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FLICKR ALBUM: 2011

January 30-February 5, 2011

A group of friends in Oaxaca, Mexico are designing the 2011 Responsible Tourism Fair, Planeta.com's 11th event since 2001 and a veritable model of frugality and slow travel. From January 30-Feburary 5 the event takes place in multiple locations in Oaxaca City and surrounding towns. Visitors had a number of options, including weaver-guided walks in Teotitlán del Valle, photosafaris in public parks and authentic indigenous meals. Self-guided treasure hunts asks foodies to try various cheeses, chocolates and mezcal.

Responsible Tourism Fair 2011

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February 14-18, 2011

The dates are set for the next Responsible Tourism Week: February 14-18, 2011. Responsible Tourism Week is a wonderful mash-up connecting responsible tourism, the local travel movement, evolving ecotourism and the like with practical and inexpensive Web 2.0 technologies. This online unconference is an excellent way to broaden and deepen our dialogue.

Responsible Tourism Week 2011

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May 2011

South Africa: Planeta.com teamed up with AfrikaT and the City of Cape Town to focus on responsible tourism in cities. Our May 2011 workshop brought together leaders in local government, sustainable tourism and social media, focusing on a practical set of issues - conservation and tourism in cities.

We Suck @ Collaboration

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August 2011

August 8-12 Planeta.com, Nutti Sami Siida and friends hosted Indigenous People's Week. This is an unconference focusing on Indigenous Peoples and tourism. Themes include biodiversity conservation, crafts, cultural heritage, food and literacy (traditional reading and writing and digital literacy -- the emerging read write culture).

September 2011

In the interest of developing web literacy and information exchange among managers and providers of tourism services in parks and protected areas, Ron Mader is offering a series of 5-day online workshops with flexible times and dates in September.Details on the Planeta Wiki.

Parks Web 2.0 Workshop: Stretch Yourself

June 5, 2010

To celebrate World Environment Day (June 5), Planeta.com presents the annual Colibri Ecotourism Award to a leader working toward ecotourism and responsible travel in Mexico!

hashtag: #colibri and #wed2010 (more info about tags and tagging)

July 19-30

The Web 2.0 Workshop creates a unique opportunity to learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools in a strategic manner that promotes biodiversity conservation, local communities and successful ecotourism. The workshop resumes in Estonia during the European Ecotourism Conference.

August 2010

Planeta.com and Ecoturismo Genuino team up to present the Web 2.0 Workshop in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.

September 11, 2010

Planeta.com's Ron Mader leads the Web 2.0 workshop and presents the Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award at the Oregon Ecotourism Conference.

hashtag: #itbw10 (more info about tags and tagging)

September 26-29, 2010

Planeta.com's Ron Mader presents the Web 2.0 Workshop and speaks at the Ecotourism Europe Conference in Estonia.

hashtag: #euroeco (more info about tags and tagging)

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May 17-21, 2010

Planeta.com hosted an online discussion the week of May 17-21 focusing on responsible tourism around the world. To keep track, Planeta Update featured key resources and the Responsible Tourism Wiki was edited on a regular basis.

hashtag: #rtweek2010 (more info about tags and tagging)

March 22-24, 2010

Planeta.com and Ecoturismo Genuino teamed up to present the Web 2.0 Workshop in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas.

January 2010

A group of friends in Oaxaca, Mexico created the Responsible Tourism Fair, Planeta.com's 10th event since 2001 and a veritable model of frugality and slow travel.

The fair took place in multiple locations in Oaxaca City and surrounding towns.

2010 Responsible Tourism Fair (in colour!)

2009

2009 Rural Tourism Fair was a lively series of micro-events with food tastings, photography walks and small festivals among friends. Here are the pictures!

Learn who are the winners of this year's Indigenous Tourism and Biodiversity Website Award!

In June we celebrated World Environment Day with the 8th annual Colibri Ecotourism Award.

In September we celebrated World Tourism Day (September 27) with the announcement of the third annual Ecotourism Spotlight Award.

All year long we are paid attention to the International Year of Astronomy and the International Year of Textiles.

Planeta.com's Ron Mader to Participate in Responsible Tourism Conference

Responsible Tourism in Cancún: City Tour

Belize - The global conference took place in October 2009. We updated tips about responsible travel photography and fair trade in travel writing. It's all about storytelling.