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Do unto the Earth as you would have the Earth do unto you!
See Ecobudget solution also nov 16 2008red deer ab casundayto the editorThe Current global crisis synopsisI feel and sense that our current state of global affairs is the result of the Global public getting a mixed or confusing message from global governments.Governments have in a sense been saying for some time now that the planet and environment are in a ...learn more
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Tourism Concern`s Mission Statement:
To effect change in the tourism industry by campaigning for fair and ethically traded tourism.
What we do
Tourism Concern has a wide range of exciting and innovative projects. We work with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the out-going tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased.
Tourism for Communities
Central to Tourism Concern`s work is the fact that tourism often causes or exacerbates poverty. This is something that few people have fully realised, but which has received more credence over the last few years. Agencies working overseas are also increasingly finding that tourism development impacts on the lives of communities they work with in just the same way as other multinational industries might, such as oil and mining companies.
Tourism Concern has been working since 1989 to raise awareness of the negative impacts of tourism, economic, cultural, environment and social. Advocacy is a major part of our work and time and again, the message from our Southern [Third World] partners is the same: "We want tourists, but at the moment we don`t benefit from them." Communities often find they have tourism imposed on them by governments and foreign developers and tourism businesses; that there is little linkage between tourism especially at a mass scale - and local industry, such as agriculture; that land and natural resources are frequently co-opted, often illegally; and that their cultural traditions are appropriated and commercialised.
Our links with communities and agencies working in developing countries show that there is great concern that the trend in tourism is towards greater control by multinationals, more all-inclusive tourism which excludes local people and businesses, and greater numbers. The consequence of such a trend proving true could prove disastrous for local people.
To effect change in the tourism industry by campaigning for fair and ethically traded tourism.
What we do
Tourism Concern has a wide range of exciting and innovative projects. We work with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the out-going tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased.
Tourism for Communities
Central to Tourism Concern`s work is the fact that tourism often causes or exacerbates poverty. This is something that few people have fully realised, but which has received more credence over the last few years. Agencies working overseas are also increasingly finding that tourism development impacts on the lives of communities they work with in just the same way as other multinational industries might, such as oil and mining companies.
Tourism Concern has been working since 1989 to raise awareness of the negative impacts of tourism, economic, cultural, environment and social. Advocacy is a major part of our work and time and again, the message from our Southern [Third World] partners is the same: "We want tourists, but at the moment we don`t benefit from them." Communities often find they have tourism imposed on them by governments and foreign developers and tourism businesses; that there is little linkage between tourism especially at a mass scale - and local industry, such as agriculture; that land and natural resources are frequently co-opted, often illegally; and that their cultural traditions are appropriated and commercialised.
Our links with communities and agencies working in developing countries show that there is great concern that the trend in tourism is towards greater control by multinationals, more all-inclusive tourism which excludes local people and businesses, and greater numbers. The consequence of such a trend proving true could prove disastrous for local people.