Table of Contents
Introduction
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- Defining responsible tourism
- Responsible tourism means different things to different players
- The Gambia
- The New Forest
- Industry insight – Professor Harold Goodwin, director, ICRT
Data Sources
Overview
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- Cape Town Declaration: a growing concept
- Industry insight – Heidi van der Watt, director, EDGE Tourism Solutions and ICRT South Africa
Responsible Tourism Economies
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- The Gambia
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- Figure 1: Travel & tourism in the Gambia, 2002-13
- Kerala, India
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- Figure 2: Trends in domestic & foreign tourist arrivals into Kerala, 2006-13
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- Figure 3: Earnings from incoming tourism to Kerala, 2001-13
- Distribution of foreign and domestic arrivals
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- Figure 4: Domestic arrivals in Kerala by district, 2006-13
- Figure 5: Foreign tourist arrivals in Kerala by district, 2006-13
- The New Forest, England
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- Figure 6: Tourist numbers & days in the New Forest National Park, 2009-13
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- Figure 7: Revenues from tourism in the New Forest National Park, 2009-13
- Figure 8: Revenues from tourism by expenditure category in the New Forest National Park, 2009-13
- South Africa
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- Figure 9: Foreign & tourist arrivals to South Africa, 2001-13
- Figure 10: Foreign tourism expenditure in South Africa, 2003-13
- Foreign tourists in South Africa
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- Figure 11: Foreign tourists in South Africa by length of stay & number of provinces visited, 2003-13
The Impact of Responsible Tourism
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- Environmental impact
- Consumption and collection of water
- Consumption and generation of energy
- Transport
- Waste
- Use of hazardous substances
- Biodiversity and conservation
- Social impact
- Charitable causes
- Skills development
- Social inclusion
- Cultural respect
- Empowerment of women
- Valuing the workforce and client base
- Local pride
- Human exploitation
- Economic impact
- Direct benefits
- Cost savings as a result of responsibility interventions
- Operating in a more resilient market
- Higher-spending customers
- Generation of high value employment
- Responsible tourism attracts custom
- Indirect benefits
- Procurement and supply chains
- Community and destination impacts
Intervention in Responsible Tourism
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- Case study: the Bicycling Empowerment Network
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- Figure 12: Bicycling Empowerment Network start-up costs, 2013
- Social development
- Case study: The Big Lemon bus company
- Intervention in accommodation provision
- Case study: Club Med
- Host country responsibility intervention
- Green building
- Intervention for tour operators
- Explore
- Valuing the workforce
- Climate-change intervention
- Industry insight: Amanda Marks, managing director, Tribes Travel
- Intervention by transport providers
- Industry insight: Dr Andy Jefferson, programme director, Sustainable Aviation
- Road transport provision
- Case study: Green Tomato Cars
- Case study: the New Forest EV Hire Scheme
What Next?
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- Burma – a national test case
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- Figure 13: Tourist arrivals into Burma by gateway, 2005-13
- Teaching the next generation
- Championing domestic tourism
- Sports tourism
- Auditing by tour operators
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