Who we are
Ecotourisminamerica.com is a website devoted to promoting all kinds of nature based travel (ecotourism, rural tourism, agritourism, adventure travel, extreme sports, etc.) in the Americas. It comprises natural based or alternative tourist establishments located throughout the length and breadth of the Americas. We offer the possibility to search establishments by country, kind of activity (horseback riding, birdwatching, mountain biking, etc.) or name. This allows Internet users to quickly find what they are looking for.
Here you will find accommodations where you can go for ecotourism, agritourism, rural tourism, nature based travel, wine tourism/travel, adventure travel, cultural travel, and other kinds of alternative tourism in the United States, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Mexico, Canada.
Sustainable tourism seeks to balance economic, social and environmental issues.
We believe in the need of a tourism which is sustainable in time, satisfying the needs of current tourists, but also protecting the opportunities for future tourism. Our principles consist of educating on environment conservation, improving the welfare of local communities and encouraging sensitivity towards other cultures.
We are not intermediaries. Through our website, anyone can contact your establishment directly by e-mail and book their accommodation without intermediaries.
We act as a link between travelers who enjoy nature based travel and accommodations providing it, contributing to the development of this kind of tourism, since we wish to promote nature based travel and sustainable tourism throughout the Americas.
Ecotourisminamerica.com, is currently a world reference for Nature based travel in the Americas. The number of visitors as well as the number of establishments entrusting us with the promotion of their services increases every day.
Our values
Our values are the foundation for our daily actions. Our values are:
- Commitment to the environment, disseminating sustainable tourism and its principles. Every establishment wishing to be a part of our website must commit to respecting our principles of sustainable tourism.
- Commitment to the visitors of this website, doing our best to provide them with detailed and accurate information about each establishment.
- Commitment to accommodations which trust us, to publicize their services, displaying their profiles for free, enabling them to attract new clients.
Our mission (what we do)
Our mission is to put tourists who enjoy nature based travel in touch with tourist establishments which provide it throughout the length and breadth of the Americas.
In order to achieve this, we need to make our website known, and to that end we offer several advantages for our users:
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Benefits for our visitors:
- It's free. You may access all the information concerning establishments devoted to nature based travel for free. A guide of alternative/nature based travel (ecotourism, rural tourism, agritourism, adventure travel, wine travel, etc.) in the Americas, shall be available. The guide includes information of each, reviews of travelers who stayed in the promoted establishments, activities which can be performed in each place, pictures and much more.
- The large number of establishments posted allows for us to offer nature based travel suggestions for our visitors 365 days a year.
- Being able to get in touch with establishments directly and booking without intermediaries.
- Saving time on searching for alternative or natural vacations in the Americas because you can find all the information you need to plan your future vacation in only one website. By having a series of different offers of accommodations specialized in nature based travel, you will quickly find what you are looking for, cutting costs and saving time for selecting your destination.
- Knowing what other travelers who have already been to the places and establishments posted in this website have to say, using a valuable source of information to decide on your booking.
- Enjoying beautiful places, new cultures and amusing activities, while being in direct contact with nature and enjoying it to the fullest.
- Having useful tools for traveling at your disposal such as climates and world maps, first-aid guide, frequently asked questions and much more.
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Benefits for establishments joining our website:
- Opportunity to publicize your service to millions of Internet users for free.
- Making your company more known both on a local and international basis.
- A clear opportunity to enhance your portfolio of clients.
- A gateway to major Spanish and English-speaking markets.
- Trough our website, anyone can contact your establishment directly by e-mail and book their accommodation without intermediaries.
- Appearing on our website with a description of up to 600 words and up to 5 pictures.
- Translation of all the contents into English or Spanish.
- Saving money on advertising, since you don't have to pay to be on our website.
- Having certainty and stability regarding the flow of clients throughout the year. You may be able to reduce the seasonal risk, that is, the risk of not having clients at certain times of the year. Being in our website will help you balance your income, attracting customers all year long.
- Having the advantage of receiving comments and suggestions on your establishment from clients through us, with a view to helping you improve your services so that you may have more and more satisfied clients.
Our vision (where we are headed)
We would like to be the nature based travel's website. For that, we need the support of our visitors (visiting and recommending us) and establishments where nature based travel takes place (entrusting us to publicize their services for free). You can find a detailed account of the various benefits we offer for both in "Our mission".