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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