Martin Hatchuel
www.thistourismweek.co.za

People travel to faraway places
to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home Dagobert Runes #FAIL!

Travel is fatal to prejudice,
bigotry, and narrow-mindedness Mark Twain #PURR!

Tourists People traveling to and
staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes UN World Tourism Organisation

International tourist arrivals 1950: 25
million Annual growth: 1950 – 2010: 6.2% 2010: 940 million Export earnings: US$ 919 billion; € 693 billion 2011: 980 million 2012: One billion + UNWTO. Pic: Pierre Selim

Travel & Tourism 2011: 9%
of global GDP US$6 trillion ... 255 million jobs Expected growth: 4% per year World Travel & Tourism Council

Travel & Tourism 2022: 10%
of global GDP US$10 trillion 328 million jobs ... 1 in every 10 on the planet! World Travel & Tourism Council

This is gonna kill us!

Tourism that creates better places
for people to live in, and better places to visit

Suppliers! You’re the problem! Sustainable
tourism, Eco-tourism, Pro-poor tourism, and others ... all expected the tourism industry to make the difference

Visitors! Front and centre! In
Responsible Tourism everyone makes a difference: host communities and tourists alike. Pic: Alvaror Fontana

If I have seen further
it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants Isaac Newton

The Four-Way Test (1932) Is
it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Herbert J. Taylor Adopted by Rotary International in 1943

United Nations Universal Declaration of
Human Rights (1948) All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person

Animals: The Five Freedoms (1979)
Freedom from hunger or thirst Freedom from discomfort Freedom from pain, injury or disease Freedom to express normal behaviour Freedom from fear and distress United Kingdom Farm Animal Welfare Council

The Earth Summit: The United
Nations Conference on Environment and Development 27 guiding principles for sustainable development The environment: The Rio Declaration (1992)

The Cape Town Declaration on
Responsible Tourism (2002) Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development Cape Town Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations (280 delegates from 20 countries) Birth of a movement: do what you can to make tourism work for everyone - and for the environment

The Cape Town Declaration Responsible
Tourism: • Minimises negative • Generates respect impacts between tourists and • Ensures economic hosts benefits • Involves locals and • Is culturally sensitive enhances their well- • Conserves heritage being and diversity • Improves working • Builds local pride and conditions and access confidence to the industry

I have no special talent.
I am only passionately curious Albert Einstein What can *I* do? Consider this: Other industries export their products and services. Tourism imports its consumers

Before you leave • Do
your homework • ‘What approach must I take?’ You don’t entertain tourists in your house. You entertain visitors Hugo Antonio Santiago

In your destination If you
reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home James Michener Pic: Bohari Adventures; Mataram, Indonesia

Respect • Learn about the
destination • Respect local laws, traditions, attractions, dress codes • Respect the environment • Respect yourself Godfrey A. Okiki "Women off to Market" 1963

Engage • Make Friends •
Feel the joy • Try to understand the challenges Pic: John Pannell

• Use accredited Go green
accommodation & tours • Leave the ivory on the elephant • Self-accreditation sucks! • Re-use & recycle • Don’t rent the emaciated • Use carbon offsetting camel

Sleep where you stay Stay
in locally-owned places that support local economies

You’re in Africa. Why are
you buying Chinese? • Eat & buy local • Bargaining? Pay fair prices

Win! prize: Public transport •
Third Win! Win! • Runner-up: Cycling • And the winner is: Walking!

Self-accreditation sucks Travel with operators
who practice Responsible Tourism

Be yourself Yes, you are
paying, and no, why should you accept poor service? But be nice Responsible Tourism demands equal relationships

Sex & The City Practice
safe sex Fiercely protect children against sexual (and other) exploitation

• Donate via reputable institutions
and to recognised projects • Self-accreditation sucks • Don’t give money to children • If you have to volunteer - how will your stay affect your hosts (Positively? Negatively?) Be charitable. But...

Look but don’t touch And
no, don’t leave any footprints • Leave nature as it is • Wild animals are wild - no petting. Respect their space • Put your butt out properly - and take it home with you • Use water sparingly

After your trip (or while
you’re travelling) • Be generous • Share your experiences on line • Suggest ways of travelling responsibly • Tag, tag, tag

Preach What You Practice Ron
Mader

I don’t care what you
do. I do care whether the scale of your ambition is making it laughably, impossibly better Umair Haque

Enkosi - Thank you Tweeples
& Facebookers Ron Mader - Planeta.com Ron Mader @Ronmader Joey L Defrancesco @Joeyquits Responsible Capetown @Respcpt Tourism Geographies @Tourismjournal Responsible Tourism @Respontour Paul Miedema @Paulmiedema1 Mynatour @My_Natour Ethan Gelber @Thetravelword Climatesmartct @Climatesmartct Responsible Travel @R_Travel Catherine Mack @Catherinemack Etourism @Etourismforum Coffeebeans Routes @Coffeebeansrout Kurt Ackermann @Kurt_A Skye Grove @Skyegrove Ivisitorguide @Ivisitorguide

Responsible Tourism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_Tourism The International
Centre for Responsible Tourism http://icrtcic.wordpress.com/ Conscious Travel www.planeta.com and http://planeta.wikispaces.com/ Global Code of Ethics for Responsible Tourism www.UNWTO.org/ethics Responsible Cape Town www.responsiblecapetown.co.za When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable Clifton Fadiman

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Martin Hatchuel www.thistourismweek.co.za Nihambe kakuhle
April 12 ‘Goodbye’ in Xhosa - said to people who are leaving. Literally: ‘Go well ’