Humanise me Respon

sible  travel  

“In about 60 years, tourism has grown nearly 100 times from less than 10 million to 1 billion international overnight trips. That may sound like good news – and the growth is impressive – but there are signs that, as an efficient economic engine, it’s running out of steam. At best, it’s producing diminishing returns; at worse, it contains within it the seeds of its own destruction. In plain language, we’re killing the goose that laid the golden egg.”

Anna Pollock

Arrivals

From10 million

to 1 billion

...in...

60  years  

Doub

le.  

2030    ?    

Increased demand Diminishing returns

Increasing impact

Environmental & social chAos

Ar9cle  Mail  Online:  China  rounds  up  and  puts  its  beggars  in  CAGES  ...  so  they  couldn't  spoil  the  fun  at  town  fair  by  Sara  Malm  hIp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar9cle-­‐2205536/China-­‐rounds-­‐CAGES-­‐beggars-­‐-­‐-­‐didnt-­‐spoil-­‐view-­‐town-­‐fair.html    

“‘This year we decided we would no longer accept beggars wandering everywhere, distressing our guests and spoiling it for everyone else,’ explained one organiser before adding that no one is forcing them to beg and that they have voluntarily entered the cages.”

Sara Malm Mail Online

Funfair  

Nanchang,  Jiangxi  Province,  China  

“By 2030, the world will need at least •  50 % more food, •  45 % more energy and •  30 % more water - all at a time when environmental boundaries are throwing up new limits to supply. It will also need to have reduced its production of carbon by over 80%.”

Anna Pollock

V volatility U uncertainty C complexity A ambiguity

VUCA  

V - Value participants & places U - Understanding C - Creativity - Collaboration - Caution A - Agility & Action VUCA

 Anna  Pollock  

...But these concepts are too big for *me*

Awe  inspiring!    !  

The  journey  of  1,000  miles  begins  with  a  single  ...  tweet?    

  Creating better places to live in, and better places to visit.

#Respo

nsibleTravel  

Niche  tourism    Eco-­‐tourism  Safari  travel  Food  tourism  Pro-­‐poor  tourism  Not!    

Rather,  it’s  a  way  of  life    

                     Sustainable  tourism    Not!      

(Green-­‐washing!)  

How  can  i  do  it?    Responsible  travel  

Learn  Adopt    Implement    Monitor    Share  LA

IMS  

How  can  i  do  it?    Responsible  travel  

Learn  Environmental  impact  Social  impact  Economic  impact  LA

IMS  

How  can  i  do  it?    Responsible  travel  

Adopt  My  responsibility?  My  impacts?    Write  em  down  LA

IMS  

How  can  i  do  it?    Responsible  travel  

Implement  Baby  steps    Grow  the  process    Full  steam    LA

IMS  

How  can  i  do  it?    Responsible  travel  

 Monitor    Diarise  you  Diarise  me  LA

IMS  

How  can  i  do  it?    Responsible  travel  

Share  Bragging  rights  Educate  Social  web  LA

IMS  

Accredita9on  =  sales?     The  research  is  inconclusiv

e    

Do  host  communi9es  respond  to  RT?    

Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes  Yest  

Do  travellers  respond  to  RT?    

Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes  Yest  

“You  don’t  have  tourists  in  your  house.  You  have  visitors.”  –  Hugo  Antonio  San9ago.  Oaxaca,  Mexico    

JustRTit!    

 #ResponsibleTourism  #ResponsibleTravel    

JustRTit!    

Mar$n  Hatchuel    www.thistourismweek.co.za  -­‐  @ThisTourismWeek  Ron  Mader    www.planeta.com  -­‐  @RonMader    Photos  Henna Hands Gveret Tered Chinese beggers Mail Online Casa de Josefina Lòpez Ron Mader