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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>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>
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		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
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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 for Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-for-rural-poverty-alleviation-programme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/tourism-for-rural-poverty-alleviation-programme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: In the Nepalese history of sustainable rural tourism development, TRPAP stands as an important pilot programme running over five years in selected rural areas of Nepal. The selection of the six pilot districts were mainly based on the basis of existing tourism development or its potential, and the extent to which significant elements of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The WWF mission and tourism</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/the-wwf-mission-and-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet&#8217;s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony
with nature, by:
* conserving the world&#8217;s biological diversity
* ensuring that the use of renewable resources is sustainable
* promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
Tourism is the largest and fastest growing economic sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/policy-recommendations-on-sustainable-tourism-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/policy-recommendations-on-sustainable-tourism-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 03:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Task Force on Sustainable Tourism Development is a voluntary initiative led by France. Its main objective is to encourage the implementation of actions that promote sustainability in tourism by developing tools that support the various stakeholders in achieving this objective. The Task Force also presents and disseminates existing initiatives to inspire the replication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyzing Urban Tourism Stakeholder Relationships: A Network Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/analyzing-urban-tourism-stakeholder-relationships-a-network-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/analyzing-urban-tourism-stakeholder-relationships-a-network-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: This paper presents a methodological approach to examine how sustainable tourism policy can be developed and implemented in urban destination. The stakeholder theory is discussed in the context of managing diverse stakeholder interests towards sustainable tourism policy. In order to examine the pattern of relationships among various destination stakeholders and roles of key stakeholders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuakata Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/kuakata-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/kuakata-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 03:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How will it respond to predicted climate change?
KUAKATA, locally known as Sagar Kannya (daughter of the sea) is located in the southwest of Bangladesh. Next to Cox&#8217;s Bazar it is the second most famous sea beach of this country. And Kuakata is one of the rarest sea beaches of the world, which has a rare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Tourism: A Local Authority Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sustainable-tourism-a-local-authority-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sustainable-tourism-a-local-authority-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 07:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sustainable Tourism: A Local Authority Perspective prepared by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
Introduction
1. A primary challenge of local governance, both today and in decades ahead, is to steer increasingly external, global forces on local development so that development achieves the shared vision of the local population. In cities, towns and villages throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability of tourism in Bhutan</title>
		<link>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sustainability-of-tourism-in-bhutan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/sustainability-of-tourism-in-bhutan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 03:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Majbritt Thomsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bhutan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction: Bhutan&#8217;s tourism industry began in 1974. It was introduced with the primary objective of generating revenue, especially foreign exchange; publicising the country&#8217;s unique culture and traditions to the outside world, and to contribute to the country&#8217;s socio-economic development1. Since then the number of tourists visiting Bhutan has increased from just 287 in 1974 to [...]]]></description>
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