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Taking Responsibility for Tourism
Harold GoodwinInternational Centre for Responsible Tourism
Travellers Club, 16 May 2011
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“I am a traveller,
You are a visitor.
They are tourists.”
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Old Town Square, Prague
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Our holidays their homes
“Your everyday life is someone else’s adventure”
Swedish NGO fly-posting in Ljubljana, Summer 1997Slide13
Sir Colin Marshall, British Airways 1994
Tourism and the travel industry “
is essentially the renting out for short-term lets, of other people’s environments, whether that is a coastline, a city, a mountain range or a rainforest. These ‘products’ must be kept fresh and unsullied not just for the next day, but for every tomorrow
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Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO) 2000
… we recognize that in carrying out our work as Tour Operators we have a responsibility to respect other people’s places and ways of life
.We acknowledge that wherever a Tour Operator does business or sends clients it has a
potential to do both good and harm, & we are aware that all too often in the past the harm has outweighed the good. 14Slide15
Consumer DemandIpsos-RSL on behalf of Tearfund November 1999 (n=2032)
Importance in determining holiday choice (%)
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Affordable cost
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Good weather
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Quality hotel and facilities
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Good information on socio-economic & local
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Significant opportunity for interaction
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Designed to minimise environmental damage
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Company has ethical policies
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Repeat client - used the company before
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When asked whether or not they would be more likely to book a holiday with a company if they had a written code to guarantee good working conditions, protect the environment and support charities in the tourist destination
1999 45% said yes
2001 52% said yes.
+ 7%
Change is taking place
in the aspirations of holidaymaker
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UK Federation of Tour Operators
Responsible tourism is about making a positive difference when we travel:
Enjoying ourselves and
taking responsibility for our actions
- respecting local cultures and the natural environment
Giving
fair economic returns
to local people – helping to spread the benefit of our visit to those who need it most
Recognising that water and energy are precious resources that we need to
use carefully
.Protecting endangered wildlife and preserving the natural and cultural heritage of the places we visit for the future enjoyment of visitors and the people who live there.
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And making better places for people to visit
Making better places for people to live in
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Jost Krippendorf The Holiday Makers
Proposals must be as infectious as possible, because:
“Orders and prohibitions will not do the job - because it is not a bad conscience that we need to make progress, but positive experience, not the feeling of compulsion but that of responsibility”.
Need “rebellious tourists and rebellious locals”19Slide20
You cannot outsource responsibility
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Cape Town Declaration 2002
Responsible Travel takes a variety of forms, it is characterised by travel and tourism which
minimises negative environmental, social and cultural impacts;
generates greater economic benefits for local people and enhances the wellbeing of host communities, by improving working conditions and access to the industry;involves local people in decisions that affect their lives and life chances.
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Cape Town Declaration 2002
makes
positive contributions to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage and to the maintenance of the world’s diversity;
provides more enjoyable experiences for tourists through more meaningful connections with local people, and a greater understanding of local cultural and environmental issues;provides access for physically challenged people; is
culturally sensitive
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respect
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Angkor Wat
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Responsible Travel
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World Responsible Tourism Day
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http://
travelpledge.org
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people and places:
responsible volunteering
www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk
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Taking Responsibility for Tourism by Goodwin
ISBN 978-1-906884-39-0
© 2011 Goodfellow PublishersTaking Responsibility for Tourism
by Harold Goodwin
www.takingresponsibilityfortourism.info
www.haroldgoodwin.info
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