Libya – eco tourism
We understand that a sustainable tourism development plan, costing at least £1.5 billion, has been put forward in Libya to preserve the country’s rich archeological heritage and create a leading environmental destination.
The ethos is on sustainable development and the Green Mountain Sustainable Development Area could incorporate a national park and eco-hotels. The development will also help to open up the rich archeological heritage to tourists. UNESCO and the UN Environment Programme are partners in the project.
Mohamed Says:
August 9th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Ecotourism in Libya
Libya has different types of environments, climates, and topographies relief because of its vast area which reaches about 1759540 square kilometers. The coastal environment is varying from sandy to rocky sea coasts, small to huge gulfs, as well as spreading of small islands. The north site of Libya is featuring with tempered Mediterranean climate, also the valleys, hills, and mountains which is the Green Mountain in the east and the West Mountain in the west. Those mountains have wildlife, vary intense vegetation, natural forests, parks, protected areas, and a vary life of emigrant and resident birds. In the south there is the desert which forming about 85% of Libyan area, the desert is containing the oases, desert villages, sand dunes, valleys, rocky mountains, and the caves that contain some old age pictures witch back to a pre-historic human life. This environmental diversity always goes along with climate diversity for each environment thus that reflecting on the diversity of faunae and florae. In addition, Libya has many different ages of ancient starting from Roman age then passing Hellenic age and ending with Islamic culture age. Cyrene, Appolonia, Sebratha, Ptolemais, Germa and other areas considered as a very important ancient location in the country. Also, there are cultural features in Libya which are considered, these being handicrafts, food and cooking, art and music, festivals and special events, and popular singing and dancing. Depending on that, the tourism institute in Libya starting to determine the areas in Libya which have special features as regards to the natural, biological, and climatic sides, this determination is purposing to build protected areas and national parks for recreational, environmental, and sciential goals.