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1Responsible Tourism Code for the Pacific  pop

Developed by Dev-Zone, the aim of the Responsible Tourism Code for the Pacific is to educate travellers about how to behave more responsibly (both culturally and environmentally, and as a consumer) while on holiday in the Pacific. The Responsible Tourism Code does not endorse particular tourism and travel ventures but rather encourages tourists to take responsibility for their own choices and behaviour. We hope people use the Code as a guide in making their travel decisions but we also see the Code as a starting point for something more - encouraging people in Aotearoa to discuss and debate the issues of tourism and development. The Code is free to download and use and can be distributed by anybody. Please visit the website for the code.

http://www.responsibletourism.org.nz/index.html

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A Strategic Environmental Assessment of Fiji's Tourism Development Plan (PDF)  pop

Prepared by Roger Levett & Richard McNally, Worldwide Fund for Nature South Pacific Programme (WWF-SPP) Suva, Fiji May 2003. The World Wide Fund for Nature - South Pacific Programme (WWF-SPP) and ADB formed a partnership agreement to carry out a 'Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of Fiji's Tourism Development Plan'. This case study was chosen because tourism is the fastest growing industry in Fiji with potentially significant impacts on its natural and social environment.

http://www.adb.org/projects/pres/pres_case_05.pdf

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Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa: The Value of Indigenous Ownership and Control over Tourism

In summary, this paper shows how a unique model of tourism development centred on basic beach fale has evolved in Samoa and is reaping considerable benefits for rural people. Samoa has until recently eschewed many advances from international interests because of land tenure issues, preferring to take a path which has supported the development of a strong and dynamic budget beach fale sector. This paper suggests that although beach fale tourism does not attract high spending tourists, it shoul be considered 'high value' in terms of community development because most economic benefits are retained locally, it is based upon local skills and resources, it involves cultural education of guests, it supports conservation of resources, and it does this all in the context of high levels of local ownership, participation and control. (Regina Scheyvens, CGAD, 2005)

http://cigad.massey.ac.nz/documents/wps_scheyvens_6_2005.pdf

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Burma Boycott: Too Black And White

`Tourism strengthens the military dictatorship in Burma and that's why you should not go there for a holiday´. That, in a nutshell, is the view of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi and of a number of western-based aid organisations. So is a tourism ban the proper answer to Burma's problems? A personal commentary by Yvette Turlings, 12 September 2002 (Radio Netherlands).

http://www.rnw.nl/development/html/yvette020912.html

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Can tourism help reduce poverty in Africa?

This briefing paper, in answering this question, argues for the need for a re-examination of the evidence of the potential role for tourism as part of a broader pro-poor growth strategy in Africa. It critically looks examines the four propositions given in the case for tourism as an engine of pro-growth in Africa: that tourism is significant for African economies; that some of the benefits of tourism already reach the poor; that the prospects for African tourism look good; and that interventions to increase the pro-poor impact of tourism in Africa are tried and tested and ready for replication. (Overseas Development Institute, March 2006)

http://www.odi.org.uk/RPEG/research/pro-poor_tourism%5Cbp_march06_tourism1.pdf

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Certification for Sustainable Tourism Costa Rica

CST was designed to differentiate tourism sector businesses based on the degree to which they comply with a sustainable model of natural, cultural and social resource management.

http://www.turismo-sostenible.co.cr/EN/home.shtml

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Community-based eco-tourism on the Wild Coast, South Africa: the case of the Amadiba Trail

(Eldis) Ntshona, Z.; Lahiff, E. / Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa (SLSA) , 2003 This paper investigates the origins and current operation of the Amadiba Horse and Hiking Trail, a community-based initiative located on South Africa's Wild Coast. The trail project presents itself as a people-centred, designed to involve the Amadiba people in all aspects of running a project including planning, implementation, management and decision making. The benefits from the project are intended to accrue primarily to the Amadiba community.

http://www.eldis.org/ds/docdisplay.cfm?doc=DOC12555&resource=f1csr

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Ecotourism: A Tool for Sustainable Development

Ecotourism, to be successful, must promote sustainable development by establishing a durable productive base that allows local inhabitants and ecotourist service providers to enjoy rising standards of living. An ecotourist project must incorporate the social dimensions of productive organization and environmental conservation. By David Barkin.

http://www.planeta.com/planeta/96/0596monarch.html

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Facilitating sustainable mountain tourism volume 2: toolkit

Volume 2 of the Toolkit to assist in sustainable mountain tourism development(Ester Kruk, John Hummel, and Kamal Banskota, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 2007).

http://books.icimod.org/index.php/search/publication/503

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Facilitating sustainable mountain tourism- volume 1: resource book [pdf]

This Resource Book (Volume 1) and Toolkit (Volume 2) bring together the practical concepts, tools, and approaches needed to develop a type of mountain tourism in the Himalayas that can generate sustainable benefits for mountain people while conserving the breathtaking beauty of the environment.They provide a comprehensive resource document for development of a sustainable mountain tourism approach with illustrative case studies from the Himalayan region (Ester Kruk, John Hummel, and Kamal Banskota, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), 2007).

http://books.icimod.org/index.php/search/publication/502

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Fair Trade Travel- Fair Trade Federation

FTF members and partners offer a variety of opportunities to meet and interact with fair trade producers while enjoying a unique vacation experience.

http://www.fairtradefederation.org/ht/d/sp/i/210/pid/210

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Fairtrade Travel Offerings

Results of a survey into fair trade awareness and the climate for fair trade tourism (EED TOURISM WATCH & F.U.R, 2007)

http://www.ecotonline.org/Pages/downloads/Final_RA_07_ENGL_Fairtrade_Broeschuere_komplett.pdf

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Gap Year Research

This site is for anyone doing, or interested in research on, the gap year, international volunteering & volunteer-tourism. The site acts as a hub for researchers to publish their work, make contact with one another and share what they are doing.

http://www.gapyearresearch.org/

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Global Antigolf Movement

The website of the global movement critiquing golf for its negative impacts on development

http://www.antigolf.org

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Greater Mekong Subregion Tourism Sector Strategy Study [PDF]

The Study defines strategies that can ensure equitable distribution of benefits and enable pooling of resources needed to build, market and manage tourism in the GMS -- Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Lao People;s Democratic Republic. Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. ADB, 2005.

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/GMS-Tourism-Study/tourism-study.pdf

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Green travel network

Green-travel is the oldest and largest sustainable tourism community on the Internet, since 1991

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/green-travel/

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Harnessing Tourism for Poverty Elimination: A Blueprint from the Gambia (PDF)

NRI Report No. 2693, Project No: C1526, A DFID/Tourism Challenge Fund Project. The project was funded by the Tourism Challenge Fund (TCF) of the Department for International Development (DFID) to run for 19 months from August 2000 to March 2002. The aims of the project were: To increase sustainable employment opportunities and earnings for the informal sector in The Gambia by improving access for the informal sector to the tourism industry and to tourists; To identify and disseminate Best Practise for implementation through the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO), Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) and the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO).

http://www.nri.org/NRET/GambiaFinalSummaryReport2.pdf

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How you can help: Travel smart

Hot tips for your next vacation from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

http://www.panda.org/how_you_can_help/travel.cfm

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humanitour- travel the world - make a difference

Humanitour is an internet portal devoted to promoting local travel related businesses around the world - first and foremost in developing countries. Humanitor aims to connect inquisitive travelers directly, via no commission based middle man, to local business in the specific locations they wish to visit.

http://www.humanitour.com

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Indigenous Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: The Case of Río Blanco, Ecuador

The indigenous Quichua community of Río Blanco, in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Napo Province), was founded in 1971 by Quichua migrants from the Andean foothills, where, as a result of population growth and inmigration of mestizo agricultural colonists, the supply of land was becoming short. Since 1971, the economy of Río Blanco has shifted from one based almost entirely on subsistence agriculture and hunting to one reliant on cash crops such as coffee, cacao, rice and maize. Río Blanco has experienced high population growth in the past twenty years which, along with a rising cost of living, has driven the people of the community to expand greatly the amount of land under cultivation. As a result, the amount of primary tropical forest has decreased until, in 1995, it accounted for less than half of the community's main block of land. Facing continued population growth, the community has developed an ecotourism project as an alternative economic activity which may protect the forest rather than clear it.

http://www.eduweb.com/schaller/RioBlancoSummary.html

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International Travel and Health

International Travel and Health is a WHO publication that offers guidance on the full range of health risks likely to be encountered at specific destinations and associated with different types of travel - from business, humanitarian and leisure travel to backpacking and adventure tours. The guidance is intended to help the medical profession to be fully aware of potential risks and to provide appropriate advice, whether this concerns recommended vaccinations, protection against insects and other disease vectors, or safety in different environmental settings.

http://www.who.int/ith/

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Is the future green?

What we pay for our holidays today does not in any way reflect the lasting impact our visit can have on a destination. This article reflects on the $1.6 trillion-a-year tourism industry, which employs one in every 11.5 workers on the planet, and questions how it can continue to grow without trashing the very assets - the pristine beaches, the ancient ruins, the mountains, the centres of culture - on which it so greatly relies. It questions how 'eco' is 'ecotourism' and asks whether it can move beyond the industry's fringes. (Leo Hickman, The Guardian, Saturday May 20, 2006)

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/ecotourism/story/0,,1779208,00.html?gusrc=rss

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Is tourism helping to alleviate poverty in the poor southern hemisphere countries (pdf)

This paper explores the current tourist destination trends and uses airline linkages and distribution systems as focal points to enquire if tourism can be an appropriate tool in alleviating poverty. (By Daniel Peak, Choike, January 2008)

http://www.choike.org/documentos/tourism_help_poor.pdf

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Kenya: The Myths of Ecotourism

A new report demonstrates that, even though communities in Kenya have devoted substantial portions of their own land to the wildlife conservation on which ecotourism businesses are based, they have reaped minimal gain from such ventures. (The East African (Nairobi), November 2007)

http://allafrica.com/stories/200711200686.html

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Make Travel Fair

Make Travel Fair was established at the end of 2006 as an online platform to communicate some of the global issues associated with travel, and to encourage education amongst travellers.

http://www.maketravelfair.com/

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