Many business have put heavy emphasis on becoming green. Usually the phrase green refers to products or, some say, a new ideology which includes the environment in most of the manufacturing process. The hotel industry is the same,even thought they have been opposed to change,it has just recently caught up to similar industries who have managed to incorporate green strategies. The growth of tourism itself is one of the primary causes of damage to the environment. The goals of sustainable travel are to diminish the negative effects locally and globally. Eco tourism puts equal attention on energy, conservation, ecology, and community as well as issues that are important to almost all eco-lodges.

An Eco hotel is one that has been built to, or made modifications that will leave a smaller environmental footprint. These hotels have to be certified for green strategies by an independent third party, or on basis of its location, it can be certified by the concerned state. Location of these hotels were mostly presented as Eco lodges by tradition (many times in temperate rain forests) according to the design they own. The lodging business is a principal user of resources and goods. Land, furnishings, construction materials, food, cleaning supplies and equipment, these are included in the consumption. There is the every-day usage of water and power. Water and power is consumed all day by hotels, working non-stop, for general operations, cleaning, and guest use.