Ethical Traveler, a project of the US environmental alliance Earth Island Institute, selected the developing world's ten best ethical destinations, which also includes Estonia.
More than 70 countries all over the world were assessed in three categories – environmental protection, social welfare and human rights – in the creation of the list of the best ethical destinations. In addition to Estonia, the ten most ethical countries included (in alphabetical order) Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Namibia, Nicaragua and South Africa.
Estonia scored particularly well for social welfare and human rights in the East Traveler report. The alliance also considered social welfare to be good in Bulgaria, Costa Rica and Chile with Costa Rica also named as the country that is the most considerate about its environment. Ethical Traveler noted that even though seeing three Eastern European countries in the top then was surprising, the result shows that the region is developing and its future looks good.
The aim of the list of ethical destinations is to encourage people to travel to less common destinations and it advises travellers to consciously prefer countries that pay attention to environmental protection and the social welfare and human rights of their population. It gives every traveller the opportunity to contribute to and support continued development in these countries.
Further information is available at: http://www.ethicaltraveler.org/destinations.
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