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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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Making tourism count for the local economy in the Caribbean: Guidelines for Good Practice

The purpose of these good practice guidelines is to assist tourism companies in the Caribbean to to contribute more to the local economy. The briefs contain practical tips on what companies (of various sizes and types) and support agencies can do. They also contain many examples drawn from the Caribbean and Latin America. (Caroline Ashley, Harold Goodwin, Douglas McNab, Mareba Scott, Luis Chaves, Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, April 2006)

http://www.propoortourism.org.uk/caribbean/index.html

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Making Tourism More Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers

To support the integration of sustainability into tourism policies, UNEP and the World Tourism Organization have conducted a two years research on approaches and tools for the development and implementation of sustainable tourism policies that have demonstrated to be effective in practice. The research addressed the development and the implementation of sustainable tourism policies, strategies and tools to create the appropriate environment for the development of sustainable tourism activities. The results are presented in 'Making Tourism More Sustainable: A Guide for Policy Makers'. The Guide presents a comprehensive set of instruments for governments, ranging from planning regulations to economic instruments and the application of certification and indicators, and it sets out 12 aims for sustainable tourism and their implications for policy, and describes the collaborative structures and strategies that are needed at a national and local level. It also identifies ways to influence the development and operation of tourism enterprises and the activities of tourists. The Guide, developed with the contribution of many experts from the field, is illustrated by numerous examples and case studies across the world.

http://www.unep.fr/scp/publications/pdf/DTIx0592xPA-TourismPolicyEN.pdf

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Massive growth of ecotourism worries biologists

Something weird is happening in the wilderness. The animals are becoming restless. Polar bears and penguins, dolphins and dingoes, even birds in the rainforest are becoming stressed. They are losing weight, with some dying as a result. The cause is a pursuit intended to have the opposite effect: ecotourism. The massive growth of the ecotourist industry has biologists worried. Evidence is growing that many animals do not react well to tourists in their backyard. The immediate effects can be subtle - changes to an animals' heart rate, physiology, stress hormone levels and social behaviour, for example - but in the long term the impact tourists are having could endanger the survival of the very wildlife they want to see.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994733

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Measuring and Reporting the Impact of Tourism on Poverty

This paper presents a brief review and critique of current ways of measuring and reporting the economic impacts of tourism. Drawing on work on tourism and poverty reduction and responsible tourism in The Gambia, Egypt and Tanzania it presents ways of measuring local economic impact, which can be used to measure change over time (Dr Harold Goodwin, 2006)

http://www.haroldgoodwin.info/resources/measuring.pdf

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New Paths for International Tourism

Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries. But uncontrolled tourism also produces a host of environmental, social, and cultural problems. Governments can redirect tourism activities to make them more socially beneficial and environmentally sound. Provided by Worldwatch, a non profit public policy research organization

http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=1659

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Oslo Statement on Ecotourism (PDF 416KB)

Reflecting the outcomes of the Global Ecotourism Conference 2007 (GEC07), which was held in Oslo, Norway, 14-16 May, this Statement is a tool for ecotourism stakeholders both in the public and private sectors to assess the current state of the global ecotourism community, to evaluate the challenges facing ecotourism today, and to establish goals and benchmarks for the coming years (The International Ecotourism Society, 15 August 2007).

http://www.ecotonline.org/Pages/downloads/Oslo_Statement_on_Ecotourism_Aug_2007.pdf

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Partners in Responsible Tourism

Partners in Responsible Tourism (PIRT) is a San Francisco Bay Area network of individuals from tourism companies, education and conservation organizations who have a strong interest in adventure travel and ecotourism, who are concerned about the impact of tourism and tourism development on local environments and cultures, particularly those of indigenous peoples. We believe that responsible tourism promotes positive cultural and environmental ethics and practices: we promote travel which supports these goals.

http://pirt.org

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Preliminary Assessment of the Environmental & Social Effects of Trade in Tourism (pdf)

WWF International Discussion Paper May 2001 by Natacha Juda and Sarah Richardson. Little is known about the environmental and social effects of liberalising services. Given the pace of globalisation and the growing importance of services trade, there is a case to be made for developing a better understanding of how further liberalisation of service-related activities could impact the environment and social well-being in countries engaged in that trade. Travel and tourism is a priority sector for assessment because of its broad economic, environmental and social implications throughout the world, and its place in WTO negotiations.The study seeks to determine the role played by trade and trade liberalisation policies in supporting or constraining opportunities for sustainable development in the tourism sector.

http://www.wwf.org.uk/filelibrary/pdf/trade_and_tourism.pdf

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Pro-poor tourism

Pro-poor tourism (PPT) is tourism that generates net benefits for the poor. PPT strategies aim to unlock opportunities for the poor, rather than to expand the overall size of the sector. Opportunities may be for economic gain, other livelihood benefits, or engagement in decision-making. PPT strategies are not confined to a specific product or sector of tourism, as PPT is an approach to the industry. PPT strategies involve a range of stakeholders operating at different levels, from micro to macro. Stakeholders include government, the private sector and civil society, as well as the poor themselves who act as both producers and decision-makers. PPT overlaps with, but is different from, 'sustainable tourism' and other forms of alternative tourism.

http://www.propoortourism.org.uk/

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Pro-Poor Tourism: Harnessing the World's Largest Industry for the World's Poor

Full text (PDF) of a report by Dilys Roe IIED, UK and Penny Urquhart Khanya, South Africa. In most countries with significant levels of poverty, Tourism is significant or growing, which makes the industry a fact of life for many of the world's poor. This paper outlines the concept of pro-poor tourism and its potential contribution to poverty alleviation. It reviews experience to date and discusses the role of various stakeholders: government; the private sector; NGOs; CBOs; the poor themselves. The paper concludes that early experience of pro-poor strategies show that they do appear to tilt the benefits of tourism towards the poor. It finds that local or district level poverty reduction is acheivable but that national level impacts on poverty through tourism will require a greater shift in business practice (Eldis).

http://www.propoortourism.org.uk/Dilys%20IIED%20paper.pdf

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SPTO Tourism Toolkit

The SPTO Tourism Toolkit is designed to support local small and medium-sized enterprises in the small island nations of the South Pacific, this Toolkit focuses on the need to secure competitive advantage for the industry in terms of value, quality, consistency, presentation and service. Includes sections on IT, Marketing, Greening your Business Networking and Culture.

http://nztri.aut.ac.nz/pacifictoolkit/pages/viewpage.php?page=10

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Sustainable Development of Tourism - UNEP

This website discusses the three pillars of sustainable tourism and their effects.

http://www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/sust-tourism/home.htm

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Sustainable Tourism Research INterest Group - STRING

The purpose of this site is to provide tourism researchers with a comprehensive collection of internet resources relevant to sustainable tourism.

http://www.yorku.ca/dkproj/string/rohr/

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The International Ecotourism Society - TIES

TIES is an international membership organization dedicated to disseminating information about ecotourism. Our 1,700 members come from more than 55 different professions and live in more than 70 different countries. Most of our members work in the tourism sector, study tourism, or use tourism to support the conservation of natural settings and sustain the well-being of local communities. Martha Honey is Executive Director of TIES and Center for Ecotourism and Sustainable Development (a joint project of the Institute for Policy Studies and Stanford University).

http://www.ecotourism.org/

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The Responsible Tourism Partnership

The Responsible Tourism Partnership works to support the development of responsible tourism businesses and initiatives.

http://www.responsibletourismpartnership.org/index.html

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The Responsible Tourist Checklist

Here are a few things that you can do to lighten your step, deepen your experience, and be a responsible visitor - one that would be welcome back to the Pacific again (Pacific People's Partnership).

http://www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org/takeaction/responsible_tourist.html

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The Travel Foundation

The Travel Foundation is an independent UK charity that aims to help the outbound travel industry manage tourism more sustainably.

http://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk

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Tips on how to make your travel conservation-friendly

Whether it to the beaches of the Mediterranean or the pristine landscape of the Arctic, how we travel has an impact on some of our planet's most special places. Yet by following a few simple rules you can have a great guilt free vacation and avoid having a detrimental impact on our environment. (WWF)

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

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Tourism - an Ethical Issue (PDF)

Tearfund, 2000. This report summarises the findings of market research into consumer attitudes towards ethical issues in tourism carried out by Ipsos-RSL on behalf of Tearfund. Tearfund is investigating the connections between tourism and development and what can be done to increase the positive and reduce the negative contributions it makes. Tearfund has therefore asked 2,000 members of the general public what consideration they give to ethical issues when booking their holidays, and in what ways they would be willing to change their behaviour.

http://tilz.tearfund.org/webdocs/Website/Campaigning/Policy%20and%20research/Policy%20-%20Tourism%20Market%20Research%20Report.pdf

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Tourism - Third World Network

This section of the Third World Network's web-site presents tourism articles in a developmental and environmental context, the bi-monthly bulletin New Frontiers that monitors tourism development in Southeast Asia's Mekong region, as well as tourism-related statements and action alerts. It focuses on tourism issues affecting local communities and the natural environment and highlights voices who usually have little opportunity to influence policy-making structures.

http://www.twnside.org.sg/tour.htm

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