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Responsible Tourism is what we do to make tourism more sustainable, it is about how we use tourism to create sustainable development to benefit communities and destinations

Sustainability is the ambition; Responsible Tourism is about what we do as producers and consumers to realise the aspiration. Too often sustainable is used only in the abstract sense. Responsible Tourism is not the same as sustainable tourism. Responsibility requires that we say what we are doing to make tourism better and that we are transparent about what we achieve. The agenda is broad across the three pillars of economic, social and environmental responsibility a wide range of resources are available. Responsible Tourism is about using tourism to make better places to live in and better places to visit. Overtourism is the opposite, a consequence of a failure to manage tourism sustainably. Overtourism describes destinations where hosts or guests, locals or visitors, feel that there are too many visitors and that the quality of life in the area or the quality of the experience has deteriorated unacceptably. Often both visitors and guests experience the deterioration concurrently. There are a variety of causes and solutions. Aviation is the Achilles heel of the travel and tourism sector. If you are buying offsets, take care, you may be jeopardising your reputation, particularly if you are selling them to your customers. If something looks too good to be true, it usually is. Carbon offsetting is too good to be true. There is more here about the questions to ask of any carbon offset. It is important to begin now to develop alternative fuels to maintain aviation. Harold Goodwin drafted the Cape Town Declaration in 2002, the founding manifesto of the Responsible Tourism Movement. Since 2004 Responsible Tourism Awards have recognised good practice and spread awareness of what can, and should, be done. There are International Centres around the world and annual conferences to share and promote Responsible Tourism. Harold is the WTM’s Responsible Tourism Advisor with programmes at the trade shows in London, Cape Town, Dubai & Sao Paulo

Responsible Tourism News Monthly

November 30, 2014

Responsible Tourism News November 2014

Harold Goodwin

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This is the new format of Responsible Tourism News published at the end of each month, a newsletter of record carrying the 10 most important stories of the month. Please forward to those you think may be interested - you can register for a copy here. If you wish to contribute a story email Harold(at)HaroldGoodwin.info […]

October 18, 2014

Responsible Tourism News October 2014

Harold Goodwin

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1. WTM London Programme Each year there are around 2000 participants in the Responsible Tourism Programme at WTM. On Tuesday there are panels on Local Economic Impact, Reducing Energy and Water Consumption, Using Responsible Tourism to Drive Sales, Social Inclusion, Wildlife Tourism and Animal Welfare. On Wednesday a panel of freshwater cruising and the World […]

February 2, 2014

Responsible Tourism News February 2014 - RTD8 special

Harold Goodwin

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At last the International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations comes to the UK, to Manchester 3-5 April 2014. We are looking at a number of hosts for 2015, in Africa and Asia, the conference is unlikely to be back in the UK in the next five years. Full details are on the conference website […]

November 3, 2011

Zalala Beach Lodge Mozambique

Harold Goodwin

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Zalala Beach Lodge, located on the Northern Coast of Mozambique, bordering a fishing village of 5,000 inhabitants is about to be launched as the first responsible tourism initiative in Zambezia Province, the largest and most populous province in the country. Within months after my first visit to the place in December 2006, I joined forces […]

July 28, 2010

Now is the time to fall in love with Llandovery

Kerry K-C

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It’s no secret that Llandovery is fit for a Prince – or indeed a future King – but the town’s people of Llandovery have much grander plans afoot which they hope will spark a long love affair with visitors to the area. And with just over two weeks to go, final preparations are in hand […]

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