OUR PLANET 10.1
February 1999
Tourism
Editorial
Klaus Toepfer
Executive Director, UNEP
Where the buck stops
Ralf Corsten says the tourist industry and nature are natural
allies and describes how companies like his must take
responsibility for protecting the environment
Change in the air
Colin Marshall says that airlines must constantly try to
improve their impact on the environment, and describes
his own company's efforts
Beyond attractive destinations
D. J. de Villiers describes how sustainable tourism can
both reduce poverty and become the most important
economic incentive for environmental protection
No island is an island
Carlston Boucher describes the importance of tourism in
making the economies of small island states outward looking
Beyond bananas
Norris Prevost says that tourism, properly developed,
can transform economies and bring enormous benefits to
small island states and developing countries as a whole
Reefs and reforms
Nelson Andrade describes UNEP's work to promote
sustainable tourism in the Caribbean
Crowded shores
Lucien Chabason describes the impact of tourism
around the Mediterranean
Not just nature
Elizabeth Halpenny and Nicole R. Otte define ecotourism
and discuss its benefits and drawbacks
Keep the sharks out of the mountains
Tej Vir Singh argues that mass tourism is ruining the
world's high places, and calls for community-based
development instead
Uganda's opportunity
Shaun Mann says that the country, by-passed by mass
tourism because of its past troubles, is now
pioneering a new course
Asking the right questions
Meenakshi Varandani lists requirements for sustainability
Travelling hopefully
Geoffrey Lipman says that travel and tourism are
changing in response to Agenda 21
Green beds and greenbacks
Kenneth F. Hine describes how hotels are increasingly
realizing that protecting the environment is good business
UNEP News - Environmental Award
Catalyst for common sense
Simon Upton
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