In Seoul, luxury hotels shed plastic and recycle keycards to go green
The Four Seasons Seoul has embarked on an ambitious project to become more sustainable.
Destinations
A feature about sustainable and authentic destinations around the world.
Behind the fight for sustainable tourism in Okinawa
The turquoise water lapping against Okinawa’s pebbled beach is so clear that you can see an occasional parrotfish streaking by. Just behind it, the Hoshinoya Okinawa’s low-slung modernist villas blend into a landscape of gnarled fukugi trees and hibiscus.
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When Daniel Anderson stepped off an electric ferry in Oslo, he braced for the usual urban cacophony. It never came.
In Taipei, luxury hotels are leading a green travel revolution
The first time you hear Für Elise from the street below, you might think it’s an ice cream truck. But in the Taipei twilight, a different kind of vehicle is rolling down the road – it’s a garbage truck playing that catchy classic.
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Somewhere between the unexpectedly comfortable economy class seat on a discount Korean airline flight and the silence of an early morning in Christchurch’s Riccarton neighborhood, it hit me: The revenge travel crowds have finally dispersed. Travel is back to normal.
Why is a five-star resort in Fiji planting metal Christmas trees underwater?
To see Kokomo’s Christmas trees, you have to dive into the South Pacific.
These trees aren’t decorated with tinsel or lights. They’re rebar skeletons suspended in the gentle currents of the Great Astrolabe Reef, covered in fragments of living coral.
In Hong Kong, oyster shells and creative engineering pave the way to a greener future
The Langham’s dinner buffet in Hong Kong is a showcase of Chinese cuisine. You can find an extensive selection of dim sum, wonton dumplings, barbecue, and tofu pudding for dessert. But the luxury hotel’s spread is also at the forefront of the city’s sustainability efforts.
Can this airline protect paradise?
Air Tahiti Nui isn’t just flying tourists to paradise; it’s fighting to save it. The airline punches above its weight with a sustainability program that rivals major carriers.
Can a green hotel (and a side of buffalo milk) save Luang Prabang?
A visit to Luang Prabang in Laos feels like stepping back in time. French colonial buildings line streets next to the slow-moving Mekong River. Buddhist monks in their saffron robes collect alms at dawn. The famous night market, with its street food vendors, beckons you with traditional Lao dishes like Khao Niaw, a sticky rice, or steamed fish.
Travelers to Tokyo are fighting jet lag and stress. Here’s what they’ll find.
No city in the world stresses you out quite like Tokyo. With its narrow streets, densely packed subways and frenetic pace, it’s no wonder the Japanese capital also has a famous wellness culture to treat the inevitable anxiety.