Jointly organised by ICRT – International Centre for Responsible Tourism, Incredible India and Kerala Tourism, the forthcoming Kerala Conference, will evaluate the existing standards of Responsible Tourism practices across the world. Besides reviewing the progress made by India and other countries in Responsible Tourism, the conference will discuss key issues like reports and deliberations on new and emerging trends in the field.
The Conference will be co-chaired by Dr. Venu V, Secretary, Kerala Tourism and Prof. Harold Goodwin, Director, International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT) at Leeds Metropolitan University. Local economic development, regional marketing initiatives, water, carbon and GHGs, wildlife and conservation will be some of the major topics discussed at the conference. Policies to be used as benchmarks by the tourism industry for the welfare of the society through tourism will also be focused at the conference. Above all, the second international conference will be the platform for a global initiative to help the tourism industry and all its stakeholders wake up to the problems and issues at hand – namely, economic, environmental, socio-cultural and socio-economic.
Representatives from various countries, NGOs and several government agencies that have initiated the Responsible Tourism movement in the world, will attend the Kerala Conference on responsible tourism.
Theodore Koumelis - Monday, December 10, 2007