Announcement Responsible Tourism Week: May 18-22, 2009 Hashtag: #rtweek2009
Details http://planeta.wikispaces.com/responsibletourism You are cordially invited to participate in online discussion taking place the week of May 18-22 focusing on responsible tourism around the world. The motto for the discussion is "Five Days, Fifty Ways to Make Tourism More Responsible." Since the Responsible Tourism Conference in Belize has been postponed until later this year, we are choosing to conduct some discussion online across various platforms, including Planeta.com and Web 2.0 channels including Delicious, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. The announcement has been published online the aRTyForum, Fringe Ning, Irresponsible Tourism Forum, Responsible Tourism Networking, Travelmole and the Transitions Abroad Ning. In terms of planning, not much will be done. Borrowing the wisdom of Spike Milligan, "We don't have anything planned, so nothing can go wrong!" This is not the typical conference or e-conference. Instead, the discussion will be dependent on participants organizing themselves in productive and inspiring ways we cannot begin to imagine. The hope is that Responsible Tourism Week contributes broadly and deeply to the global dialogue on responsible tourism and that it helps set up the networking for the Responsible Tourism Conference in Belize later this year. How to participate Since the discussion takes part on various platforms, now is a good time to become acquainted with Delicious, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. Tag relevant pages and tweets with the hashtag #rtweek2009 Those interested are asking to reflect on what responsible tourism means philosophically and via concrete actions. Shine a light on a particular place or process. On the ground you might want to document how responsible tourism looks where you live. You might want to share the lessons learned from abroad with your neighbors! Questions GFC - What are the best ways to support responsible tourism initiatives during the economic recession? Education - Is there a code of conduct for academics and university tourism programs? CBT - How should community-based tourism operations be evaluated? Are there suggestions for making improvements? Finance - What is Responsible Travel Philanthropy? Hospitality what constitutes Responsible Hospitality Management? Aviation how it it possible to Fly Responsibly? Climate Change - More broadly what is required to be Carbon Responsible? Place - What makes a Destination Responsible? More info Twitter http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23rtweek2009 Responsible Tourism Networking http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73518857387 Irresponsible Tourism http://www.irresponsibletourism.info/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=151 Fringe Travel http://fringetravel.ning.com/forum/topics/responsible-tourism-week-may Transitions Abroad http://transitionsabroad.ning.com/forum/topics/responsible-tourism-week-may Responsible Tourism Week http://www.artyforum.info/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=14
