Sustainable tourism is defined as “tourism that respects the local people, the traveler, the cultural heritage and the environment”. It seeks to provide people with an authentic holiday experience that is also of benefit to the people of the host country but without hurting the environment.
Needless to say that this is not happening at the typical destinations booked by most travel agents in your home country; Athens, Mykonos and Santorini! And these locations are not the only ones suffering from over-tourism! Luckily, in Greece there are so many places that can easily substitute the obvious tourist hubs!
Don’t be a tourist!
Be a traveler with purpose. We’ll help you blend in and the sustainable tourism will come naturally! Travel smart, travel kind! Support local businesses. Support travel agencies that respect and support local businesses. Travel isn’t just about seeing new places.
The best way to protect and support a destination is to help visitors feel part of it, not just guests in it! We help you blend in!
COVID-19 was a catalyst in changing how people travel. This includes travelers, the authorities, and tourist businesses. Eudaimonia Private Tours & Experiences has been taking our guests around the country we love and respect, and sustainable tourism plays a big role in what we do. We are committed to a code of best practices across all aspects of our business, especially our relationships with the environment, safety, the sites, and the communities we visit. We do it because this is the way we are, because it helps our business, and because it helps the country!
Greece is in fact a “sustainable food destination” given the fact that its people are used to eating seasonally and, especially in the countryside, are still “growing vegetables, harvesting olives and preparing silky oil, and cooking up a storm with tomatoes, fresh fish and wild greens…”
Sustainable tourism is the way we become better tourism professionals and better travelers, too.
☼ Positive ecological footprint.
☼ Still a decent profit for the business.
☼ Value for money for the traveler.
☼ Experiences and special moments.
☼ Not “touristy”, “mechanical”, and “faceless” visits with the crowds!
Sustainable tourism is the way to “use” tourism in a positive, constructive way for our land, the environment, our business, our local economy, and our clients. Both the businesses (us) and the travelers (you) should care more for the local community we visit. Respect it in all … respects!
Eudaimonia supports and follows sustainable practices.
☼ Emphasis on local purchasing and spending for supplies, food, materials, hotels, food, drink, and coffee.
☼ Feature sustainable practices in marketing and advertising.
☼ Emphasis on local hiring (guides, cycling, hiking, rafting, etc).
☼ Recycling.
☼ Promotion of secondary (less known) destinations.
Tourism Unions, destination authorities, and governments don’t really care, so it is we the tourism professionals who have to promote sustainable tourism and at the same time help our business to stand out!
It’s a way of life for us Greeks. It’s embedded in our DNA, and throughout the country, generous and passionate locals share their knowledge with travelers, coupling fantastic fresh cooking with back-to-nature activities such as trekking through diverse landscapes
We visit beautiful local communities that are not yet exposed to mass tourism! We help these local economies/people, and in return, we get the best value for money possible: quality, authenticity, politeness, privacy, and more. People make a difference, and we try to make a difference.