Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
Institution of Local Self Governance and its Linkages with Tourism
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In, 1985, EQUATIONS was founded in response to an urge tounderst<strong>and</strong> the impact <strong>of</strong> development particularly in the context<strong>of</strong> liberalized trade regimes, the opening up <strong>of</strong> the nationaleconomy, the beginning <strong>of</strong> the reforms <strong>and</strong> concomitantstructural adjustment programmes.Campaigning <strong>and</strong> advocacy on tourism <strong>and</strong> development issuesin India <strong>and</strong> the developing world, in recent years our work hasfocused on women <strong>and</strong> tourism, child <strong>and</strong> tourism, ecosystems<strong>and</strong> communities <strong>and</strong> tourism <strong>and</strong> globalisation.We envision tourism that is non-exploitative, where decisionmaking is democratized <strong>and</strong> access to <strong>and</strong> benef<strong>its</strong> <strong>of</strong> tourismare equitably distributed. We endorse justice, equity, peoplecentered <strong>and</strong> movement centered activism, democratization <strong>and</strong>dialogues as our core values.To know more about EQUATIO NS, write toinfo@equitabletourism.org. All comments can be provided toinfo@equitabletourism.org.This research has been carried out by the Ms. Alice Mathew,reviewed <strong>and</strong> updated by Ms. Kavita Kannan, S. Vidya <strong>and</strong> VidyaRangan.