Afrika T: WTM World Responsible Tourism Day

Blogging Hiatus

Gentle Reader,

Some five years into the life of Afrika T, I now find myself unable to keep up with contributions at a level that I and you have come to expect from this blog. Partly this is because of other activities in responsible tourism (see example here, and another here), partly from other projects in sustainability (see examples here and here), and partly for reasons that are more personal.

I am certainly still active online and in responsible travel, so feel free to comment on existing posts here, to follow me on Twitter, and to note what I've been reading online via Delicious. I also hope to return to Afrika T, so am not bringing the blog to a halt, just declaring a hiatus of indefinite duration...

Thank you for your support over the years, and, if you're a newcomer to the site, may it still prove valuable.

Kind regards

Kurt

5 December 2011

Tuesday, 27 July 2010

WTM World Responsible Tourism Day

Afrika T has been approved to use the official WTM World Responsible Tourism Day 2010 logo, based on my intention (and commitment) to run a series of special focus postings on the present (and the past 3 years) of WRTD. I think it's good to have the mainstream industry using one of its top showcase events (World Travel Market) to promote responsible tourism, even though the "annual __(insert cause here)__ day" kind of thing is gimmicky to say the least.

Of course, there is room for improvement and for more to be done, but Afrika T isn't excluded from that generalisation, and this year I'll try to make a more constructive contribution. Regular readers shouldn't panic - that doesn't exclude constructive criticism.

Save the date: 10 November 2010. And ask yourself whether there's something you could be doing to spread the word and make a constructive contribution. As always, suggestions for Afrika T are most welcome. Feel free to leave a comment.