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WTM World Responsible Tourism Day programme
The WTM Responsible Tourism programme started early on Day Three with the first ever Responsible Tourism Speed Networking event. Hundreds of visitors attended for the chance of six minutes with some of the leading lights in responsible tourism, ranging from established companies such as Exodus and Tribes to newer initiatives like Hopineo and WTM Responsible Tourism advisor Harold Goodwin’s latest project Travel Philanthropy. Two further responsible tourism seminars followed with another highly successful day of events culminating with the WTM Responsible Tourism Networking Reception. It gave visitors an unrivalled chance to meet and share views on responsible tourism with experts.
GENDER EQUALITY IN TOURISM: HOW CAN IT BE ACHIEVED? When: 14:00-15:00 Chaired by Dr Stroma Cole, Director of Equality in Tourism and Senior Lecturer in International Tourism Development at the University of the West of England, this
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session looked at the major challenges involved in achieving gender equality within the tourism and hospitality sector. The panel of speakers including Sandra Ramos, Movement of Employed and Unemployed Women, Nicaragua Arzu Kutucu Ozenen, Chair, Green Valise Responsible Tourism Association,
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Turkey, and Angela Hadjipateras, Director, Zalala Beach Lodge, Mozambique, focused on strategies for addressing these challenges, drawing on lessons and experiences from around the world.
CARBON DEBATE – IS THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY DOING ENOUGH TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE?
When: 15:30 - 16:45
Motion: “This House believes that the tourism industry could do a great deal more to take responsibility for reducing carbon emissions and urges it to do so.” The theme of climate change was
returned to in this debate, when Christopher Surgenor, Editor of GreenAir Online, explained that the challenge for the aviation industry is that it is growing by 5% a year, yet the efficiency of its aircraft is only reducing by closer to 1.5% a year. Furthermore, he said that ICAO has failed for 17 years to develop a global carbon offset scheme for aviation. Rachel McCaffery, from Intasave- Caribsave, said that it was great to see WTM focussing on this issue, although she said there’s no point expecting leadership from industry since it is so answerable to its shareholders’ demand. Rather, she felt leadership needs to come from the likes of the EU and UNWTO.
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