Talk:Sustainable tourism

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Is it possible that sustainable tourism be only interpreted/positioned within an economic development discourse rather than articulated within discourse on the environment? I note that the entries on examples on sustainable tourism seemed to be very much framed within 'how it generates cash/money". This reminds me of the increasing monetization of things that ought not to have "value" within a capitalist system.Themechacat 04:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I have removed the part on MIF (Multilateral Investment Fund). Advertisments are strictly prohibited on Wikipedia. --Joblobster 05:22, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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I note that there is little mention that the tourism industry as a whole is heavily dependent on unsustainable resource use, particularly in transport of tourists (peak oil, anyone?). This is an extremely obvious point to me, though I'm not that surprised to see so little mention of it. It seems people are happy with a prostituted doublethink definition of sustainability, even if I may be less comfortable with such mental acrobatics myself. It should also be pointed out that carbon neutrality does not mean sustainability - you can plant as many trees as you like, but that's not going to replace the oil you used up. Really, tourism using oil in transport is about as sustainable as coal mining, and this should be made clear from the beginning.

I also note the presence of small amounts of holisty crap, e.g. the popular anthropomorphism of "nature". What exactly are 'nature's rules' supposed to be? Richard001 (talk) 04:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)