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HEADLINES

2010 Innovation Award Winner Ron Mader
Planeta.com Celebrates Maori Language
Tourism and Biodiversity
World Tourism Day Flickr Challenge
Day of the Dead in Mexico
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EVENTS

Marketing Indigenous Tourism / Biodiversity Workshop
Winners announced for 2010 Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award
Oregon Hosts 2010 Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award
European Ecotourism Conference
planeta.com calendar

Postcards

TIMELY TOPICS

Biodiversity
Indigenous Peoples and Tourism
Green Events
Climate Change
10+ Ways to Improve Environmental Journalism
Government Websites, Ecotourism and Responsible Travel
What is Responsible Tourism?
Tourism Wish List

CITY SPOTLIGHT

Auckland
Cape Town
Las Vegas
Melbourne
Oaxaca de Juárez
Tuxtla Gutierrez

EUROPE

Austria - England - Estonia - Germany - Sweden

USA

California - Indiana - Nevada - New Mexico - North Carolina - Oregon

PARKS

Grand Canyon - Kakadu - Zion

YOUR TURN - The Travel Definitions Survey asks you to rate the lingo. Are you seeking or avoiding trips touted as geotourism, ecotourism and adventure travel? Details ...

YOUR TURN - What's on your Wish List for Responsible, Sustainable Ecotourism that Alleviates Poverty, Creates Jobs, Greens Transport, Engages Events, Conserves Biodiversity, Fosters Education and Promotes Meaningful Engagement among Stakeholders while creating a more Peaceful World? Details ...

Responsible tourism is treating others the way they wish to be treated. It's common sense and it's good manners. A growing number of travelers want their journeys to be less invasive and more beneficial to the local community. They want to better understand the culture of the people they meet in the places they visit. Travelers should be mindful that we are entering a place that is someone else's home. Sounds complicated? Try this -- imagine what irresponsible tourism would look like and then imagine its opposite.