旅行推薦家（TripAdvisor）因為提供真實旅行者的實際建議而聲明大噪。該旅行公司針對生態旅遊實施的調查發現滿多消費者願意為那種綠色旅行方式多付一些費用。
由對全球1000多名旅行者進行的最新調查顯示，38%的被調查者認為環保旅遊是他們在旅行時會考慮的方式。66%民眾相信環保旅行的措施對環保有貢獻。
旅行推薦家的公關主任培里（Michele Perry）表示：「調查對象當中明顯多數具有環境意識，這是給旅遊企業的訊息，希望他們加速提供環保的服務。」
調查顯示，34%旅行者會付較多錢住在環保旅館。25%則願意多付5-10%，12%多支付10-20%。
當詢問到讓一家旅館被列為是環保的重要因素，最多人回答節省能源，緊接著省水和使用再生紙。78%旅行者表示，如果旅館願意，他們會要求旅館減少被單和毛巾的更換次數以省水和能源。
調查當中有11%旅行者已經做過環保旅遊；25％則正考慮下趟旅行是環保旅遊。24%相信如果可能，應該避免搭飛機以達環保。38%旅行者則願意多花一點搭乘環保航機，而26％願意多支付5-10%。
Known for featuring real advice from real travelers, the travel company TripAdvisor has conducted an ecotourism survey that found many people are willing spend more to be green.
The new survey of more than 1,000 travelers worldwide found that 38 percent of respondents said environmentally-friendly tourism is a consideration when traveling. Sixty-six percent believe environmentally-friendly measures in travel are making a difference.
"A significant number of TripAdvisor survey respondents are environmentally-conscious, which sends a message to the travel industry to ratchet up eco-friendly offerings," said Michele Perry, director of communications for TripAdvisor.
Thirty-four percent of travelers surveyed would pay more to stay at an environmentally-friendly hotel. Twenty-five percent would be willing to pay a five to 10 percent premium, and 12 percent would pay a 10 to 20 percent premium.
When asked what qualities are most important to making a hotel eco-friendly, conserving energy ranked number one, followed by conserving water and using recycled paper. Seventy-eight percent of travelers said they decline to have their sheets and towels changed to save water and energy, when provided that option by hoteliers.
Eleven percent of those polled have taken an ecotourism trip, and 25 percent are considering booking ecotourism travel. Twenty-four percent of respondents believe that air travel should be avoided, when possible, to help preserve the environment. Thirty-eight percent of travelers surveyed would pay more to take an eco-friendly flight and 26 percent would pay a 5-10 percent premium.
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