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Fri, 03/05/2010 - 13:37	Rebuilding Haiti – the Role of Tourism Development	In the devastating earthquake of Haiti, on January 12, approximately 220 000 people died, 300 000 were injured and more than million were left homeless. The severity of this natural disaster has posed great challenges to the international community and many countries have responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and m...Read More...
Wed, 03/03/2010 - 13:34	Tourism and Post-Tsunami Displacement in India and Sri Lanka	The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was the biggest natural disaster in modern history and it called for a pan-Asian relief effort on a scale that had never before been seen. The immediate impact on the coastal communities affected not only their lives, homes and villages, but also their livelihoods. Many survivors fished to earn their living, farmed close to t...Read More...
Thu, 02/25/2010 - 17:46	Number 1 Hostel in South Africa: The Backpack & Africa Travel Centre	The 8th annual Hoscar awards ceremony took place in January 2009 to recognize the best hostels in the world. Over 23,000 properties from across the globe featured on Hostelworld.com were eligible for the awards and the prizes were based on approximately 1 million votes given by the Hostelworld customers. The winners adhered to the six required criter...Read More...
Wed, 02/24/2010 - 13:11	Aboriginal Peoples in Vancouver 2010 Winter Games	When the eyes of the world are focused to Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Aboriginal tourism industry has had a great opportunity, both to showcase the rich culture and heritage of Aboriginal peoples and to grow their businesses. Currently, the Aboriginal tourism industry employs more than 6,400 people across Canada. In 1999, the International Olymp...Read More...
Wed, 02/17/2010 - 18:01	Vancouver 2010: Carbon Neutral Olympic Games	The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver have embraced the opportunity – and the responsibility – to take action on climate change by aspiring to be a carbon neutral Games. The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) has assessed the unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions from all their operations leading up to, and for holding the international event...Read More...
Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:18	Contradictories of ‘VolunTourism’	During the last decades there has been a growing tendency of looking for alternative ways of tourism development in order to slow or arrest the deterioration process of contemporary mass tourism. In a way this process can be described as a search of alternative and responsible tourism that would be an antithesis of mass tourism. One example of alternat...Read More...
Fri, 02/12/2010 - 00:13	Support Kim in the Fight against Child Sex Tourism	The bad news is that children in poor countries are still sexually exploited by travellers, The good news is that you can do something about it: Child sex tourism is the commercial sexual exploitation of children by people who travel from one place to another to engage in sexual acts with minors. Often, child sex tourists travel from a richer country to one...Read More...
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 01:31	Opening the Akilah Institute for Women in Rwanda	The Akilah Institute for Women is located in the Bugesera district of Rwanda, 35 minutes from the capital of Kigali. During the 1994 genocide , this region was severely targeted by militias; more than 80 percent of the Tutsi population was killed. Today, Bugesera has the highest rate of child-headed households in the country. Read More...
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:02	Around South Africa on bike	In one week, February 13, Ruan Smit will start his cycle adventure from Johannesburg, South Africa. He is planning to return to the same place 10 weeks later on April 14, behind approximately 9000 kilometers on bike around the country. Through this ambitious venture Ruan is willing to contribute in creating national and international awareness of what S...Read More...
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 13:53	Applaudes to Nature Air	It was not that long ago when it was still a tradition to give applause when a plane landed. In a short period of time flying has become a very normal way to travel. I think you could test what kind of reactions you get when you start to clap your hands when the plane from London lands, let’s say, to Frankfurt... Read More...

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 13:37

Rebuilding Haiti – the Role of Tourism Development

In the devastating earthquake of Haiti, on January 12, approximately 220 000 people died, 300 000 were injured and more than million were left homeless. The severity of this natural disaster has posed great challenges to the international community and many countries have responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, pledging funds and dispatching rescue and m...Read More...

Wed, 03/03/2010 - 13:34

Tourism and Post-Tsunami Displacement in India and Sri Lanka

The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was the biggest natural disaster in modern history and it called for a pan-Asian relief effort on a scale that had never before been seen. The immediate impact on the coastal communities affected not only their lives, homes and villages, but also their livelihoods. Many survivors fished to earn their living, farmed close to t...Read More...

Thu, 02/25/2010 - 17:46

Number 1 Hostel in South Africa: The Backpack & Africa Travel Centre

The 8th annual Hoscar awards ceremony took place in January 2009 to recognize the best hostels in the world. Over 23,000 properties from across the globe featured on Hostelworld.com were eligible for the awards and the prizes were based on approximately 1 million votes given by the Hostelworld customers. The winners adhered to the six required criter...Read More...

Wed, 02/24/2010 - 13:11

Aboriginal Peoples in Vancouver 2010 Winter Games

When the eyes of the world are focused to Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Aboriginal tourism industry has had a great opportunity, both to showcase the rich culture and heritage of Aboriginal peoples and to grow their businesses. Currently, the Aboriginal tourism industry employs more than 6,400 people across Canada. In 1999, the International Olymp...Read More...

Wed, 02/17/2010 - 18:01

Vancouver 2010: Carbon Neutral Olympic Games

The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver have embraced the opportunity – and the responsibility – to take action on climate change by aspiring to be a carbon neutral Games. The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) has assessed the unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions from all their operations leading up to, and for holding the international event...Read More...

Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:18

Contradictories of ‘VolunTourism’

During the last decades there has been a growing tendency of looking for alternative ways of tourism development in order to slow or arrest the deterioration process of contemporary mass tourism. In a way this process can be described as a search of alternative and responsible tourism that would be an antithesis of mass tourism. One example of alternat...Read More...

Fri, 02/12/2010 - 00:13

Support Kim in the Fight against Child Sex Tourism

The bad news is that children in poor countries are still sexually exploited by travellers, The good news is that you can do something about it: Child sex tourism is the commercial sexual exploitation of children by people who travel from one place to another to engage in sexual acts with minors. Often, child sex tourists travel from a richer country to one...Read More...

Thu, 02/11/2010 - 01:31

Opening the Akilah Institute for Women in Rwanda

The Akilah Institute for Women is located in the Bugesera district of Rwanda, 35 minutes from the capital of Kigali. During the 1994 genocide , this region was severely targeted by militias; more than 80 percent of the Tutsi population was killed. Today, Bugesera has the highest rate of child-headed households in the country. Read More...

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:02

Around South Africa on bike

In one week, February 13, Ruan Smit will start his cycle adventure from Johannesburg, South Africa. He is planning to return to the same place 10 weeks later on April 14, behind approximately 9000 kilometers on bike around the country. Through this ambitious venture Ruan is willing to contribute in creating national and international awareness of what S...Read More...

Fri, 02/05/2010 - 13:53

Applaudes to Nature Air

It was not that long ago when it was still a tradition to give applause when a plane landed. In a short period of time flying has become a very normal way to travel. I think you could test what kind of reactions you get when you start to clap your hands when the plane from London lands, let’s say, to Frankfurt... Read More...

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