17 July 2008
Responsible tourism
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Responsible travel is becoming more and more of a challenge. Flying is the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It might only make up around three per cent of the emissions at this stage, but until the middle of the century flying could eat up half of Australia's emissions allowance.
With around eight per cent of the global workforce bound to tourism, the margin of the industry between supporting and exploiting local communities gets tighter. Particularly the trend to travel to destinations such as war zones or Burma poses the question of supporting shady regimes. However, for these countries tourism often is the only door to international contact. So how responsible can tourism be?
Guests
Tony Wheeler, Co-founder of Lonely Planet
Tricia Barnett, Director of Tourism Concern
Associate Professor Stephen Wearing, School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism at the University of Technology Sydney
Jane Crouch, Responsible Travel Manager for Intrepid Travel
Further Information
Link to Lonely Planet, Responsible Travel
Link to the government's travel advisory
Link to ClimateCare (online calculator for aviation carbon emissions)
Link to the Sustainable Tourism CRC
Link to the Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre at the Curtin Business School
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Karin Zsivanovits
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