Burlington, VT Jan 06, 2009

EplerWood International is kicking off the new year with a new Blog - A Day in the Life of an Ecotourism Consultant (Web: http://meganeplerwood.blogspot.com ). Follow Megan Epler Wood on her journey to Bangladesh where she will develop an ecotourism strategy for the Teknaf Peninsula on the Bay of Bengal. This far-flung peninsula borders Burma, and is becoming a target for rapid local development. Forest reserves here harbor the threatened Bengal tiger.

Megan is focusing on the process involved in developing a new ecotourism destination - providing her thoughts on every aspect of creating a cultural, natural and sustainable site that serves local people and sustains the environment. Check it out!

We are also proud to release our second essay for TravelMole's VISION on Sustainable Tourism called Tourism Change We Can Believe In. Epler Wood discusses Tourism 2.0 - a new generation of professional endeavor.

There is increasing evidence that sustainable tourism models, including ecotourism, geotourism, voluntourism and responsible tourism are all performing better in the market place than mainstream tourism. But EplerWood International argues that only by more concerted work on benchmarking and sustainably managing mainstream tourism, will there be genuine change in the tourism marketplace.

About EplerWood International

EplerWood International works in partnership with development agencies, private companies, universities, and NGOs worldwide to develop a sustainable tourism economy.
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