Costa Rican Adventures wins Ecotourism Award for Student Travel thanks to Green-Travel
Greetings, Just a note to say thanks for posting the Eco-tourism award that Conde Nast gives out every year. I saw it and filled out the rather tedious form and we ended up winning the runner-up Ecotourism Operator award for our group educational trips in sustainability and local culture. This list works! Sincerely, Jay Jay Golden Director, Student EcoClassroom Programs Costa Rican Adventures (800) 551-7887 http://www.costaricanadventures.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [green-travel] Digest Number 642 There are 4 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Bhutan: Snow White Treks and Tours From: "kenchod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2. Tourism Concern launches its Sun, Sand, Sea and SWEATSHOPS campaign From: "Marcus L. Endicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3. Argentina, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego: 4to Encuentro de Turismo Cultural From: "Marcus L. Endicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4. Re: Notice of Intent to Sell: green-travel.com From: "Marcus L. Endicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 14:47:13 -0000 From: "kenchod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bhutan: Snow White Treks and Tours Hello Sir, My name is Ms. Kencho Wangmo Dorjee and i own a tour company. I m an inbound tour operator in Bhutan a small kingdom situated north of tibet/china and south of India. Its the smallest kingdom in Asia. I organize different package on trekking, culture and also eco tourism. I would like to request to kindly post my website in your network. Here is my website: http://www.snowwhitetours.com.bt Thanking you, Kencho Wangmo Managing Director Snow White Treks and Tours post box 1123 Thimphu Bhutan ph.# 00975-2-323028, fax 321696. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.snowwhitetours.com.bt ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:27:58 -0000 From: "Marcus L. Endicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Tourism Concern launches its Sun, Sand, Sea and SWEATSHOPS campaign TourismConcern FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London, 11 October, 2004: Tourism Concern launches its Sun, Sand, Sea and SWEATSHOPS campaign fighting to stop abusive labour conditions within the tourism industry, based on its groundbreaking research at five popular tourism destinations. While we relax in the sunshine, life is far from paradise for the waiters, cooks, cleaners, porters, drivers, receptionists and other staff who work so hard to make our holidays idyllic and carefree. Working conditions in the tourism industry are notoriously exploitative. The research undertaken by TourismConcern uncovered widespread exploitative conditions in our holiday destinations. Every hotel we researched is advertised in the holiday brochures of the four major tour operators in the UK. These conditions violate international legislation and keep workers in poverty. "Foreign investment in tourism has weakened working conditions in my country. They refuse to have trade unions but they pay badly and sack those who complain." Vicky Kanyoka, trade unionist, Tanzania Tourism Concern's is asking the public to add their voice to the growing pressure on tour operators to ensure that they are not part of this abuse. They will be signing postcards addressed to the four largest UK tour operators - Thomson, First Choice, Thomas Cook and Airtours letting them know that as holidaymakers, they will not book with any tour operator that, directly or indirectly, exploit people on their behalf. The launch provides a unique opportunity to meet with people working in the tourism industry from Egypt, Gambia and Tanzania who have first-hand experience of issues such as: · Poverty wages · Long hours, unpaid overtime and stress · Lack of secure contracts · Poor training and few promotion opportunities for local people · Cost-cutting measures leading to redundancies and overwork · Over-dependency on tips Available for interview in London this week are: Ashraf el-Sayad from Egypt, who has worked on Nile cruise ships as head chef for the last 20 years, and has in-depth knowledge of what it's like behind the scenes (available 12 19 October) Vicky Kanyoka from Tanzania, is head of the Conservation, Hotels, Domestic and Allied Workers Union (CHODAWU) which is addressing the consequences of poor working conditions in tourism and struggling to negotiate legal and fair working conditions (10-16 October) Marta Di Cesare, from Italy, is one of the project researchers and covered working conditions in Cancun, Mexico and Nile cruises in Egypt. She works as a tour guide and researcher for Associazione RAM an Italian NGO promoting fair trade and responsible tourism. She co- authored "Provero Outgoing" which reports the findings of the research by RAM and Tourism Concern (14-17 October) Phoday Touray, from Gambia, who has worked for Gambia Tourism Concern and has an inside knowledge of how tourism impacts on local tourism workers (12 - 17 October) Guyonne James, campaign manager at Tourism Concern, is also available for interview. She offers an overview of the problem: "International laws are being flouted everywhere within the tourism industry. Tour operators are profiting while workers are struggling to survive in unacceptable and illegal working conditions." All the guests will be speaking at Tourism Concern's session Meet the Workers at the European Social Forum (ESF) Friday 15 October 2004, 13.00-15.00hrs Congress House, Great Russell Street, London To arrange interviews at the ESF or at other times, please contact: Shirley Eber, press officer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone 020 7359 0074 Guyonne James, campaign manager, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone 07753 603300 Patricia Barnett, Tourism Concern director [EMAIL PROTECTED] or phone 020 7133 3330 For further information about Tourism concern's Sun, Sand, Sea and SWEATSHOPS campaign visit http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone 020 7133 3330 NOTES TO EDITORS: Sun, Sand, Sea, and SWEATSHOPS is just one part of Tourism Concern's campaigning for ethical and fairly-traded tourism. We work to bring the benefits of tourism to local people. We believe that fairer tourism is better for tourists and holidaymakers, and more just and rewarding for local people. Tourism can be a powerful force for good, but only if it's fair. Research for this campaign was carried out in the popular tourism destinations of: Cancun, Mexico; Egypt, Canary Islands, Dominican Republic and Bali. A full report, "Labour standards, social responsibility and tourism", is available from http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk Tourism Concern's other initiatives include: - improving working conditions for trekking porters over 40 UK trekking companies have signed up to a code protecting porters rights - co-ordinating a UK/Burma Tourism boycott - halting a tourism development in Nungwi, Zanzibar that threatened to evict thousands of people - co-ordinating an international network on fair trade in tourism - publishing The Good Alternative Travel Guide, the first guidebook on community-run tourism - working with UK tour operators and the UK government on corporate social responsibility in tourism - influencing UK government policy to ensure that tourism destinations do not suffer unnecessarily as a result of FCO travel advisories To support Tourism Concern, and for more information, visit: http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk TourismConcern ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:44:49 -0000 From: "Marcus L. Endicott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Argentina, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego: 4to Encuentro de Turismo Cultural Turismo y Cultura: Itinerarios Culturales http://www.naya.org.ar/turismo/ "El turismo cultural y sus diferentes perspectivas de organización" IV ENCUENTRO DE TURISMO CULTURAL PRIMERO REGIONAL - PATAGONIA Río Grande - Tierra del Fuego 4 , 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2004 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:28:16 -0000 From: "Marcus L. 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