Inclusive tourism

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The Ogan­isa­tion for Eco­nom­ic Co-oper­a­tion and Devel­op­ment (OECD) defines inclus­ive growth as “eco­nom­ic growth that cre­ates oppor­tun­ity for all seg­ments of the pop­u­la­tion and dis­trib­utes the dividends of increased prosper­ity, both in mon­et­ary and non-mon­et­ary terms, fairly across society”.

When referred to by The “Good Tour­ism” Blog, inclus­ive tour­ism means the same as OECD’s defin­i­tion of “inclus­ive growth” as it per­tains to the tour­ism sector.

Else­where the term is often used inter­change­ably with “access­ible tour­ism”, which is con­fus­ing. The term should also not be con­fused with “all-inclus­ive tour­ism”, which relates to the prac­tice of bund­ling all (or most) of what a tour­ist might need for their hol­i­day — their trans­port, accom­mod­a­tion, meals, tick­ets, passes, et cet­era — into a single package.

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Colorado Tourism talks inclusive growth, sustainability

May 15, 2017

Pronghorns scamper across the northeast plains of Colorado. Image Credit: Matt Inden/Miles

The Col­or­ado Tour­ism Office (CTO) is speak­ing the lan­guage of inclus­ive growth and sus­tain­ab­il­ity in a new “Col­or­ado Come to Life” cam­paign. “We’re put­ting our focus on gen­er­at­ing greatest fin­an­cial impact pos­sible from exist­ing vis­it­ors,” CTO Dir­ect­or Cathy Ritter reportedly said. “Every corner has the oppor­tun­ity to bene­fit from travel spend­ing.” The US state’s new […]

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Is it the “end of tourism” for Copenhagen?

May 13, 2017

Copenhagen Marathon. Picture: Matthew James Harrison via visitcopenhagen.com

In Feb­ru­ary Denmark’s cap­it­al Copen­ha­gen boldly announced the “end of tour­ism as we know it” and ushered in the rise of “loc­al­hood”. This wasn’t some dysto­pi­an present in which the eco­nom­ic extern­al­it­ies of the travel & tour­ism industry have to be paid for and the emer­gent middle-class masses of Asia are forced to stay at home […]

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In India, where tigers are neighbours

May 13, 2017

“Not long ago, the Chenchus were caught in the crossfire between Maoists and the anti-Naxal force of the Andhra Pradesh police. The recent National Tiger Conservation Authority order puts them into yet another uncertain phase.” | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

While inaug­ur­at­ing the Nal­lamala Jungle Camp, a com­munity-based eco­tour­ism ini­ti­at­ive, Deputy Chief Min­is­ter K E Krish­namurthy of Andhra Pra­desh state in India hailed the Chen­chu people for pre­serving their cul­ture and iden­tity. This feel-good start to a May 11 news story by The Hans India gets bet­ter; Chen­chu mem­bers will teach vis­it­ors to Nal­lamala Jungle […]

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Inclusive ecotourism projects piloted in Uttarakhand, India

May 11, 2017

Migratory birds at Asan Conservation Reserve, which will be covered in India’s Swadesh Darshan scheme. (HT Photo)

The newly-con­­sti­­tuted Uttarakhand Eco­tour­ism Cor­por­a­tion will soon start work on devel­op­ing five inclus­ive eco­tour­ism cir­cuits in the Indi­an state, accord­ing to reports. This is the first step toward Swadesh Dar­shan, a cent­ral gov­ern­ment scheme to boost tour­ism through­out the coun­try by link­ing the sec­tor with vil­la­gers’ live­li­hoods. In the first stage the five cir­cuits would […]

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South Africa prioritising inclusive tourism growth

May 11, 2017

South Africa's Minister of Tourism Tokozile Xasa to dirve inclusive tourism. Picture: Tsheko Kabasia

South Africa’s Tour­ism Min­is­ter Tokoz­ile Xasa will drive a strategy of inclus­ive tour­ism growth, pro­mot­ing small- and medi­um-sized entre­pren­eurs, Busi­ness Live reports. A tour­ism devel­op­ment fund will be cre­ated by the gov­ern­ment in col­lab­or­a­tion with devel­op­ment fin­ance insti­tu­tions to sup­port small- and medi­um-sized enter­prises (SMEs), includ­ing com­munity-based pro­jects. While tour­ism growth had been impress­ive in […]

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