View Article  The Poverty Angle for Sun, Sea and Sand .....
The July edition of the Tourism Review Magazine has a special supplement on Pro-poor Tourism - download a copy .....   more »
View Article  The ICRT grew substantially in 2007-8 and we will next year too.
The ICRT held its Second Annual Conference in Leeds for alumni, associates and current students; three new members of the ICRT staff gave their perspectives on Responsible Tourism   more »
View Article  First ICRT Graduates at Leeds Met
The ICRT has its first graduates at Leeds Met.   more »
View Article  Beyond Labels
Responsibility will never adequately be reduced to a label – as Krippendorf opined we need "rebellious tourists and rebellious locals". It would help if the journalists too asked the same kinds of questions about the industry as a whole - regularly. Responsible Tourism is only a niche if we let it be – all forms of tourism can be more responsible – keep asking the questions. Keep challenging the operators - all the operators not just those who are trying to make a difference.   more »
View Article  An Evening with Richard Hammond
Richard provided some realy useful insights into the world of travel journalism and stimulated another lively evening of comment and networking held in the cellar of the Vintry near Bank Tube.   more »
View Article  Who is greenwashing?
What we need is “rebellious tourists and rebellious locals”. The issues are complex and contested they cannot be reduced to labels - transparency and debate are essential to the Responsible Tourism movement.   more »
View Article  A Reflection from The Gambia
Volunteering in The Gambia eight years of partnership.   more »
View Article  Balla Musa Krubally
Balla Musa Krubally was the International Relation’s Officer at the Gambia Tourism Authority as well as the Responsible Tourism Partnership (RTP) Coordinator until Monday 2nd June 2008   more »
View Article  Marie-Sylvestre Bélanger working near the arctic cirle
ICRT alumni Marie-Sylvestre Bélanger is now based in Churchill Manitoba
at the 58th parallel, just short of the Arctic circle. ...   more »
View Article  Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2008
Nominations for the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards 2008 closed on Monday 16 June.   more »
View Article  Developments in Belize
A Toledo Council for Responsible Tourism has been formed   more »
View Article  UNWTO Secretary General draws attention to the importance of Responsible Tourism
Global Code of Ethics for Tourism recognized by the UN General Assembly as the basis for responsible tourism   more »
View Article  Congratulations to Hilary Bradt
Hilary Bradt's achievement in "encouraging ‘responsible tourism’, even before the phrase was coined."   more »
View Article  An Evening with Simon Greenbury
The first Evening with ICRT event took place at the Vintry in the City of London last night. More than a score of alumni and associates, gathered for drinks and then we withdrew to the cellar bar for Simon’s informal chat about communicating Responsible Tourism. S   more »
View Article  Turismo para el desarrollo - Barcelona
Barcelona Conference on Responsible Tourism and local economic development   more »
View Article  BA lacks ambition on carbon efficient flying
Disappointing lack of ambition by British Airways on carbon smart flying   more »
View Article  PLB has appointed another of our alumni
Congratulations Lucy ....   more »
View Article  National Parks & Wildlife
ICRT Alumni working in wildlife tourism and national parks in the UK   more »
View Article  A priceless lesson in Maasai Life
Two ICRT Alumni - Cheryl Mvula and Cathy Mack have been making a difference ...   more »
View Article  Blog exceeds bandwith
Increasing traffic has made it necessary to increase the bandwidth   more »
View Article  New Forest a beacon Responsible Destination
Harold Goodwin and the ICRT are working with Anthony Climpson in the New Forest to develop indicators to measure progress on VICE   more »
View Article  An Open Letter to Tourism Concern
NGO's need to take more responsibility for what they write.   more »
View Article  Exciting New Integrated Responsible Tourism Policy launched
Allison Keech, current ICRT student, has worked with colleagues and a broad multi-stakeholder group to achieve a Responsible Tourism Strategy for Brighton and Hove.   more »
View Article  7th Birthday
Responsible Travel .com is 7 years old today...... Happy Birthday.   more »
View Article  Hotel Carbon Index Launched
Today sees the launch of a new Hotel Carbon Index which will assist in driving change. It measures carbon pollution per bed night and will provide a transparent means of measuring and comparing the carbon emissions of different properties.   more »
View Article  Kerala Declaration
503 delegates came from 25 countries on four continents and Conference approved the Kerala Declaration published today   more »
View Article  Belize to Host 3rd International Conference in May 2009
Next Conference 21-24 May 2009 in Belize   more »
View Article  Second Day of Kerala Conference
On the second day of the Kerala Conference there was an opportunity to review progress since the Cape Town Conference in 2002   more »
View Article  Kerala Conference Opens

The Incredible India Second International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations opened in Kerala today.  There are more than ...   more »

View Article  On line web forum launched for Kerala Conference
The on-line element of the Kerala Second International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations can be found at http://planeta.wikispaces.com/KeralaConference
 ...   more »
View Article  Two weeks without a laptop in Belize
Belize is a wonderful place to holiday, not only does is offer easy access to the the Barrier Reef, this small country has a wide diversity of landscapes and of peoples.   more »
View Article  Kerala Responsible Tourism in Destinations Conference
Following on from the Cape Town Conference held in 2002, the Kerala Conference will look at the development of Responsible Tourism around the world over the last 5 years. Apart from sharing experiences from destinations and businesses across the world, the Conference will also focus attention on initiatives and practices in India. The efforts of Kerala tourism in adopting Responsible Tourism will also be explored during the Conference through field trips and discussion. . There is a rich programme of speakers and a wealth of experience to be shared, debated, and reflected upon.   more »
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