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This holiday is designed to showcase the culture and nature of Quebec Province as well give you the opportunity to try some fantastic activities.
Duschesnay is part of the Sepaq group, the society of outdoor establishments in Quebec. Duschesnay therefore complies with their wider sustainable development policy. This is constantly being expanded is extremely comprehensive. The latest developments include the use of fully biodegradable products throughout the restaurants, the removal of plastic bags from all on site shops, the use of electric vehicles on site wherever possible. There is an organization wide usage of recycled paper and they are aiming for reliance on solar energy wherever possible. They are also upgrading their fleet of snowmobiles to the cleaner 4 stroke engines.
The combination of the Ice hotel and Duchesnay brings an immense amount of money into the region in the winter months which is vital to the Province's economy. The employment produced directly, and through the tourism multiplier effect, is large and helps to rebalance the economic and social benefits a swell as the pressures away from other tourist hot spots.
The accommodation used throughout uses local produce wherever possible in their menus and tries to incorporate a flavour of the region into the cuisine.
This holiday also includes train transfers between Monteal and Quebec City. This journey obviously is more time efficient for our clients but also much more fuel efficient with regards to the environment. The fleet of trains is currently undergoing a revamp and this will see a huge boost to the industrial sector of Canada as well as a 12% reduction in the emissions from the trains by 2012.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
