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THE TRAVELERS CODE OF
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To do when
travelling
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Before leaving, inform
yourself on the destination (history, culture, economy,
political climate, etc.)
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Try as much as possible to
communicate using the country’s main language.
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Multiply the occasions to
exchange with the people to know more about the culture.
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Be open-minded to the
differences of the culture.
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Try local products and
services (local crafts, transport, restaurants and leisure
activities).
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Buy at a fair price.
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Encourage hotels owned by
local people, community tourist initiatives.
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Take pictures with proper
judgment and ask permission if needed.
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Respect the environment by
minimizing the impacts on the fauna and flora.
Not to do when travelling…
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Do not
encourage package tour hotels and cruises that harm the
environment and that have less economic repercussions
locally.
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Do not be
arrogant, impatient, moaner and do not compare constantly
the country you’re visiting and yours.
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Do not
always search and require products that have occident
standards.
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Don’t
spread your richness and live as a ostentatious way.
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Do not
alter the cultural heritage and the environment (coral,
archaeological sites, ivory, rare plants, etc.)
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Do not
encourage tourism initiatives that are harmful to the fauna
and flora (safari, feed the animals, off-piste excursions,
seadoo, etc.)
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Do not
give a stereotyped and miserable image to the country you
visited when relating your trip.
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Fair tourisme by Nagua Plan
The fair tourism is a form of durable tourism that
prioritizes the environmental, social and cultural
dimensions and where the involved communities take charge of the
management and receive the benefits of the activity which are
reinvested in the communities and distributes fairly among the
members.
The principles of fair tourism
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Target a
local and durable action
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Target
the improvement of the life conditions of the nation
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Adopt a
fair distribution of the benefits
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Allow
self-sufficiency through the redistribution of the revenues
from tourism back into the community
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Respect
the social organization, taking charge by community groups
and democratic tourism projects
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Develop
environmental and cultural initiatives
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Recognize
the right of the community to say no to tourism.
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Apply the
Universal Declaration of human rights
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Apply the
worldwide code of the tourism ethics
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Make
travellers more responsible.
Spread the
information, talk to your parents, friends and colleagues
Source:
Nagua Plan
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