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Communique # 24

August 2009

This edition marks end of first 2 years of operations for Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd

Thanks to all those who have given support.

New to the Network:

Andee has proven abilities in project identification, design and appraisal at a regional, country and

institutional level, specific project design experience in national and regional Community Based

Natural Resource Management (CBNRM), Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), tourism, community-

private partnerships, livelihoods and civil society and government capacity building. He has deep

understanding of community development and cultural issues, particularly in practice, and a high level

of inter-cultural communication skills based on more than 20 years overseas development experience.

www.pacificasiatourism.org

International development via sustainable tourism

Dr Dianne Dredge is a Lecturer at Southern Cross University, Australia. She has tourism project planning experience from China to Mexico and Australia. her expertise includes Destination Planning and Development, Recreation planning and management, Planning for climate change, Tourism product development in

developing countries, Regional tourism organisations and institutional arrangements, Leisure lifestyles, migration and patterns of tourism urbanisation. Dianne completed her PhD, University of Newcastle, Australia in tourism planning and policy, a Master of Arts (Recreation and Leisure Studies) from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and a Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning (Hons) from University of Queensland, Australia.

Andee Davidson has an extensive background in international tourism related

project management, community-based tourism, natural resource management

and overland expeditions. Now based in Australia, most recently he has been

Tourism & Business Advisor to WWF in Namibia, southern Africa.

Dr Min Jiang, Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Services Research, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Holds a PhD degree in Environmental

Law. Has published several refereed journal articles and conference papers in Chinese law, water law and policy, water allocation mechanisms, and water rights trading. With specialty in environmental law and policy, Dr. Jiang is currently working in tourism adaptation to climate change. She will also lead the empirical work of the AusAID funded Pacific Tourism – Climate Adaptation Project (PT-CAP) to develop a vulnerability/resilience framework suitable for the tourism sector in the Pacific to adapt to risks from climate change.

ADB Vietnam project short-list

The project will be conducted over 4 years with a budget in excess of A$1 million. The

formal tender development process will commence shortly and will include both

international consultants and Vietnam national consultants. In addition to the Team

Leader/Tourism Sector Specialist, the bid team will include a Financial Accounting

Specialist, Heritage Tourism Specialist; Social & Gender Specialist; Ecotourism Planner;

HRD Specialist; Supply Chain & SME Specialist; Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist; Civil

Engineer-Design Specialist; Environmental Specialist and a Resettlement Specialist

Recent Tourism Volunteer opportunities supported by PAT

Interested individuals should send CV and cover letter to Chris Hallam, Wildlife

Conservation Society, Lao PDR. challam@wcs.org

Orang-utan Foundation International

AYAD South Pacific – for Australia citizens only, aged 18 to 35.

(a) VANUATU 12 months Eco Toursim Development Officer, South West Bay Eco Tourism Association

(b) TONGA 12 months Community Based Tourism Development Officer, Tonga

Visitors Bureau

(c) REGIONAL PACIFIC Online Tourism Marketing Trainer, South Pacific Tourism Organisation

For more details, email to steve@pacificasiatourism.org

Internship with WCS in Lao PDR: Nam Kading National Protected Area

(NKNPA), Bolikhamxay Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR)

www.wcs.org/where-we-work/asia/lao-pdr.aspx

Wildlife Conservation Internship: Tanjung Puting National Park, OFI

Orangutan Care Center, Kalimantan, Indonesia For further information, please email:

Susan.Labandibar@techboston.com (Boston, USA)

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd in a consortium with SNV (Vietnam) has been

short-listed for the GMS Sustainable Tourism Development Project –

Vietnam. The Project will be implemented in 6 provinces in Vietnam,

including: Hanoi, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Cao Bang and

Bac Kan.

Global Sustainable Tourism

With the support of the UN Foundation and Rainforest Alliance, PAT founder, Steve Noakes, will

attend September 2009 meetings in Washington DC to merge the activities of Partnership for

Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC) and the Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council

(STSC)

The Partnership was initiated by the Rainforest Alliance, the United Nations Environment

Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Foundation, and the United Nations World Tourism

Organization (UNWTO). These criteria will be the minimum standard that any tourism business

should aspire to reach in order to protect and sustain the world’s natural and cultural resources

while ensuring tourism meets its potential as a tool for poverty alleviation. To learn more, visit

www.SustainableTourismCriteria.org www.unfoundation.org/global-issues/sustainable-

development/partnership-global-sustainable-tourism-criteria.html

www.rainforest-alliance.org/tourism.cfm?id=council

Certification programs need to demonstrate to tourism operations that getting certified has

positive impacts on their businesses, they need to report to governmental and non-governmental

agencies about the on-the-ground impacts of certification, and they need to be credible so that

tourists feel confident that the certified businesses patronize are indeed protecting ecosystems and

the well-being of local people.

Consultancy opportunity:

TECHNICAL ADVISOR TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ACCREDITATION FRAMEWORK.

Owing to the IDB funding for the project, only consultants who hold citizenship or legal residency of the following countries are eligible to undertake the consultancy:Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom,

United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The general objective of the consultancy is to develop a draft manual for the accreditation of sustainable tourism certification programs. The specific objectives are to:

· establish parameters for sustainable tourism standards based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria

· propose the procedures that should be followed by a sustainable tourism certification body,

· propose the internal procedures to be followed by the governing body in the accreditation process.

Consultancy Requirements: The consultancy will last a total of four calendar months. Travel will be required to present the results in one to three international workshops. Budget and Form of Payment: Payment will be a total USD 28,000 (United States dollars), based on approved work in progress and delivered products.

Proposals should be submitted to sustainabletourism@ra.org, before 31 August 2009

Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC

Partnership) is a coalition of 32 organizations working together

to foster increased understanding of sustainable tourism

practices and the adoption of universal sustainable tourism

principles.

The Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council (STSC) is a proposed

global accreditation body for sustainable tourism and ecotourism

certification programs.

PT-CAP: Pacific Tourism – Climate Adaptation Project

A new list of tourism and/or climate change resources now available at

http://www.oceaniatourismalliance.net/tourism_&_climate_change.htm

Indonesia – Africa - Cambodia

Based at Udayana Ecolodge in Bali, Dr Wilson is also Chairman, Indonesia International Rural and

Agricultural Development Foundation. ‘As my alma mater, Edinburgh University occupies a special

place in my life and in my memories’ said Alan, who has graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary

Medicine & Surgery (Edinburgh) 1963, Dip Biol (Edinburgh) 1964 and a PhD (Edinburgh) 1968

www.ecolodgeindonesia.com

http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12963:ecolodges-

indonesia-chair-honoured-at-the-university-of-edinburgh&catid=128:press-releases&Itemid=210

After Edinburgh, Alan then went on to join his son and others in the 1st trans-Saharan crossing attempted by wind power alone, making it the longest kite buggy journey ever attempted, 2,500km crossing the borders of Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, ending in Dakar, Senegal.

In July 2009 Dr Alan Wilson, the Chairman of the Board of

Ecolodges Indonesia was honoured at the University of

Edinburgh with an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor honoris causa -

'for the sake of the honour').

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd is a

Founding Partner of the Oceania

Sustainable Tourism Alliance, the

network driving the AusAID

funded research project PT-CAP:

Pacific Tourism – Climate

Adaptation Project.

On the way to Rimba Orang-utan Ecolodge - photos from Tanjung Puting National Park,

Kalimantan, Indonesia www.ecolodgesindonesia.com

Papua New Guinea

Australian Suzanne Noakes (pictured above leading a tour in Papua New Guinea) has been traveling in

Melanesia for the last two decades, leading trips in Papua New Guinea for private groups, university

alumni and conservation associations, and has developed a deep understanding of PNG’s people, culture,

language, flora and fauna. She sponsors such initiatives as the Karawari coconut soap press, teacher

scholarships and improved water collection projects within the Milne Bay region. Her expertise, energy,

rapport with the local people and warm personal style receives the highest praise from our travelers,

making Suzanne an unsurpassed tour leader in the Land of the Last Unknown.

The purpose for the Mad Way South Sahara Challenge

(www.madwaysouth.com) was to raise awareness of the

plight of women and children who have been forced into

commercial sexual exploitation in Cambodia.

http://www.sherescuehome.org/aboutus.html

PAT Director, Suzanne Noakes, is currently in PNG leading a group from the

US via Colorado based AsiaTransPacific Journeys. Suzanne features

prominently on the AsiaTrans Pacific website! www.asiatranspacific.com

Ecotourism Australia Annual Conference

www.globaleco.com.au

Vietnam Orphanage & Kindergarten projects:

Flashback ... Little Pattie performing in Viet Nam, 1966 (SMH, 14 August 2009)

The second trip departs 22 Oct and includes ‘Little Patti’, the 1960’s Australian pop singer who was

evacuated with the battle of Long Tan commenced

Recent Press Coverage: http://www.smh.com.au/national/after-long-tan-little-patties-

battle-plan-20090814-eky0.html

Steve Noakes, Battle of Long Tan site visit, 2008

www.mannington.com.au/AVVRG/Documents/Steve%20Noakes.PDF

Asia Pacific Customer Service Training for Tourism

The Ecotourism Australia conference has established a very strong and credible reputation over the past 16 years as the leading conference on Ecotourism and Sustainability. Climate Change has been a vital component of the conference agenda since 2005.

The conference is themed Green Tourism - New Energy, New Business and will focus on new enterprise opportunities across Sustainability, Ecotourism, Tourism in Protected Areas

and Climate Change response.

Pacific Asia Tourism’s Steve Noakes will deliver a presentation

on Tourism and Protection Through Partnerships.

Supporting Indonesia conservation and communities through

profitable Ecotourism ventures, Indonesia

There is a wealth of experience and talent within the PAT network to

deliver a range of sustainable tourism education, training & research

projects – see

http://www.pacificasiatourism.org/documents/PATCapability.pdf

http://www.oceaniatourismalliance.net/Documents/Training%20&%20Edu

cation%20Suzanne%20Noakes%2009%20Nov%2008.pdf

PAT has been supporting the fund raising tour

for the Baria Orphanage and Nui Dat

kindergarten in south Vietnam. Departs 19

October 2009 to Nui Dat and Long Tan - key

sites of ANZAC involvement in the Vietnam War

period. This special trip will be led by Dave

Sabben, the platoon commander of 12 Platoon,

Delta Company, and 6 RAR. (Royal Australian

Regiment) who fought in the battle of Long

Tan.

Resources:

Through the use of online, self-paced materials, discussion groups and in some cases

instructor interaction, ConservationTraining is an open university for sharing the world’s best and most recent conservation-based training materials from some of the world’s most respected agencies. www.conservationtraining.org

Also, Nature Conservancy activities in Papua New Guinea http://www.nature.org/initiatives/protectedareas/files/papua_new_guinea_involving_local_communities_in_conservation_efforts_from_land_to_sea.pdf

Good Tutorial/Training Resource

http://www.atdw.com.au/tourism_e_kit.asp?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_content=65888757&utm_campaign=Digital+Spectrum+June+09+_+tkuidd&utm_term='Converting+a+prospect+into+a+guest'

Tourism Sustainability Scorecard for Private Sector Projects

This interactive tool is designed to ensure that its investments in private sector tourism

projects maximize social, economic, cultural and environmental benefits for local communities and tourism destinations. http://www.iadb.org/tourismscorecard/

OXFAM: Impacts of climate change in the Pacific

People are losing land and being forced from their homes. Unless wealthy, developed countries like Australia and New Zealand take urgent action to curb emissions, some island nations in the Pacific face the very real threat of becoming uninhabitable. www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/climate-change/docs/The-future-is-here-final-report.pdf

VolunTourism.org

You can subscribe to his free newsletter at http://www.voluntourism.org/newsletter.html

The online tourism education e-kit is an initiative of the Australian National

Online Strategy Committee and is funded by all Australian State and Territory tourism offices. The online marketing e-kit covers everything from the basics of developing a good web site to advanced topics like search engine marketing and online product distribution.

ConservationTraining is an online course system

focused on conservation-based training, created and

maintained by The Nature Conservancy in partnership

with other conservation organizations.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

has created a Tourism Sustainability Score Card

Developing nations in the Pacific are at the frontline of global climate change. Livelihoods and food and water sources that have sustained communities over generations are being threatened.

USA based Founder of VolunTourism.org, David Clemmons,

has put a huge amount of work in over the past few years to

advance the concept of VolunTourism.

AusAID: Tracking development and governance in the Pacific.

This report addresses development and governance in the Pacific region. It provides an update on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and key governance indicators using the latest available information. The report finds that the Pacific as a whole is significantly off track

to meet the MDGs by 2015.

http://www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/track_devgov09.pdf

‘Vanuatu has made significant economic and social gains in recent years, with growth driven mainly by construction activity, tourism, and services, underpinned by improved economic policy and effective fiscal management. But concerns remain about the distribution of the benefits of

development, which do not reach most of the 80% of the population that lives in rural areas’.

http://www.adb.org/Documents/CPSs/VAN/2010-2014/VAN-Economic-Assessment.pdf

ADB Pacific Economic Monitor

Regional economic growth is expected to slow further in 2009 than originally forecast, but remains positive at 2.8%. An overall contraction of 0.4% is expected in 2009 in the Pacific Island economies (i.e., the region excluding PNG and Timor-Leste).

Following a 5% contraction in the March quarter 2009 compared with the March quarter of 2008, tourism from Australia was up in April and May. The durability of this improvement is a key issue for the regional outlook for 2009, but remains highly uncertain at this stage. The latest forecast by Tourism Australia is a 2.9% decline in Australian tourist departures in 2009. Overall, actual Australian tourist departures for the Pacific were flat for the first 5 months of the year.

http://www.adb.org//Documents/Reports/PacMonitor/pem-aug09.pdf

Failed States Index:

Using 12 indicators of state cohesion and performance, compiled through a close examination of more than 30,000 publicly available sources, this report ranks 177 states in order from most to least at risk of failure. The 60 most vulnerable states are listed in the rankings. www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/22/the_2009_failed_states_index

Interactive map: www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/06/22/2009_failed_states_index_interactive_map_and_rankings

Centre for Global Development

ADB Vanuatu Country Partnership Strategy (2010-2014)

Draft now available for consultation – include tourism sector.

� PAT is a Charter member of the Global Development Society - an independent think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and

other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community. www.cgdev.org

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd supporting:

VANUATU

www.marineprotectedarea.com.vu

THAILAND

www.TourismROI.com

www.save-travel.org

The SAVE Alliance is non-profit “network of networks” that facilitates linkages between potential or developing tourism destinations and attractions, and the appropriate SAVE markets.

In 2003, a group of students from The George Washington University travelled to Honduras to conduct field studies as a component of an experiential consulting class designed to present the Honduras Institute of Tourism with a tourism strategy to increase visitation to the North Coast. The students conceived and presented the SAVE concept of tourism, a strategy that integrates the market demand and untapped supply of four specific niche markets: Scientific, Academic, Volunteer, and Education. The key to the strategy is geotourism, a philosophy that works to sustain and enhance, rather than hinder the local destination.

www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable/about_geotourism.html

Asia Pacific Focal Point for SAVE Travel Alliance: Steve Noakes, steve@pacificasiatourism.org

Pacific Asia Tourism Pty Ltd in association with the START Regional centre at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok and Prince of Songkla

University, southern Thailand, continues to support the South Andaman Sustainable Tourism Network. www.SACSTN.org

Travel Mole

Sustainable Travel International

University linkages are maintained with leading researchers who can contribute

new knowledge and professional inputs to international projects:

� PAT is member of the Travel Mole Special Advisors Group. TravelMole is the largest global online community for the

Travel and Tourism Industry with over 450,000 registered newswire. www.travelmole.com

� PAT is member of the Advisory Board of Sustainable Travel

International (STI) is a USA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to providing education and outreach services that help travelers, travel providers and related organizations support environmental conservation and protect

cultural heritage while promoting cross-cultural understanding and economic development. www.sustainabletravelinternational.org/documents/au_advisory.html

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok