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November 27, 2009
Taking the Kids -- And Giving Back While You Travel
"I think many people are feeling like they are true citizens of the
world and they want to make a difference when they travel. It's so easy
to give back as part of a family vacation" Read More
November 25, 2009
Tourism Concern Releases Hard Hitting New Human Rights Report
Beleaguered Tourism Concern certainly came out of its corner fighting
last night when Baroness Helena Kennedy and Tricia Barnet released a
hard hitting Human Rights and Tourism Report in front of a select
audience at the House of Lords. Read More
November 20, 2009
Taking the Kids -- And Giving Back While You Travel
"I think many people are feeling like they are true citizens of the
world and they want to make a difference when they travel. It's so easy
to give back as part of a family vacation" Read More
November 20, 2009
Is There A Correlation Between Domestic Volunteering And International VolunTourism?
Methinks that someone sees a connection between international travel,
voluntourism, and volunteering. And, based upon our results from the 2008 Voluntourism Survey Report,
I would agree with them. We discovered from the more than 800
respondents that nearly 70% of them had volunteered in the year prior
to filling out the survey. There might be a connection there. Read More
November 18, 2009
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards goes to Beijing
The Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, now in their sixth year under the
stewardship of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) are aimed
at recognizing best practice in sustainable tourism within the travel
and tourism industry worldwide. The winners and finalists are honored at a special ceremony during the
Global Travel & Tourism Summit held from May 25-27, 2010 in
Beijing, China. Read More
November 16, 2009
VolunTourism: Moving Us From ‘For-Free’ To A ‘For-Fee’ Modality
As nonprofits suffer through drastically-reduced donation streams
during this unprecedented economic situation, some have begun to focus
on voluntourism as a mechanism for increasing revenues. To deny these
entities the potential of, at minimum, covering their hard costs is
detrimental in my opinion. Read More
November 11, 2009
The 12th Annual World Tourism Awards honor Tourism Cares, Gap Adventures, and Cyrene, LibyaThe
12th Annual World Tourism Awards were presented at a special ceremony
on November 10, 2009, at World Travel Market, Excel Centre, London.
The 2009 honorees are being recognized for their dedication to
sustainable tourism and the preservation of natural and cultural
heritage. Read More
November 9, 2009
Travel + Leisure's Global Vision Awards featured on NY1's Green DestinationsWatch the Video now. Check out the full list of winners in the various categories at TravelandLeisure.com.
November 7, 2009
Judging panel for 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards set
Each year, tourism companies, travel
organisations and destinations from around the world submit entries for
consideration by the renowned team of judges, who identify global
leaders in sustainable tourism development to be recognised by the
Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. This year's deadline for applications is
Wednesday 2 December 2009. The WTTC announced the Judges for the
2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, WTTC's highest-profile accolade
recognising best practice in sustainable tourism. Read More
November 7, 2009
Responsible Tourism "Most Ambitious Program" at World Travel Market in London
WTM
will deliver its most ambitious programme ever of sustainable tourism
related events at ExCeL London this week. Responsible tourism
highlights will occur on 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th November, although
the main focus of events will be on Responsible Tourism Day on
Wednesday 11 November. Read More
November 5, 2009
Silver-Spoon Voluntourism: High end hotels offering volunteer options
Picking up trash and pulling weeds may not sound terribly posh, but at
a growing number of high-end resorts, where rooms often cost $400 or
$500 a night, these activities are becoming yet another hotel amenity.
One morning you can sleep in and order room service, and the next you
can serve breakfast at a soup kitchen. Read More
November 4, 2009
TravelMole's VISION on Sustainable Tourism features four articles from Planeterra Director and Staff:
Sustainable CRM? Philanthropy & Voluntourism Engages Travellers, Community - The Lost Element of the Triple Bottom Line, Searching for Projects to Support World Heritage, and Planeterra - Why Voluntourism? Read the articles here
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