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FORBES: Travel Organizations Honored For Their Sustainable Practices
Responsible Travel, a UK-based travel agency selling sustainable holiday packages, reports a 23 percent increase in customers buying trips to Malaysia from 2009 to 2010.
In April 2012, it won a prestigious sustainable tourism prize from the World Travel and Tourism Councils, following a similar Best Destination award from Responsible Travel in 2011.
Using TIES' definition and principles of ecotourism as guidelines, we continue to serve as an unbiased source of information and resources on ecotourism and responsible travel, and seek to promote a well-researched message about what ecotourism stands for.
With the goal of uniting conservation, communities and sustainable travel, TIES is dedicated to promoting ecotourism, which is defined as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people" (TIES, 1990).
In partnership with Rainforest Alliance, TIES has also developed an advocacy campaign entitled "Your Travel Choice Makes a Difference, " which is designed to help and empower consumers with helpful information that guides them towards responsible travel choices with detailed recommendations on how to make alternative travel choices, and to avoid leaving negative marks on cultures, economies, and the environment.
As part of our efforts to educate consumers about responsible travel choices, TIES, along with several other global institutions and organizations such as the United Nations Environmental Programme, United Nations Foundation, Rainforest Alliance and the United Nations World Tourism Organization, has been working on developing a global process evaluating the effectiveness of certification mechanisms that clearly set apart sustainable from non-sustainable forms of tourism. (See: www.sustainabletourismcriteria.org for more information.).
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the US governmental agency responsible for travel security, is scrapping its controversial full-body scanners, which show near-naked images of passengers to TSA agents.
The artists' publicists did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment, and the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is responsible for licensing approved travel to Cuba, said it does not comment on individual cases.
Through membership services, industry outreach, training and conference programs, TIES helps organizations, communities and individuals promote responsible and sustainable practices in travel and tourism that benefit the environment, communities, destinations and visitors.
The timing is great, say responsible tourism advocates, because demand for sustainable travel in Malaysia is on the rise.
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The ATA also wants Congress to put more of the cost burden on "general aviation"--including private and corporate jet travel--which commercial carriers say is largely responsible for air-traffic delays at congested airports.
He is responsible for organizing and integrating the work of the three substantive operations and ensuring that the office can travel to the region when necessary and plug in smoothly to CENTCOM's operations.
Winners are responsible for all expenses not included in the prize package, including, without limitation, transportation besides air travel, parking, meals, incidentals and other personal expenses, and for the reporting and payment of all taxes (if any).
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