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	<title>Views On Tourism &#187; Performance and management</title>
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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>Community-based Sustainable Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Project name: Community-based Sustainable Tourism
2. Project area: Phobjikha, Bhutan
3. Project linkage to national priorities, action plans, and programs:
Bhutan has ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 25 August 19951. The Sustainable Development Agreement with Netherlands and other bilateral and international contracts bind the country to take necessary steps in fulfilling its share in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating Biodiversity into the Tourism Sector</title>
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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>Weather and Climate Information for Tourism</title>
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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>
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		<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>Cooperation among stakeholders in tourism sector vital</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/cooperation-among-stakeholders-in-tourism-sector-vital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Majbrith Thomsen making a presentation on tourism on june 22. TOAB officials are also seen. Photo: Monitor
Dhaka : Tourism industry in Bangladesh with its eco-natural beauty, world renow-ned sea beach, mangrove forest and unique culture, is developing, but cooperation among stakeholders is vital for flourishing sustainable tourism here.
Majbrith Tho-msen, initiator of &#8220;Views on Tourism project&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sheet No. 8: Policy instruments supporting Pro-Poor Tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sheet-no-8-policy-instruments-supporting-pro-poor-tourism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sheet-no-8-policy-instruments-supporting-pro-poor-tourism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This PPT Information Sheet is intended to highlight the role of government in maximizing the poverty impact of tourism. It is true that tourism is an industry that is driven by the private sector, however there is much that governments can do to shape the way in which it develops and a number of different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TOAB seminar on how to develop the Bangladeshi tourism industry</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/toab-seminar-on-how-to-develop-the-bangladeshi-tourism-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/toab-seminar-on-how-to-develop-the-bangladeshi-tourism-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download the seminar through this green link How to develop a sustainable Bangladeshi tourism industry.
My very last tourism seminar in Bangladesh was for the members of Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) – this seminar meant a lot to me as I was among many friends as well as a key stakeholder in the national [...]]]></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>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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