Tourism is now generally recognized to be one of the largest industries—if not the largest—in the world, growing rapidly and almost continuously over the past twenty years. This rapid growth has encouraged many developing nations, governments and private companies, to view tourism as key to promoting economic growth, often overlooking at the consequences of unregulated and uncontrolled development.

Latin American Destinations’ main goal is to reduce both the impact of tourism on the natural environment and to generate wealth for local communities. This goal is accomplished by promoting properties and hotels that have eco-friendly operational procedures and that integrate local communities in their production and consumption value chain.

Help Latin American Destinations (LAD) support sustainable tourism and stay at properties that are really committed to reducing their impact on the environment.