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05/06/2008 Matkailu on Nicaraguassa nouseva elinkeino, ja maahan houkutellaan turisteja monin tavoin. Uusi matkailuun liittyvä innovaatio on "ideologinen turismi", jossa ekologiseen turismiin yhdistetään elämysmatkailu ja kehitysnäkökulma.
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03/27/2008 Vuonna 2006 maailmassa tehtiin 843 miljoonaa valtion rajat ylittävää matkaa, mikä on 5,4 prosenttia enemmän kuin edellisvuonna. Jopa 90 prosenttia maailman matkailutuloista päätyy Pohjoiseen, kun taas ympäristö- ja sosiaaliset ongelmat kasaantuvat Etelään.
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03/25/2008 YK:n ympäristöohjelma UNEPin uusi Vihreä passi -kampanja kannustaa matkailijoita pienentämään ekologista jalanjälkeään. Tämä käy esimerkiksi valitsemalla vastuullinen palveluntarjoaja ja pienentämällä matkan sekä asumisen kuluttamaa energiamäärää.
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From: Suomen YK-liitto
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03/18/2008 Kuinka turismi voi auttaa säilyttämään Mongolian musiikkiperinnettä, entä millaista on Madagaskarin ekomatkailu?
Vastauksia muun muassa näihin kysymyksiin lupaa National Geographicin ja yhteiskunnallisen muutoksen puolesta työskentelevän Changemakers.net-verkkoyhteisön uusi interaktiivinen verkkopalvelu.
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From: OneWorld UK
Related: [Development] [Internet]
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
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03/10/2008 Il turismo è la più grande industria del pianeta, produce il 7% del fatturato complessivo mondiale e dal 1950 al 2000 il numero dei turisti è aumentato in modo esponenziale passando da 25 a 702 milioni. Il settore costituisce un’opportunità anche per i paesi più poveri dove sta crescendo seppur con quote di mercato inferiori rispetto ai paesi del Nord. Il turismo può diventare uno stimolo ed una risorsa per la lotta contro la povertà capace di generare risorse proprie per uno sviluppo equo e sostenibile nei paesi del Sud del mondo. Può farsi cooperazione allo sviluppo quando, attraverso una pratica alternativa, offre ai viaggiatori opportunità di comprendere i meccanismi di ingiustizia e negazione dei diritti umani. Di questo e sugli sviluppi della "nuova cooperazione" si discuterà a Trento nell'incontro pubblico 'Fare Rete x uno sviluppo + umano' il prossimo 14 marzo.
(di Armando Stefani)
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Macchu Piccu, Peru
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Peru] [Indigenous Rights]
Image: Macchu Piccu, Peru © Helen Jones
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01/25/2008 Sambian tavoitteena on nostaa vuoteen 2010 mennessä saapuvien matkailijoiden lukumäärä ainakin miljoonaan. Suurin osa turisteista on eteläafrikkalaisia, mutta Sambia herättää kiinnostusta myös Euroopassa ja Yhdysvalloissa.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
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Image: - © Peter Armstrong
01/11/2008 Il 22 dicembre scorso in una conferenza stampa a Pescara WWF Abruzzo ha denunciato la situazione di fortissimo degrado nella quale versa la costa abruzzese. Nella denuncia dell’associazione si legge “oltre il 90% della linea costiera sia cementificata o pesantemente antropizzata, la percentuale più alta fra tutte le regioni italiane”. Iniziative da “Economia di rapina” sono state definite le devastazioni operate, tra le quali “ruspe usate in maniera indiscriminata per la ‘pulizia’ della spiaggia, strade, parcheggi, motocross, frane causate da interventi dissennati, scarichi a mare, opere di ripascimento dannose e senza senso, occupazione totale da parte di stabilimenti balneari realizzati senza alcuna attenzione paesaggistica e per il territorio”. Per questo viene chiesto un “radicale cambio del Piano Demaniale Marittimo Regionale”. E non è il solo caso.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [United States] [Business] [Climate Change] [Environmental Activism] [Politics] [Activism]
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12/14/2007 Viime vuonna Afrikassa vieraili 41 miljoonaa turistia, ja Afrikan-turismin vuotuinen kasvuprosentti on ollut kova, kymmenen prosentin luokkaa. Paikallista väestöä turismi ei silti välttämättä hyödytä – joskus pikemminkin päinvastoin.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related: [Africa]
Image: - © Adrian Arbib
12/06/2007 Earthquake of 2004 and the tsunami that followed had destroyed the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, a part of India in the Bay of Bengal. Tourists stopped flocking the picturesque islands out of fear. The worried government began promoting tourism by sending its employees for excursions granting them leave travel concession but this policy is now proving to be disastrous.
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Related: [South Asia] [Development] [Population] [Environment] [Climate Change]
11/30/2007 Perinteiden massaturismi vaarantaa perinteisten yhteisöjen elinoloja Keski-Amerikassa. Ekologisesti kestävämpi yhteisöturismi tarjoaa sen sijaan uusia mahdollisuuksia Keski-Amerikan maaseutualueiden yhteisöjen kehittämiseen.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related: [Central America]
Indigenous Miskito in Latin America.
11/14/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (OneWorld) - An international rights advocacy group is demanding the world's tourism industry shed business practices that harm indigenous communities and their cultures.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Business] [Climate Change] [Indigenous Rights]
Image: Indigenous Miskito in Latin America. © Pan American Health Organization
Flying the friendly skies?
10/05/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5 (OneWorld) - Rising concerns over changing climates have spurred the world's multibillion-dollar tourism industry to reconsider its future.
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From: OneWorld US
Related: [Poverty] [Transport] [Climate Change]
Image: Flying the friendly skies? © Jeffrey Allen
Tiger population in India is on the decline
10/05/2007 India’s leading wildlife and environment magazine Sanctuary Asia, Bengal Tiger Line and the Sundarban Tiger Reserve have come together to save the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and its habitat, the Sunderbans. The campaign kicked off at Kolkata, marking the start of the National Wildlife Week on October 1st
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Related: [India] [South Asia] [Environment] [Animals] [Biodiversity] [Environmental Activism] [Forests] [Communication]
Image: Tiger population in India is on the decline © Asian Adventures
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