Ecotourism Knowledge
Question: What is a blue moon?
Answer: Second full moon in a calendar month
Question: Where was chess invented?
Answer: India
Abu al-Hasan ‘Al+ al-Mas’kd+, an early Islam historian, provided scholarly details of the game as it was played in India and Persia.
Question: What was Gatorade named for?
Answer: University of Florida Gators football team
Question: Why do whales spout?
Question: Who thought of Daylight Savings Time?
Answer: William Willett
Interesting Fact: Traditionally, Americans adjusted their hours to fit changes in daylight. In 1907, an English builder and golfer named William Willett proposed the basic outline of what became daylight saving time.
Question: What is the longest insect?
Answer: Giant Stick Insect
Interesting Fact: Giant stick insects are some of the longest insects in the world. There are two basic requirements for ecotourism: 1) a basic understanding of ecological issues and 2) a conscience. Ecotourism is a novel concept, an effort to make the global-rambler politically correct and free of guilt. No, Traveling to Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development doesn’t constitute ecotourism. Now, everybody and his brother in the travel and tourism trade offer eco-friendly holidays. Most ecotourists are educated, sensitive people. The World Tourism Organization estimates that ‘nature tourism’ accounts for 20 per cent of all international travel. It is the fastest growing sector in tourism growing at 10-30 per cent growth in the tourism industry overall.