Information Resources

1: Key resources

• • The Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations (2002) this is the founding document of the international Responsible Tourism Movement – it defines Responsible Tourism and spells out the aspiration to use tourism “to make better places for people to live in and better places for people to visit”
  • The www.responsibletourismawards.com website has details of all the winners and highly commendeds since the awards were founded in 2004. This gives a real sense of the variety – all forms of tourism can be more responsible.
  • To take a look at the policies of individual companies take a look at www.responsibletravel.com – take a look at “our partners” on the left of the home page, at the bottom, and follow the links to the policies of the companies promoted on the site.
  • Harold writes a fortnightly blog for World Travel Market's Responsible Tourism blog, which also features regular posts by Jeremy Smith.

2: Books, magazines, papers

• Jost Krippendorf called for rebellious tourists and rebellious locals to develop a more responsible form of tourism – worth tracking down the book (it is still in print) and reading it. Krippendorf J (1987) The Holiday Makers Butterworth-Heinemann
• Harold Goodwin (2002) The Case for Responsible Tourism in Jenkins T et al. Ethical Tourism; who benefits? Hodder & Stoughton
• Harold Goodwin (2011) Taking Responsibility for Tourism Goodfellow Publishers http://www.takingresponsibilityfortourism.info/
• Destination:RT is published in English and Arabic. The magazine has articles on Responsible Tourism around the world and in Oman. Destination:RT Arabic Edition English Edition
• 2002 National Responsible Tourism Guidelines For South Africa and Explanatory letter to accompany them DEAT March, 2002 subsequently published as Guidelines for Responsible Tourism by DEAT, May 2002
• 2006 Gauteng Tourism Responsible Tourism Manual
• Progress in Responsible Tourism

3: Websites & Blogs

• Centre for Responsible Tourism at MMU
• Responsible Tourism News
• World Responsible Tourism Awards
• International Centre for Responsible Tourism
• Harold Goodwin's Tourism Blog
• Pro-Poor Tourism
• Responsible Tourism Awards
• Responsible Tourism Reporting
• Responsibility
• Responsible Tourism Notes from the Field
• World Travel Maket World Responsible Tourism Day
• Responsible Travel News

4: Social Media

• Responsible Tourism Practitioners Facebook 2,270+ members
• IrresponsibleTourism Facebook 2,250+ members
• Responsible Tourism News   circulation 10,500  Facebook page 380+
• International Centre for Responsible Tourism: Supporters Group Linked in 1,200 mbs
• Twitter goodwinhj    2,200+ followers
• Better Child Protection   370 page likes
• Better Tourism 100+  likes
• Better Volunteering 740+ likes
• Harold Goodwin's Blogs and Tweets are consolidated here
• Harold also blogs fortnightly for World Travel Market

 5: Courses

If you want to learn about Responsible Tourism in more depth consider taking at least the first module in the MSc in Responsible Tourism in the Centre for Responsible Tourism at Manchester Metropolitan University

6: Company reporting

The problem with certificates and labels is that they tell you next to nothing about the priorities of the business nor about how much progress it has made. To see what some major companies are doing follow these links:

• ACCOR
• Thomas Cook
• TUI Sustainability