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Responsible Travel Hacker Strikes: Manifesto Unveiled
Thursday, 11 Apr, 2010
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Responsibletravel.com apparently targeted by benevolent, witty ‘hackers’ – comments and manifesto will stay.
After the ‘attack’ took place over the holiday weekend, Communications manager Claire Southern said although neither the members’ information or customer database were compromised, the hackers sabotaged the “much visited and replicated” Tips for Responsible Travel page by posting additional information.
Three separate posts were originally interspersed on the page urging readers to “Plug into Palin and Parry. Bruce and Michael might be old hands at the travel game but they started out, like the rest of us, as wide-eyed newbies”; “Resist the temptation to default to the ‘uniform’ of zip-off trousers, technical fleece and high-wicking top”; and “Think James Bond and not Prisoner Cell Block H. OK, so the hotel can be relaxing but aren’t you getting bored?”
Each of the posts contained further information expanding on the three suggestions.
She added: “We’ve been totally successful and captured the audience for talking about the big technical issues around responsible tourism, from our carbon reduction ideas to our opinions on the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria.
“But we feel we might have got to the point where we’re preaching to the converted, and we need to capture the imaginations of the rest of the public, largely confused and overwhelmed post-Copenhagen, and mired in confusion about climate change.
“We want to get back to that original rebellious idea, a way for us to talk about responsible tourism in a different light, a way to unite and excite people about what’s fun about responsible tourism, to get people asking questions about what they want from their holiday; igniting that curiosity.”
Now Responsible Travel have indicated that, since their original announcement they’ve had a chance to review the unsolicited content that appeared on their site.
“From today we will be holding up the Manifesto as a mantra for today’s responsible traveller. A way to hit the reset button on the way we travel – to save us all from predictable and unimaginative holidays. If your holidaying has gone a bit Simon Cowell then the Manifesto is as refreshing as Rage Against the Machine!”
The Rebellious Tourist apparently said:
"You’re tired; you’re spent; you’re overworked. You need to switch off. YOU NEED A HOLIDAY. The year-on-year formula of one sun lounger, two books, three bikinis and a several cocktails has left you cold. You have just two precious weeks to refocus and recharge. You are not convinced your holiday destination should hang on the exchange rate, the weather or the cheapest flight offer. In fact you know its worth comes from the experiences you’ll get and how invigorated and human you feel when you get home. You’re not against breaking a few rules – if that’s what it takes to break away from bland holidays – you just need a nudge in the right direction."
To read and comment on the Manifesto click HERE
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