sand.

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