Author: Chiara Marras

In Poland there is a new bike path that lights up as soon as the sun goes down; an intense blue light guide cyclists along the path, and so ride at night will not be a problem. The bike is definitely one of the most environmentally friendly means of transportation there is, and this project […]

Another year has gone, and now it’s been two years since Ecobnb arrived for the first time on the web. Even these 365 days have been full of satisfactions, challenges and travel. We are committed to the maximum, and we will continue to do so, to promote new forms of tourism that are respectful of nature […]

A tour among some of Italy’s most beautiful mountains, in the footsteps of the famous Reinhold Messner, who here has begun to climb. 19 kilometers around to one of the most spectacular massifs of the Dolomites. We are in Val di Funes, jewel of South Tyrol. What in German is called Villnößtal is a small valley, […]

A few days after the official launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, we are pleased to announce the beginning of an exciting collaboration with the Association of Alpine Pearls. The association Alpine Pearls is composed of all the tourist destinations and those municipality in the Alps that for more than 10 years engage […]

If you say museum, children begin to stir. They start imaging long corridors and large rooms where it is forbidden to run and speak loudly. Then they find out that they too love Art if the museum is the right one. A large park, for example, surrounded by forests and mountains. A stroll through nature, like that of […]

A few days ago we were in Madrid, for the UNWTO Awards ceremony, along with the other excellences of Sustainable Tourism. On January 18, on the occasion that coincides with the Official Launch of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, the 12 finalists were honored at a gala event with 400 participants, including […]

Sometimes nature creates breathtaking landscapes, which seem (and perhaps are) masterpieces, works of art that it is hard to describe. Over millions of years, places that seem unreal, alien come to life. This is the case of The Wave, a spectacular rock formation in the Arizona desert, USA. Its name refers to the effect created […]

As we have already mentioned in the last few months, sustainable tourism is one of the UN priorities. The organization has declared the coming year as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism. But where are we? What is the current situation and where is  sustainable tourism headed? Let’s find out together! Let’s start from the definitions. […]

The world of sustainable tourism is evolving and news are many. The latest comes from the World Tourism Organization which, together with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), has recently launched a new initiative called Measuring Sustainable Tourism (MST). The aim is to develop an international statistical framework to measure the role of tourism in sustainable development. […]

Biodiversity: variety of living organisms in an ecosystem. This is the definition that a dictionary gives to this word that we all know and we often use. But do we really know its profound significance and its vital importance for the Planet? This relatively recent term (it was used for the first time in 1986) indicates the […]