[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Tourism Concern

We are the only organisation in Europe actively campaigning on tourism and human rights issues.

Please help us to continue exposing and challenging tourism's exploitative practices.

The issues explained

Displacement, exploitation, environmental damage- Find out about all the key issues in our quick interactive guide.

Volunteering standard

Click here to find out about our new Gap year and International Volunteering Standard (GIVS)

Travel Dilemmas

Tourists are presented with with a raft of tricky ethical dilemmas. Here we give a selection and invite you to have your say...

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Workshop exploring international volunteering best practice

12 October 2011, 10am-4pm

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Do you work for a volunteer sending organisation interested in improving practice and engaging with others about how this may be achieved? If so, this workshop is for you.

Participants will find out about our new Gap Year and International Volunteering Standard (GIVS), discuss key challenges and explore how these may be addressed.

Tourism Concern has developed GIVS because we believe it is vital for volunteer organisations to demonstrate responsibility in the way they recruit volunteers, find placements and manage the volunteering process.

Click here for more information and to register your place today

Water Equity in Tourism campaign

Our new Water Equity in Tourism (WET) campaign calls for action to protect the water rights of communities in the face of increasing competition from the tourism industry.

The right to water constitutes one of the most fundamental human rights. Yet for communities in many countries, this right is being undermined in the name of tourism. Our WET campaign is demanding a critical debate around whether tourist’s water consumption should continue to have priority over the needs of local communities.