TravelMole launches Responsible Tourism e-newsletter
TravelMole has launched a ‘Responsible Tourism’ newsletter, aimed at providing all its subscribers with details of how the latest developments in Responsible Tourism are affecting the travel and tourism industry.
The first issue contains an editorial from Harold Goodwin, from the International Centre for Responsible Tourism, University of Greenwich. He says:
“Dawid de Villiers, Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization said at the Cape Town Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations last month that he understood Responsible Tourism “as the commitment to implement the principles of sustainability – guided by the [WTO’s] code of ethics – at the local or destination level.” Quite so.
Responsible Tourism is not a new form of tourism – all forms of tourism can be responsible. It is a commitment by individuals, enterprises, companies and governments (at all levels) to act and to do so in practical and measurable ways. It is about committing to do things across the triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental sustainability and then doing them. It is about making commitments and honouring them and reporting progress in a transparent way; it is about meeting the regulations and doing something more.
It is about making a difference, not about insisting that it is for some other group ‘the industry’, the UN, government or NGO’s to make tourism sustainable – Responsible Tourism is about taking responsibility. It is about making the changes necessary to make better experiences for holidaymakers and travellers and to make better places for local communities to live in.
This new e-newsletter will make a useful contribution to the Responsible Tourism Movement.”
If you are a TravelMole subscriber, you will receive a copy of the first issue of The Responsible Tourism Insider today (Thursday 26 September).
Non-subscribers can read a copy of it by clicking on this link.
Vegas’s Billion-Dollar Secrets – What They Don’t Want Tourists to Know
Visit Florida’s New CEO Bryan Griffin Shares His Vision for State Tourism with Graham
Chicago’s Tourism Renaissance: Graham Interviews Kristin Reynolds of Choose Chicago
Graham Talks with Cassandra McCauley of MMGY NextFactor About the Latest Industry Research
Destination International’s Andreas Weissenborn: Research, Advocacy, and Destination Impact
Graham and Don Welsh Discuss the Success of Destinations International’s Annual Conference
Graham and CEO Andre Kiwitz on Ventura Travel’s UK Move and Recruitment for the Role
Brett Laiken and Graham Discuss Florida’s Tourism Momentum and Global Appeal
Graham and Elliot Ferguson on Positioning DC as a Cultural and Inclusive Global Destination
Graham Talks to Fraser Last About His England-to-Ireland Trek for Mental Health Awareness
Kathy Nelson Tells Graham About the Honour of Hosting the World Cup and Kansas City’s Future
Graham McKenzie on Sir Richie Richardson’s Dual Passion for Golf and His Homeland, Antigua
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