Sustainable Travel Quiz

Do you know what sustainable travel is? Take this sustainable travel quiz and learn how to stay green when you travel. Also, don’t forget to share your score in the comments below!

Hi! My name is Patrícia, a Portuguese girl in love with the world and an advocate of sustainable traveling! I always enjoyed traveling, but more recently I discovered that if we travel more consciously and sustainably we can all benefit from this amazing world!

And do not think sustainability is just regarding the environment! We can save the environment, people’ economic life, social problems and even cultural issues while travelling! Curious? Follow me on my Instagram to know more!

Through this quiz, you can see how much an impact a different way of traveling can have. So good luck and let’s begin our sustainable travel quiz!

1. The reason why a sustainable way of travelling is so important is due to the increasing number of travellers all around the world. Do you know how many travellers there are right now in the world?

25 - 50 million 50 million 75 million > 1 billion

2. One of my favourite ways to travel sustainably is to go local! This is so important, as the amount of profit left to the local economy is still quite small in the tourism industry! Can you guess how much profit is actually spent for the benefit of the locals and the destination?

5% 10% 25% 35%

3. When travelling, it is better to choose a transport with lower carbon emissions! For example, when comparing aeroplanes and trains, the trains produce less carbon dioxide way less...do you know how much less?

5 times less 10 times less 20 times less 50 times less

4. A sustainable way of travelling can help in achieving the development goals defined by the United Nations. Do you know how many goals are they?

12 14 15 17

5. So, now let's see how much carbon dioxide a person produces on average during a one night stay at a hotel.

10 kg of CO2 25 Kg of CO2 30 Kg of CO2 50 Kg of CO2

6. Do you know how much single-use plastics a hotel with 200 rooms generates per month?

150 thousand 200 thousand 300 thousand 350 thousand

7. We all love snorkelling and diving when going to tropical destinations but our behaviour as tourists is one of the causes of all corals destruction across the globe.Do you know how much % of the corals were already affected by bleaching?

50% 60% 75% 90%

8. Still, regarding the corals, some destinations banned the use of harmful sunscreens, can you guess which ones?

Hawaii, Aruba and Palau Hawaii, Mexico and Caribean islands Philipines, Indonesia and Mexico Philipines, Hawai and Caribean islands

9. In which country all international visitors are required to book through a registered/sustainable tour operator?

Bhutan Cuba Sri Lanka Switzerland

10. This last question is to test your attention to this quiz. A sustainable way of travelling can affect how many aspects of a destination:

Its environment only Its environment and economy Its environment, economy and culture All the above

Hope you enjoyed this quiz and that you learned something new! If you want to know more about sustainable traveling please feel free to visit my website. I hope we can all “Keep Travelling to the green!”

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