DIALOGUE
Participants discussed industry trends, priorities, and marketing
practices. Feedback will be incorporated into the annual directory
on responsible travel and ecotourism published by Transitions
Abroad.
TALKING POINTS
Jaime Sweeting, Center
for Environmental Leadership in Business
- Review of Center for Environmental Leadership in Business
- How can we work together to make all tourism sustainable?
Shouldn't we expect all tourism companies to publicly declare
their quality standards with regards to environmental and social
issues?
- How can we encourage greater interaction between the mainstream
tourism industry and the niche market of "ecotourism"?
John Terborgh, The
Nature Conservancy
- Review of TNC-World Heritage Site Program
- How do tour companies benefit communities they visit?
Y. Badral, Nomadic
Expeditions
- Review of Three Camel Lodge in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
- How do lodges take into account environmental conservation
and community relations?
- How can travelers contribute to communities they visit?
Ron Mader, Planeta.com
- Review of Ecotourism
Emerging Industry Forum
- How do we create incentives for communication among the diverse
of group of stakeholders working toward ecotourism?
- How do we share 'lessons learned' from the small and medium
enterprises among local, regional and global constituents?
ABOUT THE FORUM
The Responsible
Travel Forum focused on educational travel with a priority
focus on the positive economic impacts travel can have on local
communities and places visited, while minimizing the ecological,
social, and cultural impacts through pursuit of sustainable
tourism agendas, traveler philanthropy and service/volunteer
vacations, and support of eco-sensitive providers.
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