TOURISM

This section presents tourism articles in a developmental and environmental context, the bi-monthly bulletin New Frontiers that monitors tourism development in Southeast Asia's Mekong region, as well as tourism-related statements and action alerts. It focuses on tourism issues affecting local communities and the natural environment and highlights voices who usually have little opportunity to influence policy-making structures.

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TOURISM INVESTIGATION & MONITORING TEAM (T.I.M.-TEAM)

t.i.m.-team was formed in 1994 as an independent research and monitoring initiative to provide information for public use and to engage in campaigns for social and ecological justice in tourism and development.
t.i.m.-team has been active in the Global Anti-Golf Movement (GAG'M) by contributing research and documentation on golf and tourism-related developments worldwide.
t.i.m.-team produces the newsletter new frontiers which highlights the issues of tourism, development and environment in the Southeast Asian Mekong sub-region.
t.i.m.-team critically reviews concepts and policies promoting 'alternative' forms of tourism, projected as responsible, sustainable, eco-, fair, etc.

t.i.m.-team is coordinated by Anita Pleumarom who has worked with public interest groups and as an author based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Contact: P.O.Box 51 Chorakhebua, Bangkok 10230, Thailand, Fax:66-2-519.2821

Southeast Asia Tourism Monitor (sea-tm) - This bi-monthly newsletter takes a critical look at tourism policies and practices in Southeast Asia as well as in southern China. It particularly highlights people-centred perspectives aimed to advance civil rights, social and economic equity, cultural integrity, ecological sustainability and climate justice.

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Some articles on tourism issues

	Change Tourism, not Climate! Time is running out for tourism leaders to clear the air by Anita Pleumarom (Nov 09)
	Tourism feels the heat of global warming

'Our world is not for sale!' - The disturbing implications of privatization in the tourism trade [MS-Word]
UK successful in stopping travel to Burma
Asian suppliers feel bullied by European tour operator
The political economy of tourism liberalization, gender and GATS
Caribbean/Barbados tourism liberalization
Capitalizing on political events - the world of opportunities
The hidden costs of the 'new' tourisms - A focus on biopiracy (A. Pleumarom)
Foreign takeover of Thailand's tourism industry - the other face of liberalisation (A. Pleumarom)
Eco-tourism: An ecological and economic trap for third world countries (A. Pleumarom)
A sustainable world through prostitution (A. Pleumarom)
Tourism, globalisation and sustainable development (A. Pleumarom)
Globalisation and tourism: Deadly mix for indigenous peoples (Raymond de Chavez)
The rise and fall of South-East Asian tourism (A. Pleumarom)
Tourism killing world's eighth wonder (M. Malanes)

Campaigns

Campaign on the International Year of Ecotourism

Boycott the Beach: The Bulldozer Movie by the Justice for Maya Bay International Alliance