Voyage I Volume 1 Issue February 2016

Welcome! We are thrilled to celebrate our first issue of ecotreasures online magazine in the fields of tourism, travel and entertainment.

Finally, after many years of hard work we are able to offer you the opportunity to read about wonderful ecotreasures as per your preferences and passion. You may read about environmental places, attractions, and resources and their ecosystem and diverse outdoor adventures, recreations and activities that revolve around the ecotreasures at hand. Likewise, you may read about other recreational and leisure places, attractions and activities.

The ecotreasures magazine also covers history and culture topics related to the destination covered per issue.

We are true believers that a destination’s natural resources and surroundings and its culture are one. Nature is represented by its ecosystem, which includes people, among other interacting organisms. Culture is represented by the local people. Nature as a whole and people cohabitate and depend on each other for their well-being. Thus, nature becomes part of the people and people become part of nature. As these intertwine, people represent nature and culture at the same time. The ecotreasures magazine strives to enlighten you with rich content about both topics.

As we render you ecotreasures content through our magazine, we encourage both the locals and the tourists to immerse in the natural surroundings and cultural amusements of the places visited, and the tourists to become travelers and interact with locals.

We have designed the ecotreasures online magazine in a user-friendly way that allows you to easily find the content of your interest depending on the type of adventures, recreations and activities you like or may be interested to discover for the first time. Check out the sections named “nature encounters”, “extreme adventures”, “water sports”, “agri-tourism”, “eco”, and “culture”. You also have the chance to learn about ecotreasures attractions, recreations and activities for kids under the “kids” magazine content pages.

Under the “eco” section, you will find content regarding attractions, places or environmental and natural resources where ecotouristic or environmental conservation and protection practices are implemented. Ecotourism not only involves these practices, but also builds appreciation for the cultural heritage related to the tourist attraction or place visited and fosters or supports economic development of the communities nearby the tourist attraction or place.

Take advantage of the information ecotreasures magazine brings at your fingertips not only while you read the main content of each article, but also the content displayed nearby. We invite you to browse the photo galleries of each article and dig into subsections named “ delve ! ”, “tips”, “what to bring”, and “where the crew ate”, among others, found at the sidebar of each article page.

For our first issue of ecotreasures magazine, we take you on a journey to the island of Puerto Rico, encompassing outdoor recreations and adventures at the southeast and north sides of this island as well as its countryside.

Enjoy reading the feature article: “Puerto Rico’’s ecotreasures” as well as the other explorations in this island.

N. Michelle Rodríguez Amadeo