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	<description>Knowledge and inspiration to the Bangladeshi tourism sector. This blog is also valuable to nearby countries, developing countries or destinations facing similar challenges.</description>
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		<title>Integrating Biodiversity into the Tourism Sector</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/integrating-biodiversity-into-the-tourism-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Background to the Case Study
The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP) has a mandate to provide assistance to national biodiversity planners as they develop and implement their national biodiversity strategy and action plans, or equivalent plans, programmes and policies.
The integration of biodiversity into other sectors of the national economy and civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euro Financial Trauma: Good or Bad for Sustainable Tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/euro-financial-trauma-good-or-bad-for-sustainable-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Euro has slumped in value this may well bring big opportunities for regional and international sustainable tourism
The Euro has been dropping like a stone on international markets just today it has dropped to a four year low against the dollar – one dollar can now buy .83 of a Euro and it is possible, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather and Climate Information for Tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/weather-and-climate-information-for-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing global economic sectors. It is a significant contributor to national and local economies around the world and is increasingly promoted as having an important role in contributing to the UN Millennium Development Goals, particularly the alleviation of poverty in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The interface between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eurodite report: Knowledge Dynamics as a Challenge to Public Policies</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/eurodite-report-knowledge-dynamics-as-a-challenge-to-public-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/eurodite-report-knowledge-dynamics-as-a-challenge-to-public-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EURODITE in brief
The objective of the EURODITE project is to investigate regional trajectories to the knowledge economy by showing how knowledge is generated, developed and transferred within and among firms or organisations and their regional contexts. EURODITE is a multidisciplinary project inclu-ding researchers from economic geography, organisational theory, economics, management theory, business administration, sociology and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Habitat loss, biodiversity loss</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/habitat-loss-biodiversity-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our planet is changing continuously, causing habitats to be altered and modified. Tropial and sub-tropial forests are always subject to destructive natural forces -cyclones landslides, floods, mud flows, volcanic eruptions, fire, drought, and climate change. These factors are overwhelmed by anthropogenic disturbances. These forests are being logged everywhere at a very high rate. Approximately 50% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PATA: Boom for Asia Pacific</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/pata-boom-for-asia-pacific/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International arrivals to Asia Pacific surged 10% in the first quarter of 2010

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced the international visitor arrivals results for the first quarter of 2010 today. Travel demand in Asia Pacific* picked up strongly in the first quarter of the year, registering a 10% increase from the same quarter in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank: SOUTH ASIA REBOUNDS STRONGLY FOLLOWING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/world-bank-south-asia-rebounds-strongly-following-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/world-bank-south-asia-rebounds-strongly-following-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTH ASIA REBOUNDS STRONGLY FOLLOWING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS—AND CAN SUSTAIN FASTER AND MORE INCLUSIVE GROWTH—SAYS WORLD BANK REGIONAL ECONOMIC UPDATE.
• Integration, not the lack of it, and prompt policy responses are driving rebound of growth to 7% in 2010 and 8% in 2011. The drop in growth during the crisis was the smallest among all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar on Presentation on the Prospect of Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/seminar-on-presentation-on-the-prospect-of-sustainable-tourism-in-bangladesh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/seminar-on-presentation-on-the-prospect-of-sustainable-tourism-in-bangladesh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To download the presentation just following the green link Prospect of Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh and please share it with relevant people in the Bangladeshi tourism sector.
It was with much joy, that I was a guest speaker on the 21th June 2010.
My topic was ‘Prospect of Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh’ and the event was co-hosted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tourism, Transport and Environmental pollution</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-transport-and-environmental-pollution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-transport-and-environmental-pollution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.viewsontourism.info/?p=3374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes. According to The World Tourism Organization definition tourists as people who &#8220;travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Resorts Destroying Mangroves, Dooming Fisheries</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/mexican-resorts-destroying-mangroves-dooming-fisheries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/mexican-resorts-destroying-mangroves-dooming-fisheries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The loss of Mexico&#8217;s coastal mangrove forests to development is threatening the country&#8217;s multimillion-dollar fishing industry, according to a new study. 
Around Mexico&#8217;s Gulf of California—between Baja California peninsula and the west coast of the mainland—mangroves are being destroyed to make way for high-end tourism resorts, marinas, and controversial industrial shrimp farms. 
The government has [...]]]></description>
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