Socially Responsible Tourism - towards a code of ethics

Abstract: Tourism has significant social impacts on tourism-receiving countries particularly in Asia. What happens to local communities when they become tourism destinations? How much of the economic benefit of tourism is received by the local people? What does tourism do to the environment? This presentation addresses these issues in the context of developing a Code of Ethics for tourism.

Biography: Ron O'Grady is now retired. He is Founder and now Hon President of ECPAT International, which works to end the sexual exploitation of children, and co-founder of the Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism. In earlier years he was an honorary consultant to the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) and the Universal Federation of Travel Agents Associations (UFTAA) on issues of child sex tourism. He is the author of a number of papers and books on tourism-related issues.

Listen to the podcast here: http://www.nztri.org/podcast-socially-responsible-tourism