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Tourism Concern’s efforts recognised by UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
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"Tourism Concern’s efforts at engaging the international tourism industry on human rights have been recognised by the UN Special Representative for business and human rights.
The Special Representative has added Tourism Concern and our Putting Tourism to Rights report to its list of instances of practical applications of the new UN Framework on Business and Human Rights.
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Tourism Concern’s efforts recognised by UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
Putting Tourism to Rights: a challenge to human rights abuses in the tourism industry
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2010-03-17 21:29
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Putting Tourism to Rights exposes the many human rights violations frequently perpetrated by the tourism sector, including:
- forced evictions from homes and lands to make way for tourism developments
- environmental damage and loss of access to natural resources, such as grazing land, coastal areas and fresh water
- exploitation of tribal peoples and their cultures as tourist attractions
- poor pay and working conditions for tourism industry employees
[i]Eriksson, J., Noble, R. Pattullo, P., Barnett, T. (2009), Putting Tourism To Rights:[/i][br] A challenge to human rights abuses in the tourism industry, Tourism Concern, London.
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