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Tag >> EcoTourism

"Don't go there"

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Tourism, EcoTourism, Conventions on Aug 31, 2008

 

I read this provocative article in the Sunday, 31 August Washington Post and wondered how our industry was contributing to the devastation of our earth and in some ways promoting what I consider to be unhealthy tourism.

It's a thought I've had before as I've watched areas in countries like Dubai being developed for what appears to be financial gain v. any thought to ensuring environmental

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