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IYE and the musical
chairs
Definitions and semantics, the season, or who knows even yin and yang, sometimes lead
actors on opposite parts of the tourism spectrum to take each others positions.
Have a look below, and enjoy:
"While Tourism Concern is pleased that
the impacts of tourism are being addressed by the international community
through the International Year of Ecotourism, we feel that ecotourism is such a
small part of the tourism industry it will not make a significant difference to
the sustainability of the overall industry"
Patricia Barnett, Director, Tourism Concern. (Press Release)
"Ecotourism, is far from being a fringe
activity. It should not be regarded as a passing fad or a gimmick, or even as a
secondary market niche, but rather as one of the trump cards of this
industry of the future, i.e. tourism. And for a simple reason: it is crucial to
the problem of developing a balanced, sustainable and responsible tourism
sector"
Fransesco Frangialli, Secretary - General, World Tourism Organisation. (Speech)
We instead will quickly move through the
semantics to discuss some real issues with none other than Mr. Ron Mader of Planeta.com,
who honours this newspaper by inaugurating our new monthly column The
ECOCLUB Interview
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