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How to Holiday Ethically in Burma now
Burma Tourism Boycott – all over?
Taking the bull by the horns, Tourism Concern is at the House of Commons with top MPs
Tourism Concern has organised an event exploring How to Holiday Ethically in Burma on 16th April at 6pm in the Grand Committee Room at the House of Commons. The meeting will be hosted by the Rt.Hon. Malcolm Wicks MP, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma. Guest speakers include Anna Roberts, James Moreton, Simon Usborne and Min Hein.
Tourism Concern supported the calls from Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD) for a tourism boycott for many years and they now promote their revised position, which entails the need for on-going awareness of the wider challenges facing the country and how tourism relates to this.
The speakers will each give a perspective on the current conditions in Burma, whether the tourism boycott was effective and, now that it has been lifted, whether it is ethical to travel to Burma.
Pro-democracy groups, including the NLD, have suggested that some forms of tourism can bring benefits to local people and assist their cause; but that large scale tourism would bring few benefits and continue to support the regime.
Speakers include:
- Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks MP , member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma.
- Anna Roberts is Executive Director at Burma Campaign UK previously worked in the campaigns department at Amnesty International UK.
- James Moreton is the co-Founder and Director at Panoramic Journeys,
- Simon Usborne is a features and travel writer at The Independent
- Min Hein is Head of the Activity Committee for the National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) UK.
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