Ethical Tourism

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• Foundation Degree

Ethical Tourism

Please remember that Tourism has the potential to.....

Help people get out of poverty 

Educate and inspire 

Reduce inequality 

Create cultural understanding 

Help conservation of natural and built environments 

Change lives for the better 

What are ethics?

Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.

(oxfordlanguages, 2014)

Morals?

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Let's see how ethical you are in a workplace.

How does this translate to Tourism?

What is an example of unethical tourism?

Discussion on irresponsible / unethical tourism examples 

A few examples.....

Child Sex Tourism / exploitation 

All inclusive resorts 

Canned hunting 

Captive animals /irresponsible wildlife watching / shark cage diving 

Cultural Insensitivity 

Cruise liners 

Land grabbing /forced evictions /displacement 

Sexual Exploitation of children in Travel and Tourism (SECTT) 

Child sex tourism 

Koning, A., & van Wilsem, J. (2023). The Context of Sexual Exploitation of Children by Tourists and Travelers: A Cross-National Comparison of Destination Countries and Non-Destination Countries. International Criminal Justice Review, 33(4), 349-366.

Some stats....

$5 billion generated 

Impacts over 2 million children 

250,000 perpetrators  

ecpat.org

ECPAT 

Do all inclusive holidays provide a much needed break for millions of families on a tight budget and employment for local people – or deny local communities a fair share of tourism revenues?

Canned hunting 

A trophy hunt which is not a fair chase.  Animals have been kept in a confined area to prevent escape and make it easier for hunter.

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What is the issue?

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How not to be 'that tourist'

Cultural Insensitivity 

Religious sites 

Monuments 

Festivals 

Customs and traditions

Human Safari 

www.bbc.com

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Cruise Liners 

www.sciencedirect.com

Cruising 

Land grabbing/displacement

www.thecanary.co

Land grabbing 

Consultancy 

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TRAVINDY 

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