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I would like to express my appreciation to everyone who participated in our "Perspectives from Toruism" dialogue this past week. Thank you for your important and illuminating insights.
Louis D'Amore
Founder and President
Intenational Institute for P…
Marilyn
Thank you for your illuminating historical perspective on Question 3 regarding improved relations between Iran and the West. It is also noteworthy that since 2001 Iran has disbursed approximately US$ 500 million in aid to Afghanistan and is…
Tim
Thank you for introducing this perspective from your colleagues. It is a perspective that will continue to challenge the industry in the years ahead as global society struggles with the issue of climate change.
It is important that we take a mo…
Poll,
You bring a very interesting perspective to the discussion. The Mekong Region is an excellent example of government – donor agency – academic collaboration in pro poor tourism development. Your application of Buddhist ethics to the planning an…
Dear Solomon,
Thank you for your important contribution to the dialogue – and insightful comments on each of the questions.
As you suggest in your response to 1 – tourism has proven to be a resilient industry and will again probably be on the leadi…
Dear Nima,
Thank you for your contribution to the dialogue. I was in Iran this past November and can attest to the genuine friendliness and hospitality of the Iranian people - and the richness of your culture. I look forward to visiting again.
Louis…
Stuart,
Many thanks for kicking off the discussion and for your insightful comments regarding Question 3 - Is there potential for tourism to contribute to improved relations between Iran and the West?
Your comments go to the heart of the two key is…
Hello Everyone,
It’s a pleasure to be with you again as Moderator of week 8, “Perspectives from the Tourism Industry.” I anticipate that we will have an excellent discussion stimulated by the videos and papers from Andrea Cahn together with Ginger S…
William and Brandon,
Many thanks to each of you for your important contribution to this discussion. There is indeed growing recognition for the need of public - private sector partnerships not only to stimulate economic development in areas that hav…
David,
Thank you for your important contribution to this week's dialogue. Yes, this is a serious problem affecting tourism to Mexico - and the Mexican economy generally. In this instance, I would suggest that the Travel Advisory is justified to prev…
Kristen Simpson and Michael William Becker have raised some interesting questions:
How to improve the image of a country that has recently experienced conflict and to
“brand” it as a vacation/tourist destination?
How to overcome the negative influe…
Hello Everyone,
I am most pleased to be moderating the start of week 6 "Doing Business in Conflict Zones." We have excellent presentations by Igor Abramov, Counsel, Heenan Blakie, LLP; Don Mayor, University of Denver; and Tara Radin, Wharton School…
The World Bank Institute and the Institute for Corporate Responsibility present an online Conference on Business and Peace.
Profile Information
- Source of my passion about the power of business to fight poverty
- I work for a non government organisation
- Website:
- http://iipt.org
- Industry:
- Tourism
- About my work:
- The International Institute for Peace through Tourism is dedicated to making travel and tourism the world's first global peace industry - and to the belief that every traveler is potentially an Ambassador for Peace
- Interested in:
- Professional Contacts, Potential Partners, Learning about work in the field, Sharing resources, New ventures
- Topics on my radar:
- Buiding international understanding - poverty reduction - the environment - healing wounds of conflict - UN Millennium Development Goals - Olympic Truce 2010 Olympics - and in particular, tourism initiatives that contribute to these values.
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