Sustainable/ethical (?) tourism (Burma/Myanmar)
Websites/Multiple Documents
| Title: | | "Responsible Tourism Policy" für Myanmar |
| Description/subject: | | "Am 27. September 2012 fanden in Nay Pyi Taw, der Hauptstadt Myanmars, unter dem Titel „Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development“ erstmals offizielle Feierlichkeiten zum jährlichen Welttourismustag der Vereinten Nationen statt. Die Veranstaltung eröffnete der Vizepräsident der Republik der Union Myanmar, Dr. Sai Mauk Kham.
Neben Kabinettsministern und ranghohen Beamten waren auch Vertreter ausländischer Botschaften und Nichtregierungsorganisationen anwesend. Der Welttourismustag der Vereinten Nationen macht aufmerksam auf das Potential von Tourismus und die Auswirkungen auf politische, soziale und kulturelle sowie wirtschaftliche Werte.
Für Myanmar, das über 50 Jahre von der internationalen Gemeinschaft isoliert war und zu einem der ärmsten Länder der Erde zählt, ist der Tourismus eine der wichtigsten Einnahmequellen. Wirtschaftlicher Fortschritt und die Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen für mehr als 54 Millionen Burmesen sind auch eine Voraussetzung für die Demokratisierung..." |
| Language: | | Deutsch, German |
| Source/publisher: | | Hanns Seidel Foundation |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 November 2012 |
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| Title: | | Myanmar Tourism Master Plan |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Asian Development Bank (ADB) 46271-001: |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 November 2012 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Responsible Tourism in Myanmar: Current Situation and Challenges |
| Date of publication: | | 10 December 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "...There is an urgent need for a critical debate on mass tourism in Myanmar, particularly the viability and frailty of the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Policy that is soon to be framed by the Myanmar Tourism Master Plan. ‘One of the most fascinating aspects of travel in Myanmar is the opportunity to experience a corner of Asia that, in many ways, has changed little since British colonial times,’ says the Lonely Planet. It remains to be seen how this place of authenticity will be reshaped by mass tourism as a force of globalisation in the near future, and how the state of Myanmar will responsibly respond to the challenges brought about by mass tourism..." |
| Author/creator: | | Ko Ko Thet |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Center Prague. |
| Format/size: | | pdf (1.5MB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ecoburma.com |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | Myanmar tourism after the boycott |
| Date of publication: | | 23 November 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "The touristification of Myanmar has begun. The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism declared tourism the country’s ‘national priority sector’ in its Responsible Tourism Policy (RTP), released in September. In the same month, the Ministry had signed the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam Tourism Cooperation (CLMV), which aims to welcome 25 million visitors in the region, with four million ‘exchange visitors’ in each country, over the period 2013-2015. Myanmar’s tourism infrastructure was already strained by half a million tourists in the first half of 2012, compared to almost 400,000 in 2011. Myanmar’s membership of CLMV is not only un-legislated and un-democratic but it also ignores ‘value over volume’ advice by the UNWTO. As the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party is widely expected to be voted out in the 2015 elections, the CLMV is seen as the former generals’ unscrupulous attempt to make hay while the sun shines..." |
| Author/creator: | | Ko Ko Thett |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "New Mandala" |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 25 November 2012 |
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| Title: | | ADB, Norway to Help Myanmar Manage Tourist Boom |
| Date of publication: | | 11 October 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Norway will help Myanmar cope with an exploding tourism sector with a $225,000 grant designed to generate a sustainable tourism master plan.
“Myanmar is undergoing a period of dramatic change, and the skyrocketing number of tourists visiting the country is already putting existing tourism infrastructure under enormous strain,” said Putu Kamayana, Head of ADB’s Extended Mission in Myanmar. “To ensure benefits of the burgeoning tourism industry are sustainable and extend to more of Myanmar’s people, the country needs a comprehensive plan that respects culture and the environment.” |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 November 2012 |
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| Title: | | The Draft Responsible Tourism Policy for Myanmar formulated successfully |
| Date of publication: | | June 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "From the 22nd of May to the 5th of June in workshops all over Myanmar and in a Concluding Conference more than 350 participants from public and private tourism sector expressed that tourism should be developed in a responsible and sustainable way. Local communities, local authorities and local initiatives should be integrated as much as possible. Additionally it was articulated to raise awareness campaigns about the (negative) impacts of tourism, especially focusing on child sex tourism and human trafficking.
The Deputy-Minister for Hotels and Tourism, H.E. U Htay Aung, opening the concluding conference said in Nay Pyi Taw on 5th June: “The Ministry has repeatedly stated its commitment to uphold the principles of Responsible Tourism. We are fully aware that the success of tourism can be judged by the net benefit to the country and its people.” The aim he said: “ is a simple one – to encourage every travel company, operator, hotel and destination to take real action and show consumers that they not only care about the sustainability of the tourism industry in Myanmar but also the communities that are so often negatively affected by mass tourism. Responsible Tourism can be used to get competitive advantage..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Hanns Seidel Foundation |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 November 2012 |
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