[Este mensaje difiere del tono de los mensajes del resto de la bitacora. Es una especie de compendio de las organizaciones relacionadas a turismo sustentable que participan en el foro. El mensaje es bilingue, de cierta manera, para compartirlo con gente interesada en el tema y con la que he tenido contacto a traves de www.planeta.com]
Organizations related to responsible tourism participants in the World Social Forum, Mumbai, India, January 16-21, 2004:
Organizaciones relacionadas a turismo reponsable participantes en el Foro Social Mundial:
El Foro Social Mundial se llevo a cabo del 16 al 21 de enero del 2004 en la ciudad de Mumbai, India.
World Social Forum-Tourism
http://www.wsf-tourism.org/
A larger stage to address the issues of tourism
The WSF is now one of the major events on the world development calendar. The participants come from across the globe and cover the spectrum of development actors - from the grassroots farmer, to the 'alternate policy expert' to the various levels of implementation and advocacy. This richness of participation provides a unique opportunity to 'mainstream' tourism and services as a development issue per se to what is a virtual captive audience for a week. Given the scale of the event, there is tremendous potential to reach out to the 'passer–by,' engage the expert, build coalitions, agree on positions and to synchronise action. The WSF thus becomes an event for making wider links and for deepening existing coalitions.
More information:
http://www.wsf-tourism.org/overview.asp
The dark side of tourism
"Does tourism need to be mainstreamed in WSF discussions? Is this 'sunshine industry' only for the elite? Changing this 'elite' perception is difficult, but essential. Just like gender and racism, tourism is a 'cross-cutting' theme that impacts us all, particularly the most vulnerable. Tourism does come under GATS, but it needs to be discussed and debated separately. Tourism is all the more dangerous and insidious because often its impact is invisible.
"The most visible forms are:"
More information at:
http://www.wsf-tourism.org/you_know.asp
Las organizaciones relacionadas a turismo participantes en el foro son las siguientes. Tourism related organizations:
Equations:
http://www.equitabletourism.org
(Established in India)
"EQUATIONS is a non-profit organisation established for research, training and the promotion of holistic tourism. We work towards transforming the inherently exploitative nature of mass commercial tourism. We question the real benefits of tourism to the host communities as well as its socio-cultural and economic impacts. Our activities include documentation, publication, research, seminars and the investigation of alternative tourism policies and structures."
Vision:
"EQUATIONS seeks a world where wealth, resources and benefits are much more equitably distributed between North and South. Our vision of tourism fits within that framework. While there is no one transposable model which will work in all situations, we are working toward tourism which bring economic benefits directly to all segments of the host community, particularly including women and indigenous peoples; is subject to local, democratic control, so that communities are making their own decisions about how tourism should be permitted and regulated; is integrated into other community activities, so that it is culturally appropriate and sensitive to the inequities between hosts and guests; enriches both host (economically, developmentally and in terms of control) and guests (culturally, re-creationally). This is in contrast to many current tourism models, which are imposed from the North, require the extensive use of imports, are overly comrriercialised, and reinforce inequities rather than challenges them. EQUATIONS sees tourism not as a means to bring Southern communities into the Northern mainstream, but rather as one of the ways to work toward a more just world."
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Tourism Watch
http://www.tourism-watch.de/home_gb/
"Tourism Watch was established in 1975 by the Church Development Service of the Protestant Church in Germany as a worldwide Special Desk for Tourism. As a branch of the Overseas Service, it is involved in training programmes and in solidarity initiatives surrounding the issue of "Third-World" tourism, and it promotes socially and environmentally responsible developments in tourism. Against a background of numerous negative consequences resulting from tourism, TOURISM WATCH questions the assumption that "tourism equals development"."
Informacion en espanyol:
http://www.tourism-watch.de/esp/
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Contours. Concern for Tourism
http://is6.pacific.net.hk/~contours/
"The Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism (ECTWT) was founded in 1982 as an outcome of a workshop that took place in Manila in 1980. It was the first workshop to analyse tourism from the perspective of the people of the Third World. All members expressed a consensus that tourism, as it is practised in most parts of the so-called Third World, has `wreaked more havoc than brought benefits'."
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Working Group on Tourism and Development
http://www.akte.ch/pages/en/1_akte/fs1/1en_fs.html
"Based in Basle, Switzerland, the Arbeitskreis Tourismus & Entwicklung (akte - Working Group on Tourism and Development) is an NGO concerned with the implications of international tourism for the development of countries, regions and local communities."
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In the seminar: Sustainable Tourism in the context of privatisation, liberalisation and deregulation (January 18th, 2004)., Patricia Barnett from Tourism Concern explained their work to make tourists aware of the impact of their presence when travelling.
"Tourism Concern's Mission Statement: To effect change in the tourism industry by campaigning for fair and ethically traded tourism.
"Tourism Concern has a wide range of exciting and innovative projects. We work with communities in destination countries to reduce social and environmental problems connected to tourism and with the out-going tourism industry in the UK to find ways of improving tourism so that local benefits are increased."
Tourism Concern
http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk
Other tourism related organizations and projects attending in some way the WSF:
Other tourism related organizations and projects attending in some way the WSF. (I am including those with website)
Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism
http://www.sst-foundation.org
THE FOUNDATION SST SUPPORTS organisations, projects and initiatives that pursue sustainable tourism development.
Through its contributions, the Foundation SST helps to secure the livelihoods of the population in tourist destinations, to improve their economic conditions and to protect the environment.
It also helps to promote initiatives and new ideas for a balanced cultural exchange between tourists and locals.
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Indigenous Tourism Rights International
http://www.tourismrights.org
Indigenous Tourism Rights International, formerly the Rethinking Tourism Project, is dedicated to collaborating with Indigenous communities and networks to help protect native territories, rights and cultures. Our mission is to facilitate the exchange of local experiences in order to understand, challenge and take control of the ways in which tourism affects our lives.
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Latinoamerican related organization:
Turismovision quiere abrir y estimular el debate y consiguiente fomento de un turismo responsable y por ello sostenible en Europa y América Latina. El eje del programa se centra en el diálogo entre los actores del Sur y del Norte y en el inicio de un proceso mutuo de aprendizaje. Para ello, las organizaciones europeas trabajan conjuntamente con grupos de población local latinoamericana, con comunidades indígenas y con ONGs directamente afectadas por el turismo o que buscan en sus países un turismo con responsabilidad social y compatible con el medio ambiente.
Con este objetivo el Centro de Ecología y Desarrollo (KATE) en Stuttgart, Alemania, junto a Tourism Watch en Bonn, Alemania y el Instituto de Estudios Políticos para América Latina y Africa (IEPALA) con sede en Madrid, España, se han unido en el programa TURISMOVISION.
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India related organization:
Apani Dhani
http://www.apanidhani.com
Eco-friendly accommodation, excursions and activities with locals in the heart of Shekhawati (Rajasthan).
