The concept of eco-, sustainable, or responsible tourism has gone. In the recent decade, from being an alternative way to satisfy the niche tourism market without placing danger in the environment, to being a fashionable way of selling tourism products, often having nothing or little to do with the real concept of ecotourism. Although recently, there have been small companies or initiatives, committed to their work, who try to compete in the market without sacrificing their principles. They are the proof that responsibly managing the concept’ is feasibleThey serve as a tool for conversation and for the improvement of the well-being of local communities.
Caminando Guatemala favors the collaboration with those alternative tourism actors: local cooperatives, responsible tour operators, indigenous communities, rural tourism accommodations and local guides…