Tourism

There are several reasons to do tourism, to know a place, to widen one's horizons, to take a rest, to devote ourselves to vital aspects which we consider to be unattended, to give us a treat, to vent stress... We can also travel for more unconscious reasons, as to show a certain status to our vicinity (and to ourselves), or to reinforce our own identity. Let us ask ourselves what we really do need and let us make a plan adapted to ourselves.

How can we do it

Part of what we are seeking in a travel we can find it also very near, landscapes, knowledge and persons of other cultures, places where to evade ourselves... And we can also "travel" through books, films, documentaries, music...
If we have a real need of having a rest, let's not choose a travel with too much coming and going, or let us think even, about the possibility of staying where we are.
Touristic marketing is omnipresent, sometimes subtly hidden in films where they are singing the charms of some places. Be sincere to ourselves. Am I going because I really want to, or not to be less than others, or because it is inexpensive?
We should try to equilibrate every day the attention given to different aspects of life that fulfill us, not to accumulate great shortcomings which may need afterwards great solutions.

Digues la teva

Data d'actualització: 10/06/2010 - 19:25

Keep this in mind!

Travel when you really want to do so, not "when you think you should do it". Sometimes the travel we need is to do everyday's life in a different way.

Train, bus, shared car, bike... Planes, the minimum. When we are going far away, that it be for several days.

Let us look for the services or hosting of local people.

Information sources

Sector enterprises: Barceló, First Choice, Ismalar, Sol Meliá, TUI;

professional organizations: Exceltur, Federación Española de Asociaciones de Agencias de Viajes, Instituto de Turismo Responsable, Organització Mundial del Turisme;

academical centres: Escola Oficial de Turisme de la Universitat d'Alacant;

experts: Joan Amer, Joan Buada, Xavier Font, Jordi Gascón, Angela Giraldo, Ivan Murray, Carles Tudurí, Albert Recio, Ana Rosado;

books: J. Gascón i E. Cañada: Viajar a todo tren, A. Santana: Antropología y turismo. ¿Nuevas hordas, viejas culturas?, Taller V.I.U.: El cielo está enladrillado, F. Jurdao (comp): Los mitos del turismo;

newspapers and magazines: Le Monde Diplomatique, Ecología Política, Archipiélago, Consumer;

organitzacions: Acción por un Turismo Responsable, Acsud-Las Segovias, Echoway, ECPAT, Fernweh, Fundació Autònoma Solidària, Fundació Terra, Greenpeace, Grup Ornitològic Balear, Kate, Plataforma Rural, Survival, Tearfund, Tourism Concern, Turismo Justo, Xarxa de Consum Solidari.