Via@ - international interdisciplinary review of <strong>to</strong>urism8. Preserve natural spaces not yet subject <strong>to</strong> realstatespeculations by taking protection measures:rules on land control, intervention of localauthorities, pre-emptive right etc.9. Do not aim first and foremost the growth invisi<strong>to</strong>r numbers <strong>to</strong>urist, fairly easy <strong>to</strong> obtain, butlook for a true development including socialelements and not only economic results.10. Continue considerating <strong>to</strong>urism as a secondaryelement in a development genuinely integrated; donot forget that <strong>to</strong>urism is a seasonal activity.Taking in<strong>to</strong> consideration these ten principles, theplanning authorities could expect not only a simple“<strong>to</strong>urism development” but a genuine “<strong>to</strong>urism ofdevelopment”…<strong>Georges</strong> <strong>Cazes</strong>Elizabeth and <strong>Georges</strong> <strong>Cazes</strong>, Paraty (Brazil), in 1995- © R. Knafou.I rememberI spent with <strong>Georges</strong> twenty six years, that left me alot of memories … By sharing some of them withthose who had the opportunity <strong>to</strong> meet him in theirteaching and research activities, or those who onlyread his works, I wish <strong>to</strong> develop an approach of theman he was … that they cannot have got <strong>to</strong> knowreally for he was so reserved when he was supposed<strong>to</strong> talk about himself…I remember <strong>Georges</strong> as a full-fledged geographerbut also not a typical one, charming and natural,expert and modest, specialized and open-minded,<strong>to</strong>lerant and sharp, social and self-contained,serious and humorous, and as the adoptive fatherof my children, as a man able <strong>to</strong> listen <strong>to</strong> thequestions and give the answers, <strong>to</strong> explain theCatharism movement and how <strong>to</strong> play cards, <strong>to</strong>help with a literature paper and enjoy a Frisbee diskgame …I remember how faithful he was <strong>to</strong> his origins –sometimes he used <strong>to</strong> say “I am a Pyrenean bear” –a faithfulness that intermingled with his love andrespect for his parents; I remember also his lack ofpretension which surprised everyone at the villagewhere we used <strong>to</strong> go often, and among his familybecause he had “succeeded”, and it did not show …I remember our stays in foreign countries as “travelidiots”, where <strong>Georges</strong> remained an observer of the<strong>to</strong>uristic phenomenon, in particular one day whenthe expert scientist specialized in <strong>to</strong>urism was nicelyswindled by a so-called guide in Marrakech, andhow much he laughed at himself for having beenmanipulated so easily in spite of all his expertise …I remember the congresses where hiscommunications striked everybody’s mind, but Iremember also that he had a lot of trouble <strong>to</strong>submit <strong>to</strong> their specific rules because of hisanticonformism… especially one night whenexchanging business cards with someone, heabsentmindedly held a subway ticket <strong>to</strong> hisinterlocu<strong>to</strong>r, flabbergasted at such a lack ofconsideration …I remember when he refused over and over again“<strong>to</strong> institutionalize himself” by taking up anadministrative and political career, and hisdetermination <strong>to</strong> be “only” a free-lance researcherthat gives spontaneously a lot of his time andenergy, with absolute freedom, <strong>to</strong> his students, <strong>to</strong>those preparing their thesis, <strong>to</strong> his peers andresearch in general …Finally I remember one afternoon in June, 2002, atthe Institut de Géographie in Paris, when <strong>Georges</strong>declared <strong>to</strong> his colleagues who attended his earlyretirement party, that “the circle is now complete”,meaning that the entirely physical difficulty he hadthat day <strong>to</strong> walk up the rue Saint Jacques remindedhim of the emotional stress he had felt about 4decades before as he was going <strong>to</strong> pass his exams <strong>to</strong>become a teacher of geography…I don’t want <strong>to</strong> remember anymore the long yearsof sickness, the confinement of the traveller, thepalsy of the writer, the forced mutism of the teller,the intellectual consciousness un<strong>to</strong>uched inside apetrified body …Elizabeth Jestaz-<strong>Cazes</strong>, June 2012n°1– 2013 - Varia2
Via@ - international interdisciplinary review of <strong>to</strong>urismTO CITE THIS ARTICLEElectronic reference:<strong>Tribute</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Georges</strong> <strong>Cazes</strong>, Via@, Varia, n°1, 2013, posted on june 14th 2013.URL : http://www.via<strong>to</strong>urismreview.net/Article16_EN.phpTRANSLATIONPhilippe Bachimon & Mihaela Marc3n°1– 2013 - Varia
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