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14 new golf courses for parched Cyprus

The Cyprus government has given the go-head to 14 new golf courses in an attempt to boost tourism to the country, despite increasing water scarcity turning the island into a desert during the summer months.

Stop The Construction Of Mega-Resorts

Campaigning organisation Tourism Concern is calling for a halt to the construction of tourism mega-resorts, claiming that they are destroying communities and are environmentally unsustainable.

Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project

Tourism Concern’s campaign to improve the rights of porters and highlight the appalling conditions they were working under got underway in 2002.

UK Tour Operators Linked To Burma’s Military Regime

UK tour operators going to Burma are using hotels and resorts with known links to Burma’s brutal military dictatorship, according to a new briefing by Tourism Concern.

PAN Parks Sustainable Tourism Project Expanding

PAN Parks Foundation co-operates with protected area managements and sustainable tourism businesses in order to make it possible for people to support, preserve, enjoy Europe’s wilderness.

Concerns Over New Four Seasons Resort In Grenada

Sandra Ferguson expresses her concerns over a new Cinnamon 88 development in Granada.

India Fails In Tsunami Rehabilitation Efforts

A two-day ‘National Peoples Tribunal’ on post-tsunami rehabilitation in Chennai, India, has strongly condemned the Indian government’s failure to ensure the rehabilitation of tsunami survivors across the country.

New Presidency In The Maldives: Can Paradise Be Restored?

Tourism Concern welcomes the first new democratically elected president in 30 years to office.